Double shot of life please

 

                                                                                       Edition 342 Monday 01/08/16

 

 

 

 

 

Hi,life is a funny thing really,it delivers us a lot of lessons and curve balls and then when some of us think we have figured it out it starts running out on us!This was reinforced for me in the last week through the attendance of two reunions where I was able to catch up with old footy and school mates to share,remember and compare life experiences,scars,scares,fitness(or not) and fallen comrades.

My many discussions contained all and more and a common theme….regret that we had not made more of an effort to keep in touch!Note to self…..life is too short,get your act together in future!

Fletcher reckons; getting dragged along to Dads high school reunion in Mums absence was a bit rough although he was able to fill in missing details to stories he has heard endlessly!

So half a day and first night on our own and going strong….dont know what all the fuss was about, solo parent and so far well behaved son talking a good game twelve hours in….watch this space!!

I had an early meeting in Newmarket last week so running a bit early I ducked into the swimming pool café for a double shot of caffeine and ended up with so much more.Crikey what a contagious atmosphere,the place was chocka with all ages,both sexes post workout pumped and high on life!

It was inspiring and motivational,there is nothing better than the ‘feel good’ factor after exercising!

This café should be renamed “The Upbeat Café” ‘where people meet who love and respect life!’

Check it out if you are ever in that neck of the woods I guarantee you will either sign up or be back!!

I dropped on to some amazing rough sawn macrocapa shelving which have become project 48J

I hope you are fit,happy and well, have an awesome week ahead….Cheers Jonesey!!

 

Harry and the Hendersons reckon more room in our bed should be shared evenly!

 

 

“Ambition is the path to success.Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.”Bill Bradley

 

I have been lucky enough to score a couple of big wins recently and apart from wearing lucky shirts and underpants to most calls I have to put it down to doing the basics well.

Both opportunities stemmed from cold calls and hunches about business to be done.

Neither were sales waiting to happen or begging to be signed,the duck was certainly alive with all feathers and quacking rather than presented roasted on the plate J.

Both needed a lot of graft and plenty of meetings and strategy prior to getting close or over the line.

Above all else this was about backing myself and building trust and rapport with key people in both organisations before an invitation to submit a solution was even received.

Both cold calls could easily have been bypassed or dismissed through my tendency to be disorganised, call reluctant or jusy plain lazy!!

The success has fueled my determination to organise and motivate myself well enough to allow random hunches and strategic,targeted cold calls  to become a religious feature of my week.

The key is prioritising targets and time to do justice to qualifying them as ongoing prospects.

Selling is exciting when you have some wins, it makes the tough times worth it and restores your faith in the profession when you actually meet customers who sincerely want to do business with you.

It is easy to get despondent and depressed about the rejection we all experience however the adrenalin rush from the chase and the win are contagious and leave you hungry for more.
If selling was easy then everyone would be out there doing it and whilst there are a lot of sales people out there not many are any good……so why not be one of the best you can be!

We all have a chance to differentiate ourselves in the top percent of our careers and for sales people that can be achieved by hanging on longer than the many who give up early. Good luck team!!!

 

“Many of lifes failures are people who did not realise how close they were to success when they gave up.” Thomas Edison