Father time!

 

                                                                                       Edition 393 Monday 21/08/17

 

Hi,with another 50+ year about to tick over I have been coincidentally reminded by Father time that hips knees and ankles don’t last forever!Glucosamine is the drug of choice for us athletes however not even that can prolong the ageing process forever.Exercise (my happy place)is a bit of conundrum really,you cant live forever with it and you cant live as long without it!?So all I want for my birthday is a new titanium hip please so I can keep running!

Fletcher reckons,after visiting and feeding a couple of local horses most days that owning a horse would not be a big deal as it could sleep in his room!(afterall he only wants one!!!).

Something funny is what the inventors of Lego must have thought as they boxed up and sent out hundreds of little pieces complete with a 60 page book of assembly instructions!!!

You know you are old when you consider going to bed first and setting the alarm for a 10pm All Black kickoff!!!Crikey once we would stay up all night for a 2 or 3am kickoff!!ZZzzzzJ

RIP Sir Colin Meads the mighty Pinetree from the King Country……Kiwi legend!

Have a great week ahead getting older and wiser!!!…………Cheers Jonesey.

 

Kate Henderson reckons she would share Fletchers bed with his horse,giddy up!

 

 

“Courtesy is as much a mark of a person as courage”.Theodore Roosevelt

 

What gives people the right to treat others badly…..answer NOTHING!

Whilst I admit that some sales people give the profession a bad name surely that doesn’t mean customers and others can treat sales people like dirt on their shoe?

I have had a bad run lately where there has been a distinct lack of common courtesy extended as part of the sales process.

I reckon I do a pretty good job of qualifying potential customers and don’t engage unless I believe I am dealing with the right person and that they are interested in buying.

All I want is the opportunity to put my best foot forward with a total solution to the needs I have identified my potential customer has.

All I expect in return is for them to do me the courtesy of responding with feedback within a reasonable amount of time.

Trouble is these days people seem to have great difficulty reading anything or communicating openly and honestly….if at all!!

What they don’t realise is I don’t mind if they don’t want to go ahead all I want is the decency of some honest and prompt feedback.

I had a situation last week where I have been working on a deal for over 8 months and most of that time has been follow up meetings and phone calls to procrastinating buyers.

Yes I know people are busy and that my proposal is often not top of their priority list but why let me guess all that…..why not simply just tell me so we can both move on??

Hey Mr/Mrs Buyer if I respect you then is it too much to ask you to do the same?

Hey Mr/Mrs Buyer if you haven’t got the time or the inclination then tell me.

Hey Mr/Mrs Buyer don’t waste my time and I sure as hell wont waste yours!

Hey Mr/Mrs Buyer all relationships start with trust, courtesy and honesty….try me!!

Selling the sizzle is fun but the customer has an important part to play,so remind them that sometimes “The customer isn’t always right!!”.

 

“Civility costs nothing and buys everything”.Mary Wortley Montague