B.O.L.O.T !!!

 

 

 

                                                                                       Edition 332 Monday 23/05/16

 

 

 

 

 

Hi, ‘they’ do say you should “be careful what you wish for” as you often end up getting just that!

This certainly proved to be the case after my reference to the missing Winter last week!!

Crikey that appears to have been the signal for the weather gods to unleash a timely reminder!

We had thunder,lightening,bitter icy rain squalls , gale force winds and  power cuts combined with a plummeting barometer so just in case we thought Winter might never come it did…..all in a week!!!

We did enjoy cranking up the log fire and hunkering in front of it in the flickering candle light waiting for the power to be restored……so brave!

I hope you all survived ok and apologise for providing a catalyst for the Wintery onslaught!

Fletcher reckons; what happens in the car on the way home from the supermarket should stay in the car however when the empty king size bag of marshmellows was found and used as evidence in cross examination by his Mother he had no choice but to come clean! Dad was duly arrested and chargedJ.Dont kids just say and do the darndest things!!

I hope you are all well and enjoying life spending plenty of time with family and friends.

Have an audacious ‘Upbeat’ week.…...........Cheers Jonesey

 

Harry and the Hendersons reckon its ok to sleep on the master bed in thunderstorms..grr

 

 

“I am a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn’t have the heart to let them down”. Abraham Lincoln

 

I like acronyms and use them myself to remind me and others about important life/work stuff.

I heard a good one the other day that went like this L.T.D.

If we get people to Like us then they will Trust us and have a Desire to be our customer, friend and often both.

Sometimes we don’t spend enough time on the first two and as a result we are left wondering why the third doesn’t occur!

There is a similar acronym in Toastmasters A.I.D.A which translated means that our presentations need to concentrate on first grabbing Attention, then building Interest and Desire before ending strongly with a call to Action!If you follow this plan you will not fail to communicate more effectively!

Then there is my favourite which is O.A.R. simply translated this means that if we each accept Ownership, Accountability and Responsibility then we will see the importance of using the oar to row our own boat and do our bit without relying on others to carry the workload.We will also live above the line rather than below it in our B.E.D. where we will Blame others and make plenty of Excuses whilst Denying there is anything wrong with that!!!

I can think of plenty of examples past and present where that is unfortunately happening and where people are seemingly oblivious to it.

Acronyms are cool and don’t have to be other peoples as you can easily make up your own to live by!

What about a couple of my own like G.R.E.A.T. translates to Get Really Excited About Today and everyday we are lucky enough to be above ground.

What about one for the ‘Upbeat’ team??....B.U.D. translating simply to Be Upbeat Daily !!! hahaha so as you can see it doesn’t have to be rocket science but something simple will be enough to assist you to stay focused daily on important tasks?

Why not have a go at designing and building a personal acronym, write it down and then use it daily!

B.O.L.O.T….and of course no sizzle article would ever be complete without me making sure I had the last word by wishing you all  the Best Of Luck Out There……go for it!!

 

“The secret of success lies in the simple sentence Why not?”.Mehmet Minat Ildan