How amazing it was to watch the inspiration on my 13 year old son's face watching Usain Bolt run to victory. What a brilliant iconic hero for our children to have! Can't wait to see him in the 200 metre race tonight...
Showing posts with label inspiration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label inspiration. Show all posts
Tuesday, 18 August 2009
Lightning Bolt !
How amazing it was to watch the inspiration on my 13 year old son's face watching Usain Bolt run to victory. What a brilliant iconic hero for our children to have! Can't wait to see him in the 200 metre race tonight...
Thursday, 23 April 2009
Why bother?
Several of you have been complaining to me that I'm not blogging as often as I used to. Frankly I didn't know that you cared - and since the departure of Stephen, C & Mr A Dragon, and we lost our acerbic comment strings, I thought why bother if no one is interested.
That's a feeling I think most entrepreneurs share at some point isn't it?
You're there plugging away at your business, believing you're doing great stuff, and some days - typically those days when nothing's cooking, or you're let down, or people don't bother to reply to your calls, or you get no sales in, or the phone doesn't ring a single time, or only 7 people register for a webinar where you called in a big favour to get someone you thought might be really interesting for your network - you do just sit there and think 'Why do I bother?'.
But then there are the days when the invitations flow and the opportunities arise or you gain some great inspiration or energy or a big deal breaks or that money you've been owed for 8 weeks now lands in your bank account - and you're back in flow again.
I guess it's just a case of when the 'Why Bother?' days overtake the 'Back in flow' days you need to consider giving up and doing something else...
So let me know what type of day you're having.
And if I don't get any comments I will know not to bother!
That's a feeling I think most entrepreneurs share at some point isn't it?
You're there plugging away at your business, believing you're doing great stuff, and some days - typically those days when nothing's cooking, or you're let down, or people don't bother to reply to your calls, or you get no sales in, or the phone doesn't ring a single time, or only 7 people register for a webinar where you called in a big favour to get someone you thought might be really interesting for your network - you do just sit there and think 'Why do I bother?'.
But then there are the days when the invitations flow and the opportunities arise or you gain some great inspiration or energy or a big deal breaks or that money you've been owed for 8 weeks now lands in your bank account - and you're back in flow again.
I guess it's just a case of when the 'Why Bother?' days overtake the 'Back in flow' days you need to consider giving up and doing something else...
So let me know what type of day you're having.
And if I don't get any comments I will know not to bother!
Friday, 20 July 2007
Marketing Tips #37 - 'The Art of Flattery'
I lost my PA two weeks ago.
In your world this may have been a disaster, but I've found it quite refreshing to be back in control again - in particular of all the speculative emails I receive each day.
An efficient PA will see these as intrusions to be fended off in the politest possible way (or in the case of my last PA, irritations largely to be ignored). However, as my business is now 'Inspiring, Motivating and Helping Entrepreneurs Achieve Business Success', each one is at best a customer - and at worst a small piece of market research/feedback from which, at minimum, I can learn something.
99% of these emails are pretty positive - from people telling me about their business, sometimes asking for direct help or investment or simply sending me a few lines of positive words.
But yesterday I received the following from one Fakeidee43626824@aol.com:
'losses of £4.7million and you give advice , are you sure'
In the media meltdown and hate fallout that followed the crash of Red Letter Days two years ago, I learned that the best way to deal with such messages is to use the Delete button. The cyber equivalent of a dollop of birdshit landing on the windscreen of life, these occasional 'hate mails' are almost always anonymous, sent from dodgy internet based email addresses senders and I suspect from people who have never got up off their butt to achieve anything in life - let alone experience how difficult it is to create a business from scratch and run it for 16 years.
[Alternatively it could have been Peter Jones, having a bit of fun... But I digress.]
And so the message languished in my Recycle Bin, until 40 minutes later I received the following:
Hi Rachel,
I've just been leafing through your website and I think you're a star just for taking the time to put together some useful tips for people like me to take a look at -- it's comforting to think that even hugely successful business giants like you have been through the same exhausting process as the rest of us in your climb to the top. And it's encouraging to know that we all have the potential to succeed, because sometimes, despite your very best efforts, you can start to wonder if you're really up to the task.
So thank you for your words of encouragement.
Best regards,
Marc Jardine==========================
Biznis Cards ::: Online Print Solutions
www.biznis-cards.com
OK, it's a bit OTT - and I would hardly describe myself as a 'business giant' - but once my new PA is recruited, I know where I'll be getting her business cards from.
Enjoy your day!
Rachel
In your world this may have been a disaster, but I've found it quite refreshing to be back in control again - in particular of all the speculative emails I receive each day.
An efficient PA will see these as intrusions to be fended off in the politest possible way (or in the case of my last PA, irritations largely to be ignored). However, as my business is now 'Inspiring, Motivating and Helping Entrepreneurs Achieve Business Success', each one is at best a customer - and at worst a small piece of market research/feedback from which, at minimum, I can learn something.
99% of these emails are pretty positive - from people telling me about their business, sometimes asking for direct help or investment or simply sending me a few lines of positive words.
But yesterday I received the following from one Fakeidee43626824@aol.com:
'losses of £4.7million and you give advice , are you sure'
In the media meltdown and hate fallout that followed the crash of Red Letter Days two years ago, I learned that the best way to deal with such messages is to use the Delete button. The cyber equivalent of a dollop of birdshit landing on the windscreen of life, these occasional 'hate mails' are almost always anonymous, sent from dodgy internet based email addresses senders and I suspect from people who have never got up off their butt to achieve anything in life - let alone experience how difficult it is to create a business from scratch and run it for 16 years.
[Alternatively it could have been Peter Jones, having a bit of fun... But I digress.]
And so the message languished in my Recycle Bin, until 40 minutes later I received the following:
Hi Rachel,
I've just been leafing through your website and I think you're a star just for taking the time to put together some useful tips for people like me to take a look at -- it's comforting to think that even hugely successful business giants like you have been through the same exhausting process as the rest of us in your climb to the top. And it's encouraging to know that we all have the potential to succeed, because sometimes, despite your very best efforts, you can start to wonder if you're really up to the task.
So thank you for your words of encouragement.
Best regards,
Marc Jardine==========================
Biznis Cards ::: Online Print Solutions
www.biznis-cards.com
OK, it's a bit OTT - and I would hardly describe myself as a 'business giant' - but once my new PA is recruited, I know where I'll be getting her business cards from.
Enjoy your day!
Rachel
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