Edition 335 Monday 13/06/16
Hi,when you invite some friends for dinner is it rude to
excuse yourself to watch the footy?When faced with this dilema Saturday night I
found out a number of things:1)Always check the All Blacks calendar before
inviting guests.2)There is a limit to the number of excuses(and times) one can
make to leave the dining room during the game. 3)The size of the distraction is
directly related to how our boys are doing ie; if game is in the bag then
relax,if game is on a knife edge so are guests!4)If you are the sort of person
who needs to watch in your own world don’t invite guests.5)If you are a bad
loser, don’t invite guests.6)If you havent got a life outside footy invite
guests and get one!! J.
Fletcher reckons; Dad
is funny when he is trying to please everyone and ends up pleasing no
one.Anyway Dad at least the All Blacks won and I got to eat your icecream when
you were glued to the big screen!!Can you please invite more guests for next
weeks game!!....Go the ABeees!
On the project front we went on a mission looking for some
trolley wheels at the local Transfer Station (nice name for rubbish dump!).We
didn’t find any wheels but we did discovery other treasures including a cool
copper fireplace base frame and guard for our $10 Kauri surround.We made a
ridiculoius offer and the rest is history…(see attached).Its the simple and
inexpensive things that are so often the greatest source of fun and
satisfaction.
On that note, have fun this week keeping things simple and
they will be successful …Cheers Jonesey
Harry and the Hendersons reckon old age is a Bitch!
“Confidence is
contagious.So is lack of confidence”. Vince
Lombardi
I was again reminded last week about the ‘Upbeat’ benefits of
being bold and brash!!
I had been booked in for a while to do a presentation to a
group of Primary School Principals.
The theme and thrust was sustainability, environment and new
business opportunities.
Pretty straight forward from a sales perspective so I was
reasonably relaxed about it.
On the day and on the way I decided boldly that I would do
something completely different to what I had originally intended……..so I did
and I was a lot happier and so was our audience.
My angle was all about inspiring new generations of New
Zealanders through our involvement with education and schools. Throw a novel
fundraising idea some cool equipment and the 100% NZ owned Green Gorilla made a
disruptive impact on some previously traditional thinking so called
intellectuals!
What a start to what became an unbeatable/indestructable day
for me in the field of opportunity!
The day culminated at a client function we were invited to as
a supplier by a loyal customer. There were some formalities where our host
thanked us as suppliers and went on to specially recognise some long serving
key staff. I stood there thinking it would be nice if someone spoke on behalf
of the suppliers present so as the formal speeches concluded….you guessed it I seized
the day!!!!
I was bold, brash,brief and bodacious…..the key message was
one of thanks too for their loyalty to us as suppliers,a rare and valuable
thing in todays dog eat dog business world.
It went down well and was appreciated by all and capped off a
perfect ‘Upbeat’ day for me. It reinforced the advantage of getting off to a
positive start and staying on a roll all day with positive after positive. The
feeling or ‘high’ is something we need to crave daily because success attracts
and breeds or multiplys success. Interestingly I had a discussion with a real
estate agent friend of mine who does nothing but focus on this ‘knock on’
selling effect. She had just sold 4 houses in a month by painstakingly finding
the right houses for a couple of buyers who then became vendors.Success breeds
success but you need to be bold and brash by getting yourself out there so you
can be positioned favourably in the
first place…..good luck, go for it, seize the day…TODAY!!
“Vulnerability without
boldness is weak.Boldness without vulnerability is brash.Our perfect balance is
being both vulnerable,brash and bold”.Alan
Rob Neal .
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