Edition 424 Monday 23/04/18
Hi,we
have morphed into full on school holiday mode at 48, batten the hatches, and
all that jazz. Its times like this you realise how much it costs to go anywhere
like the movies or any other Auckland entertainment venue!? Then there is the
good old ‘school holiday programs’ running all over the show which are also an
arm and a leg!Interestingly it’s the spur of the moment simple stuff that
invariably ends up costing less but always ends up more enjoyable!!
Fletcher reckons he knows it cost a small fortune to take his girl ‘friend’ to
the movies but he assures us they are only friends and nothing happened! He
didn’t mention whether that was before or after his Mum had gone to sleep
watching the movie Peter Rabbit !!!(See pic).
Something funny about parenting 101 second time around is realising how
important it is to spend time with your kids doing the simple stuff that
memories are made of.To this end Fletcher and I have some fishing missions
planned to new wharves around the City next week(and I cant wait).I still
regret not taking enough of this time out with my other boys in school
holidays!I guess the key thing is having realised and learned that lesson I am
doing things differently now!!
There
is nothing more precious than your time especially when you are gifting it to
others.
Have
a great week sharing some of your precious time……Cheers Jonesey.
Kate and Lily reckon they should get danger money at 48 in
the school holidays!
“What do
you call a used car salesman?...A Cardealologist.” Some bright spark J
Ok, I confess, I used to be a car sales person!! hmmm…but
‘new’ cars not used cars.
I say that because we always considered ourselves
better than the the used car guys!?
I think it was because they always had to break the bad
news re low ball trade ins and were invariably dealing with people who needed
finance, couldn’t afford it,but sadly got it !
Anyway back to the story….so one day we had a giant
sale….one day(today) only!!!
There were lots of gimmicks to attract punters and
heaps of incentives for all involved!
So it was all on for young and old….speaking of which I
ended up with a ma and pa!
We built a repore and did a deal but it took all day to
finally do it!!!
So instead of ending up with a most sales/profit award
I won the longest deal award!!
I guess this says a lot about my selling style and why
it wasn’t really for the car yard!
My strength is relationship building for which there is
no time for on a one day car sale!!
Funny how you remember stuff like that from earlier in
your career.
Even funnier when you can recount and share it with
customers now for a laugh.
I rolled this old chesnut out last week to a guy who I
have been trying to close forever.
He saw the funny side and agreed we had taken a while
to get to yes but not only were we getting the yes for Auckland but we were
getting the yes for the rest of NZ too!!
Interestingly using past experience to reaffirm my strengths
helped to conclude the deal!
It is vital we all learn,accept and adapt our working styles
and techniques to be better.
“You don’t
‘close’ a sale you ‘open’ a relationship if you want to build a long term
successful enterprise.” Patricia Fripp
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