Lifestyle
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Quickfire Q&A

Published on
May 31, 2021
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James Cox
Stonebridge
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Personal Development & Education
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What was your first job?
Equity trader  

What was the best advice you were ever given?
Follow your gut; what will be will be.

Which was the last book you read?
Principles by Ray Dalio

What would be the first item on your bucket list?
More time.

Who inspires you?
No single person; instead, I like to take inspiration from a range of people, some in a personal / family perspective and others in a business sense.

How would you spend your ideal weekend?
Sunshine, golf and family.

How long can you go without your mobile phone?
Not long, ever.

What advice would you give the young you?
Stay calm, stick with it and if it doesn’t work, try again.

What would be your luxury item on Desert Island Discs?
Nice linen!

Who would you most like to meet and why?
A tough one, but would still have to be David Attenborough; it is something I have always wanted to do.