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Words of Wisdom
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"Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify."
David Henry Thoreau "I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter." Blaise Pascal, Lettres Provinciales 1657"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler." Albert Einstein
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Greetings!
Welcome to my first newsletter of 2009. Yep, it's gone graphic! Hope you like it. And let's hope it's a happy new year for all of us.
Jackie
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World's Worst Networker
I met the World's Worst Networker last month. Networking guru, Andy Lopata, had just given a speech about 'how not to network', and suggested that you never use the opening question "What do you do?" Instead, you start a conversation about something you might have in common, such as the weather, or the traffic, or how you came to be at the same event. That way you start to build relationships, not attempt to 'sell' in a room full of people who are not ready to 'buy'.
Shortly after Andy shared these words of wisdom, I was having a lovely chat with two new people when a third stranger burst in.
"Hope you don't mind me interrupting you?" he asked.
Hmm, well, yes, actually, it did seem a bit rude.
He thrust a yellow leaflet into each of our hands.
"Let me tell you what I do," he continued, and went on to explain.
I felt like shredding his yellow leaflet and throwing it back at him.
"Didn't you hear the speech?" I asked him (while my new friends fell about laughing).
He looked at me blankly. Then he turned away to interrupt the group that was standing beside us.
The saddest part is, when I read his leaflet, he offers a service that I might actually like to buy. His offer is so tempting, I might even want to recommend it to my friends.
But now, simply because of his boorish behaviour, I have no intention of doing so.
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Contorted English
The wind was rough
And cold and blough
She kept her hands inside her mough.
It chilled her through
Her nose turned blough
And still the squall the faster flough.
And yet although
There was no snough
The weather was a cruel fough.
It made her cough
(Please do not scough)
She coughed until her hat blew ough!
by Bennet Cerf
Spotted in the Reader's Digest by Lesley Morrissey of Inside News
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On a Personal Note
I was the subject of a random investigation by the tax man in 2008. Grrr.
They wanted to see some of my receipts from 2005. No problem. I sent them off.
Then they wanted some more receipts. I sent those as well. I waited. And waited.
My accountant chased them up. "Oh, sorry, the person dealing with that has gone off on long-term sick leave. We've handed it to someone else to deal with." We waited. And waited.
They asked for some more receipts. "Why do you need those?" my accountant enquired. "That's not the year you're investigating."
"Oops, sorry," they said. "The person dealing with it is useless and we've passed it to someone else." We waited some more.
Finally, they admitted: "There's no problem, you don't owe us anything, we don't owe you anything." Oh good, so can I have my receipts back now? "Ah, sorry, we've lost them."
Grrr.
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