Cacophony!!!

Hi ,imagine running down a gravel country road in the pitch black dark with the surf roaring in the background and the lightening flashing and crackling in behind a curtain of black angry clouds crashing together to produce a deafening cacophony! This amazing amphitheatre greeted the Jones boy this morning,the wonder, power and the beauty of Mother nature,awesome!!bit scary though!!:)

DNS, not three letters that thrill me especially when they stand for “Did Not Start” my triathlon. There were a number of reasons the main one being a lack of time in the bike saddle prior to the event. Never mind it has made me more determined to complete the entire series later this year.

We reluctantly sold Sir Paul to a VW enthusiast last week, just one problem however, just like our motorbike sale,our buyer is from out of town……a long way out of town in fact,Christchurch !!!! Our buyer Jan (pronnounced Yarn) is headed up to Auckland to drive Sir Paul back via SH1 next weekend! Whilst we have sold our machine as a mechanically sound investment this impending trip has the potential to push that claim to the limit !!....good luck mate!!

I am always on the look out for new words or ones I don’t use a lot. Last week I heard one that I liked a lot and have attempted to use as much as possible recently. ‘Indomitable’ (incapable of being subdued : unconquerable) very cool to use. It is a good idea to incorporate new word usage into your vocab, why not try a new word every week…..starting this week….(mine is cacophony used above!!).

I hope you all had a relaxing weekend with family and friends as we head into yet another short week with Anzac Day approaching. I have added the Friday to create a nice four day long weekend. We hope to take Fletcher to his first dawn parade to commemorate our service men and women.

Cheers Jonesey.

Harry and the Hendersons used the thunder and lightening to good effect joining us petrified and huddled in our bed, together with Fletcher 6 in the Queen bed =chaos !!! :)

 

“Winners never quit and quitters never win.” Vince Lombardi

 

I am enjoying chasing leads in the field at the moment, banging on doors until they open and following up on referrals from the network we have established……sounds easy but it is far from it!

It is hellishly busy and the follow up is relentless and seemingly never ending. There are times when I feel so tired I cant continue but it is always the same thing that spurs me on and keeps me going! That is the sheer thrill of the chase and the buzzzz of winning and most importantly fear of losing!!

Quitting cant be an option, it is too easy to give up on a prospect who is hard to contact or elusive to the point of distraction !! That is the point where you need to double your determiination to make contact,set appointments and close sales.

It is particularly hard when you are out in the field on your own you have to be self motivated and driven but hey that’s why so many fail because they give in to the rejection, the pressure and the frustration of being a dreaded sales person….but guess what…..?

We are highly trained  professionals who have accepted a mission to sell to our existing and potential customers. We are ethical and honest and empathetic to our customers needs, we are going to make sure they deal with us because we are going to make it so much fun and mutually beneficial to do so.

Belief my friends belief in self, company, service and/or product is what we are about and what we have embarked on a lifelong career to convince all whom we come into contact with why we are out here walking the streets every day to achieve.

These are my self thoughts as I take on the world of sales every day, I hope they help you to do the same !! Good luck out there my colleagues !!!

 

“If you can accept losing, you can't win.”Vince Lombardi