Edition 442 Monday 27/08/18
Hi,how
hard can it be keeping track of two matching socks?Two go into the wash, get
hung out yet seldom ever make it to the folding table or back to the draw
together!!!?The more people I talk to the more I realise this phenonemon is not
restricted to us here at 48….it happens elsewhere too.Ever noticed it’s the
most sort after socks often required last minute in a hurry (footy or work)
that go missing most regularly?aaaaarrrrrrggggghhhhh. Ahhh the trials of being
in charge of that stuff!!!
Fletcher reckons;being made to wear different rather than matching socks to
school is ok with him and in his opinion should bear no reflection on our socio
economic standing in the local community.
Something funny….about my obsession with socks this week is that whilst
investigating the story I discovered our relentlessly active puppy Lily is
equally obsessed with them.To the point where she was apprehended with a stash
of missing socks she had secretly and silently chewed and hidden!!!
Apart
from losing my socks I found solace in the simple pleasures of life like
reading my weekend Herald,cleaning my car,mowing my lawn sustainably with my
recycled push mower and capping it all off by watching the Aussies get trampled
into the hallowed turf of Eden Park yet again!
Life
doesn’t get any better,hope the same goes for you,have a good one……Cheers
Jonesey.
Kate and Lily reckon you should try keeping track of four
socks if you think two is hard!
“Excellence
is a continuous process not an accident.”
‘They’ do say that “getting to #1 is the easy part, its
staying there that is the hard part!!”
I think ‘they’ are right its certainly easier being the
underdog than it is being the incumbent.
Take the All Blacks for example, they are continually
looking for ways to improve and be better.
Coaches and management recently travelled to the US
visiting highly successful professional organisations asking questions, observing
and noting things they can add to their formula.
They did this because they cant afford to sit still and
rest at the top of their sport/profession.
The chasing pack are never far behind and it is the
little extra bits that keep them in front.
Rest easy, become complacent and arrogant and you set
yourself up for failure.
So……it was with great pleasure this week that we
announced our latest innovation.
In fact we went one better and got the Associate
Minister for the Environment to do it on our behalf!
We have applied for and been granted over $3million
toward an extension to our unique facility.
Instead of standing still out in front we are seeking
to extend our lead on the chasing pack.
We know with the rapidly evolving sustainability
industry we work in we need to move quickly.
We have been ahead of our time and flown under the
radar but things are changing daily.
Our major competitors are finally getting serious about
diverting waste away from landfill.
We have a head start but know the gap is closing hence
the need to innovate to new levels.
Time to change it up and get into overdrive while our
competitors are still designing gearboxes.
That is the difference between getting to#1 and staying
there,commitment to continual improvement.
We are excited about our work being recognised by our
own Ministry for the Environment.
We are not naïve, we know others will apply for and be
granted funding for innovative ideas too.
That is why we need to keep having more brain waves
than them….that needs to be the difference.
More brain waves =not being complacent or arrogant and
genuinely loving what you do!!
On a par perhaps/maybe with keeping two socks together
for their entire lives???
“Don’t be
the same, be better.”
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