Salesman's wisdom

You may not think your work, or your job seeking if your are out of work, is anything like sales. I'd beg to differ. In fact, if you pay attention to the guidance in the video below, you should be able to see how applying the 'savings' metaphor in your own actions can be enormously beneficial whatever the activity.
To summarise: set a time, set a goal, do it before you do anything else. [For those who don't know how to 'save': decide the sum you are going to save each time you receive income, put it aside as savings regardless of all other calls on your income, do it without exception.] There you go, success in life, riches in old age.

Watch out retail sales people

I certainly hope that UK retailers don't adopt the approach of some US retailers like Ann Taylor who have installed computer programmes to schedule their staff according to the income they generate. What could be worse for staff and customers? Staff will soon realise they are being abused, and productivity will inevitably reduce across the board. Customers on the other hand will soon learn that the staff at certain retailers are more aggressive in getting a sale. Sounds like a lose-lose system to me and one that will cause untold pain in the meantime.