Edition 408 Monday 04/12/17
Hi,its taken me a long time to accept I am not perfect
however these days I readily accept this is not the case.In fact I saw a quote
the other day that reminded me I have a long way to go. It went something like
this; “Husbands (partners) stress women 5x more than children”.I concede this
may well be true in my case on too regular an occasion so I promptly made a
point of apologising to my understanding wife for being a child at times J.
Fletcher
reckons he doesn’t need to write to Santa this year as he has his
phone number and is going to call him direct.He also reckons this will also
assist to convince the Jolly chap he has been impeccably well behaved this
year!
Something
funny about wishing for things is they often happen making you
regret wishing for them.This happened Sunday when I was called for a ‘Live’
national radio interview on a popular garden/building show.Now as much as I love
the sound of my own voice I didn’t enjoy the stress level of being asked
questions live to air!Poor old TomTom our parakeet wasn’t too impressed either
when he was muzzled and locked in the bathroom to keep the background noise to
a minimum…..funny as bro!....yeah right!
Crikey I had a lucky escape last week as 2 large plastic bins
were caught by the wind and blown off the back of the ute on the motorway!
Thanks to the motorists who stopped to offer assistance and to God my avoiding
a multiple pile up on the Mangere Bridge at 3pm!
We mortgaged the house again to purchase the biggest
Christmas tree at the local ‘you pick we chop’ it looks and smells amazing
centre stage at 48….roll on the silly season ho ho ho!
Take care,keep smiling and enjoy the golden weather,have a
good one..…..Cheers Jonesey.
Kate
Henderson reckons she will never regret wishing for more secret morsels!
“Communication
works for those who work at it”. John Powell
There is no doubt in my mind that the better our
ability to communicate verbally and in writing the better our chances of
success.
I was reminded of this last week as I attended two
opening/launch functions of our customers and was then interviewed live to air on
the weekend.
I networked with people and listened to a number of
speeches at both functions which further reinforced my view that we need to be
prepared to put our best foot forward.
It never ceases to amaze me how few people I network
with or listen to have not spent time or invested money in being better
communicators.
Instead they ‘wing it’ thinking they are better than
they are and that ‘shell be right’ rather than working on reducing the risk of
failure and increasing the chance of success.
It doesn’t have to be rocket science and it isnt. There
are some simple steps that if followed will ensure you communicate your message
more effectively as follows;
- Preparation, be prepared prior to attending an event or speaking.
- Research and remember peoples names before events, names are important!
- Practise and try to memorise your presentation so you don’t have to use notes.
- Use body language and tone of voice to enhance your message.
- Have a short intro statement prepared to use when you meet people.
- Listen, listen,listen,listen and then listen some more
- Don’t talk over people, if in doubt refer to the point immediately above and do it.
There you go,you heard it here first go forth and
conquer your audience ….good luck !
“You never
get peoples fuller attention than when you are listening to them”.
William Feather
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