Treasure!!!

         

 

 

Edition 212 Monday November 18th 2013

 

 Hi,thanks for the awesome feedback in recent weeks, it is appreciated. I took some sage advice and had blood tests recently after my 50 something mates passed away suddenly and Crikey guess what……..I discovered that I have high cholesterol!! I have always prided myself in being below all the bad bench marks but now find I am exceeding most of them and need to do something about it!! A timely wake up call but hard to handle when it is something I have never worried about before. Now I find myself identifying what in my diet is contributing and having to put together a plan to reduce intake of the offenders and eat more of the good stuff.It didn’t help that Christine was first to discover my plight and has now taken on the head nurse role so I havent got a show of ever having another doughnut or a pie until I am back on the right side of the ledger!!.....why is everything that tastes so decadently amazing also so bad for you?? Bugger !!!

From the Fletcher file our poor little dust mite had his 15 month immunisation shots last week, three huge needles delivered the dose to both thighs and his arm, jeepers I am glad I wasn’t associated with taking him to the house of pain. His Mother has been blamed since for betraying him and outing him to the authorities! We have been managing some related side effects ever since but have all been brave and taken the necessary sedatives to get ourselves through it…..Yay no more shots till 4 years old!!!....he is such a treasure!!

Speaking of treasures, I love stopping at charity shops in my travels of a week. They can harbour the most amazing treasure and they all benefit worthy causes so it is our duty to support them….right? I have landed some amazing stuff at bargain prices and I have no shame when identifying these treasure troves and skidding to a halt outside them. It spices my days and weeks to stop and rummage through stuff and I can definitely confirm that one persons trash is anothers treasure!! Our latest edition is a much needed key rack for the kitchen made of beautiful kauri from yesteryear,what a find and 5 bucks off to boot!!

Speaking of gold how about those mighty All Blacks, you have to love them , they are everything that is good about being a New Zealander !!! I hope you are also feeling good about your lot at the moment and enjoying your family and friends. Have a great week………………….cheers Jonesey.

 

Harry and the Hendersons reckon Fletcher is a good bugger taking 3 for the team !!!!

 

“If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.” Tony Robbins

 

Life on the road is tough at times as we do battle with lots of stuff including the traffic, the opposition and a generally poor perception of us as sales people.

So when we drop onto an opportunity it is gold and we enter the sales zone that has us amped and excited about doing business with a new customer.

For me this is generally when we are referred to or discover a new building project starting or about to be completed with a new builder or new tenant soon to move in.

A couple of weeks ago I disciovered such a site and set about trying to establish who was moving in and when. The process of finding out this information was frustrating due to no one really knowing what was going on. I approached a number of people and ended up with dead ends . So in desperation I went back to the site and ended up in the site shed but no one was there so I took advantage of the opportunity to go through the design/build plans on the drawing board! Well bingo the new tenants name was on the plans and as a result I was able to establish who was moving in and make contact  with the decision maker, we are now looking good for the business as a result,yay!

Sometimes you need to think outside the square and push the envelope a bit to end up with what you want! ‘Nothing ventured nothing gained’ and ‘never give in’ or perish I guess…over to you..good luck!

 

If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat! Just get on.” Sheryl Sandberg