Ham anyone?

         

 

 

Edition 217 Monday January 20th 2014

 

Hi, I hope you are having a happy and successful New Year to date and long may it continue.I also trust you were able to spend some time relaxing with family and friends during the last month.

We had a cool time enjoying where we live and all those things about it we tend to miss during the year or take for granted sometimes.I never knew there was so many ways to eat ham off the boneJ

The domestic ‘to do ‘ list suffered with most items never seriously threatened as we made the most of doing absolutely nothing.We did however manage to change the house round a bit which has enabled us to create a much loved and now used formal dining room for romantic candlelit evenings. As much as I would like to say it was my idea, Christine must take the credit.

Speaking of Christine, we are delighted to announce we are getting married in a small intimate outdoor family affair in March at our favourite place in the world ‘Matua Vineyard’…..Yay !!!

From the Fletcher file his performance in the Christmas show was a fizzer as he was overcome by the crowd and the heat from the spotlights and never fired a shot till after it had finished! Never mind there is always next year and there is no time for a showbiz career when you have a scooby Doo trike and a cool helmet to ride with at the local track (see attached photos)J

Whilst my return to work is definitely easier than being at home entertaining our energetic son I will miss the daily 10.30am Fletcher nap shared most days with him ! L

Like last year I have flagged the elaborate list of goals and objectives in favour of being totally  focused daily on one overarching goal ‘to be better’ at everything I do.

Have a great week ahead and make sure you make the time and effort to visit or make contact with the people that are important to you, don’t let an opportunity pass you by, it will mean a lot to you and them. Its great to be back talking to you…………..Cheers Jonesey!!

 

Harry and the Hendersons reckon they could assist with wedding prep by clearing the sheep from the field at Matua and surrounding paddocks!!!

 

 

“The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities”.

Stephen Covey.

I took some time this year to plan my return to work meticulously.I made notes on all the unfinished projects from last year and developed simple strategies for handling each of them in my first week back. This resulted in a highly successful week! It was so good that I have made the simple preplanning session a permanent fixture.It takes a bit of time but it is worth it as it makes sure the unfinished stuff doesnt compound resulting in an insurmountable list of stuff each week.

I have returned determined to stay on top of my workload and to act urgently on opportunities and ‘be better’ at turning these into new revenue for our company in 2014!! I am also determined to ‘be better’ at being ‘on time’ for meetings so I set about leading by example in this area from day one.

It certainly helped having our first Toastmasters meeting for the year in the same week as it assisted me greatly by giving me an extra motivation boost at a crucial time…..hey why not??? www.toastmasters.org.nz ……….go on you know you want to. Did you know that from extensive surveys conducted with a wide range of people from all walks of life it was found that people feared speaking publicly ahead of death!!! There are plenty of ways to ensure you hit the ground running this year, preplanning and Toastmasters are only two of them…..just make sure you are doing something to stay out in front and on top. Good luck, have a great year!

 

“You hit home runs not by chance, but by preparation.” Roger Maris