Edition 409 Monday 11/12/17
Hi,you know you are doing something right when someone close
to you who knows you better than most notices!Thats why I sat up and took note
when my wife observed the change in my attitude and behaviour lately.She went
on to say how relaxed and happy I seemed to be?Yes I have been making an effort
but was unaware of the impact it was having on those closest to me…….how cool
is that, how lucky am I?...no pressure J.
Fletcher
reckons having a speaking role at the year 1 prize giving was the
least he can do after his Fathers recent live radio antics…bring it on!hmmmm
future MC and Toastmaster?!
Something
funny about kids is they say the darndest things!Like Fletcher
trying to tell me some photos he found the other day were of him and his Mum in
a cave?Turns out they were images from scans taken of him whilst in the
womb…hilarious! talk about laugh.
Talking about laughing I have had occasion to do a bit of it
lately (the new relaxed Jones Boy?) and I highly recommend it as a means of
letting go of tension and stress…go on you know you want to….funny thing is it
is amazingly infectious and worth catching J J.
I hope you are also having a happy,smiley,giggly time and if
not ,why not?..Cheers Jonesey.
PS; check out the pic of our awesome 100year old Christmas
tree that lives on(for now)!!
Kate
Henderson reckons she is lucky,her family is a constant source of humour!
“Its not
the strongest or most intelligent who will survive but those who can best
manage change”. Charles
Darwin
In todays world there is one constant that we need to
embrace and that is change.
Our world is changing so fast that if we don’t change
with it we will be left behind.
I remember a story about Kodak (who?) the film maker
that got wind there was soon to be cameras that didn’t require film?
As hard as that was to believe the digital age was
approaching however Kodak chose to ignore the warning signs and were slow to adapt
to the change and have now disapperared.
I attended a meeting recently where dramatic changes
were announced to a system that has been relatively the same for decades.
The changes are happening and are a radical departure
from the old way to a new online version that will bring the organisation into
the modern era.
I admit my first instinct was to resist and deny the
change was necessary and to immediately consider that change not relevant to
me!
Slowly I accepted that if I fight rather than embrace
the change I will be left in the dust of the 25 year old road which I have
travelled with the organisation to date.
So ‘Mr Technically challenged’ has reluctantly accepted
that this change is happening whether I like it or not and that people smarter
than me are here to help not hinder.
The irony is I have been a vocal opponent of some of
the historic and nanny state type policies in the past and I need to see this
as a way to improve these as well.
So with my ‘paradigm shift’ firmly in place I have
decided to pursue these changes, find out as much as I can about them and to
provide the catalyst for others to change.
I have resisted change in the past and others have
politely/kindly made excuses for me as I have used my non technical skills to
more than get by…..however….
The time has come where this will no longer
suffice….time to embrace and harness change!!
The secret
of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old but on
building the new”. Socrates
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