Hi,how much of a hurry is too much of a hurry? I had just
left for work(in a hurry) when I noticed something felt wrong with the car. I
suspected a flat tyre but instead of stopping I kept going. A couple of bends
later I did stop and confirmed my tyre was almost flat. It was dark so I
decided to drive slowly to a nearby garage! However because I was in a hurry
instead of changing the tyre I pumped it up and kept going ! I made it to my
first meeting and eventually got the puncture fixed later that day after having
pumped it up once more because I had a busy day !! Crikey what was I
thinking?,these actions could have had disasterous consequences and in
hindsight were a huge and unnecessary risk to take………………Lessons learned from
this;1)No matter how much of a hurry
you are in your personal safety has to take priority.2)Check tyres before blast off and know where your spare tyre is
and how to access and change it.Seems straight forward, but, both things I
didn’t do!
Fletcher
says; a lot these days and as encouraging as that is it takes a lot
of concentration to unravel most of the messages.We have cool crayons for
drawing on faces and windows.See latest picture attached of Team 48!!
NZFS Volly # 992813 is preparing herself for the final hurdle
before officially being able to respond to the local siren. 7 days of gruelling
basic training in early October looms large! You go girl !!!
Thank you for your feedback last week on the back of ‘Upbeat’
edition 250 . I appreciate your comments and support greatly and look forward
to ‘keeping you up with the Joneses’ and ‘selling the sizzle’ in true “Upbeat’
style as we close in together on edition 300!!!
Any hurry is too much of a hurry if it endangers you, have a
safe one… Cheers Jonesey!
Harry and the Hendersons reckon there could be money to be made by
dogs checking out tyres before marking them as safe?......Scooby Doo thinking
!!
“Feedback
is the gift of growth.” Ralph Smedley, founder of
Toastmasters International.
Last week I spent time inducting our newest recruit to team
GG something that is always a pleasure. As part of this process we called on a
number of customers for a variety of reasons and spent time covering all
aspects of our company and our new employees role within it.
To my pleasant surprise our newbie also had plenty of
feedback for me during our time together. I received impromptu and objective
evaluation of my performance on several occasions.
My view is any feedback is good feedback therefore these
comments were valued and noted by me.
It is important not to lose sight of the need for our
performance to be evaluated wherever possible and having someone along for the
ride is a perfect opportunity to get this assessment up front and first hand.
It is also easy to get lazy and complacent about our own
performance to the point where we develop an arrogance or think we are beyond
help or advice.
We never know it all but often thinking we do can create this
arrogance so it is important to be reminded of our need for humility.
Don’t ever stop learning and benefitting from new ideas or
feedback from others on how you can be better by modifying your techniques and
behaviour.
No better way for me
than this case through a third
party independent real time assessment!!!
There is no better way to finish every day by saying “I
learned something today” …lucky me!!!
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