Edition 121 Monday 19th December 2011
Hi, Christmas, it can be the best of times and it can be the worst of times ! For six people I know who love it and get right into the spirit there are six who cant wait for it to be over ! For me christmas is about family and in particular the kids. It is a magical time to be a child surrounded by excitement, fun and loving family.I am grateful I have wonderful childhood memories of christmas. I can remember being devastated when Billy Tanner told me at Browns Bay Primary there wasn’t a Santa Claus and searching for hours for Santas sleigh and reindeer in the car park of the Browns Bay RSA at the kids christmas party ! I believe it is our role as adults to create these lifetime memories for the kids in our lives by making sure christmas is a happy, loving family time. As adults therefore we have a responsibility to make this happen at all costs.In some cases this will necessitate us forgiving and forgetting historical ‘family stuff’ that threatens to torpedo the day. Time to bury any bitterness or grudges and to focus on the importance of family and the joy of giving. Life is too short to be left with regrets for not making the effort. This may well be the last christmas some members of your family get to share with you (who knows?) so don’t you be the one responsible for missing the opportunity to be together! To this end our Jones clan will be venturing out West to our shack for Christmas this year and we look forward to hosting for a welcome change. We are looking forward to some annual leave and plan to enjoy the summer on the wild west coast as well as taking in the action at the Tauranga and Mt Maunganui half ironman triathalon events in the new year,
We hope you have a stress free, loving and enjoyable christmas and new year break with friends and family. Thank you for your continued support and feedback, we have loved bringing you the ‘Upbeat’, there is no way we could have sat down 121 times to do just that without every single one of you.
The team at ‘Upbeat are taking a break and will be back on Monday 16th January 2012.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Clinton, Harry and Boris Jones, Cheers Jonesey !
Harry the festive hound cant wait for his 8th summer holiday at the beach…surfs up bro!
There are three rules for success: the first is-Go on. The second is-Go on. And the third is –Go on! ………………..Frank Crane
Bob is a chimney sweep and he is a legend !
A what? ……I know you didn’t think they still existed but think again because they still do!
Bob is our local chimney sweep and he has called me at least 20 times over the last 3-4 years. Everytime he is in our area I will get a call to tell me and ask if I want to take advantage of him being in our neck of the woods.
Each and everytime I have declined hoping Bob would get the message and stop calling but…..religiously he would call me again next time he was in the area. He would also say stuff like, “when was the last time you had a ‘safety inspection” or “did you know that even log burners get a build up of soot”. These were things that I ignored initially but also things that I couldn’t help thinking about after declining Bobs umpteenth approach to do business. Crikey you couldn’t fault his follow up , persistence or persuasion…….so this weekend when Bob called yet again I finally relented and totally impressed with his follow up, spirit, persistence, persuasion and thick hide I agreed to do business with this modern day ‘Fagan of the West !!.
What a pleasurable and professional experience it turned out to be as Bob and his helper Michael completed their safety check and clean in no time at all. They left the house in pristine condition and even had time to admire my rugby memorabilia and tell me how much I looked like famouse All Black captain Gary Whetton (correct apart from the slight height differential of 300mm) nice one Michael !
Some great lessons here for sales sizzlers,NEVER give in, sell the SIZZLE (safety, insurance, clean burning, compliance, longevity, warm, cosy etc etc). Good example to us all in sales and in life of the importance of some basic sales principles not to mention a clean chimney for the fat fellas visit!!!!!
“Don’t be discouraged.Its often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock.”
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