K.I.S.S.

                                                      

Edition 122 Monday 16^th January 2012

Hi, Happy New Year and welcome to the start of 366 days (yes 2012 is a leap year !) full of opportunity, challenge, success, failure, happiness, sadness, wins, losses, grins, frowns, laughter, tears, celebrations, deliberations and above all else excitement ahead.

Life is too short to drink bad coffee so we were happy to beat off all other Trademe bidders for our very own Breville Barista machine complete with milk frothy thingy. The Latte’s and Flat whites were cranking and legendary status was soon reached at café 48 ! Needless to say the caffeine investment has paid for itself many times over (doesn’t take long at $5 bucks a pop !).

We were also lucky enough to do a deal on a pre loved leather lounge suite for a bargain so decided to sneak it in to the budget and the house as our chrissy present to each other,problem is we love it so much we have spent a lot of time relaxing on it in the last few weeks….yes,the perfect gift.

To that end I have enjoyed finishing the Shaun Quincy book Trans Tasman Trespasser 2 about him rowing the Tasman single handed emulating his Dad (recommended amazing read). I also read a book called ‘Ultra Marathon Man’ about a guy Dean Karnazes who was an amazing athlete who pushed his body to unbelievable extremes to cover hundreds of miles without stopping. In one example he ran from his home in San Francisco 100 miles through the night to the start of a marathon in the Napa Valley, he arrived 5 minutes before the start grabbed something to eat and then proceeded to chop out the marathon in 3 hours 15 mins !!! another recommended read.

We moved 10km to the local store 3 times in 2 weeks and in between caught plenty of Zzzzzzzzzz and enjoyed hosting family for chrissy day and friends. We boogie boarded and exercised between naps, watched TV movies and generally embraced the change of pace…life doesent get any better.

Boris the cat has mended well and is now out of his cage and loving his new dedicated ‘dog free ‘ area downstairs. The free spa pool trial nears completion in Ranui Heights and life is generally good for the Joneses, hope the same goes for you and yours….looking forward to another big one !

I hope you all had or continue to have a relaxing and enjoyable festive/holiday season with family and friends and that 2012 has started and continues well for you privately and professionally.

 Have a good one, Cheers Jonesey

Harry the hound loves being in the ‘Dog Box’…only place for a hound to be truly happy !

 “In the Dog Box?......flowers help” Seen outside flower shop Henderson…..clever marketing.

Crikey another year is upon us and already off to a flying start, things to do , people to see sales figures to meet. Tough times don’t last, tough people do though.

Lots of hype about new year resolutions and goals as you come to expect at this time of year.

Rather than come up with an elaborate list of goals and things you are committed to changing I am in favour of a K.I.S.S. solution …. Yes there is no substitute for keeping things simple my friends.

So….here is what you do……you only need one goal, one focus for 2012……..wait for it…………………:

GOAL 101……Continually strive to improve everything you do this year………..so;

• If you are in sales …sell more every day, week , month continually challenge yourself.
• Seek opportunities to improve, training, reading books, join clubs, industry groups
• Communicate more effectively……join Toastmasters (you knew it was coming !!)
• If you are trying to give something up, try harder seek more help get better.
• Help others get where they need to go and you will grow, develop and achieve yourself
• Be a better, son, daughter, mother, father, friend, husband , wife, partner…commit.
• Get it?.......go to it………good luck, have a great year.

“If its to be… its up to me”.   Daily quote for all ‘Upbeat’ people to say as they look in the mirror!