I’m writing this item whilst suffering from aching arms, wrists and shoulders.

On Friday, I spent the evening Go Karting with a team of lads from the Llanelli based BNI business network group. This was supposed to be a relaxing social get-together or a team bonding exercise.

But, gather a bunch of males together in such a situation and it always seems to turn into something much more competitive. I’m aware that many businessmen can be a different breed, which could be one of the reasons that they do so well in businesses.

However, on the evening in question, I witnessed a determination far beyond that of a social end-of-week get-together. A few drivers pushed the track rules to the limits, while others effortlessly calculated their moves in order to take advantage of the mistakes that other drivers made.

It provided a sequence of events that Sir Alan Sugar would have gleaned so much character information from – and no doubt he’d have turned these skills to his advantage. And there you were thinking that I lead a sedate life, eating cake in coffee shops . .