And usually by the middle of January we’ve broken all these resolutions, which I was reminded of by one of my real estate colleagues at a New Year’s party. It’s a good thing that I’ve never been tempted to make New Year’s resolutions myself, never mind actually going through with them, if only because I consider our date of birth to be a more symbolic moment on which to close one chapter and open another. So at least I can keep calm and wait a few months before my birthday in the summer. Besides, is it worth doing any of this if one of the richest people in Hungary, who grew up in abject poverty, when asked what to do to get rich replies, as he smokes one cigarette after another: play cards, play chess and first of all read books (his favourite genre is romantic literature). I am speaking to Sándor Demján – the founder of the TriGranit Holding development company, a major player active a