Andrew Goodwin: Human connection is central to both personal and career success

'It's tough to make predictions – especially about the future'

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Andrew Goodwin reflects on the seven years since his first advice-focused book was published and says the more things change, the more they stay the same...

My first book, The Happy Adviser, was published in 2017. If Harold Wilson was right in saying a week is a long time in politics, I reckon I'm more than justified in suggesting seven years is an eternity in financial advice. When I revisit the text now, unsurprisingly, I'm reminded that quite a lot has changed since I originally bashed it out. For a start, my own business is twice as old and many times larger than it was back then. That said, without wishing to sound like some sort of visionary, I think plenty of the points I made still hold true. In fact, many of them have more resona...

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