More Howlers - You feel even better when you laugh
Examples of dodgy english!
Outside an American shop:
'Don't go into another shop to be cheated - come in here'!
In an American Hospital
'Guard dogs operating'
In a Hong Kong Tailors Shop
'Ladies may have a fit upstairs'
Ad in a newsagents window
'Good home wanted for freindly Labrador - eats anything - loves children' |
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You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction.
George Horace Lorier, 1867 - 1937, American Editor and Writer
Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud.
Hermann Hesse, 1877 - 1962, German Writer
Make it a point to do somethng every day that you don't want to do. This is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.
Mark Twain, 1835 - 1910, American Writer and Humourist |
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Objective setting
To make your objective achievement more successful:
- Write down your objective!
- Be specific.
- Include target date.
- Post it on a wall or pin board where you will see it every day.
- Share it with the people around you.
Keep yourself motivated
Why do you work? What do you run a business for? What gets you up each morning and keeps you going? What is your ulimate goal?
Whatever it is, this will help you achieve it.
- Pick something which can represent your ultimate achievement - a fantastic car - holiday home in Barbados - several cars etc.
- Find a great picture on the internet of your representaton.
- Print off the picture several times and stick it on the walls at varius places round the house.
- Put a copy in your diary
- Use the pctre as your Desktop wallpaper.
This way you will be remnded all the time why you are doing what you are doing!
Mine is the Aston Martin DB9 in the picture above by the way! One day I will buy one.
Self Development
If you are at all serious about self-development, read books on the subject. Have a couple on the go all the time. Dip in and out. Choose one or two things at a time act on and change your behaviour or approach.
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Greetings!
Time flies doesn't it? So much to do and so little time to do it in!
An unsubtle connection here to one article below 'Relax - De-stress by planning your week'. Being more organised really does help you relax. I'm sure you'd all like that!
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In this issue is the second in the series on tips for making presentations. This time I'm looking at how to prepare using mind-maps I introduced last month and, of course, common sense.
There are the usual tips and wrinkles amongst other topics.
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Making a Presentation - 2nd article. Preparation
Having seen last month how to use mind-maps it is time to use them in the context of making a presentation.
So! You have to make a presentation - here's what to do..
1. Use a mindmap to simply jot down every idea you have about what to put in as content - try to build sub-branches where ideas relate to a main subject or theme. Don't worry too much at this stage how though, just get your ideas down. Also don't bother with colour at this stage.
2. Now use a second mind map, put your title in the middle and start with one branch being Objectives - add two or three sub-branches with 2 or 3 key outcomes you want. The ideal would be to draw this map on a post-card sized piece of card as this will become your 'aide memoire' when presenting
3. Using colours, having studied your original mind map put in the main branches with a different colour for each. The write in sub-branches for each of these with content from your original.
4. Add a summary/conclusion branch
What you now have is a great skeleton for the content of your presentation. You now have an option...i.e. points 5 & 6 .... resume at 7 if you don't do these.
5. If you want to, then I suggest ou write out your talk in full. Write as much as you can as if you are talking. Read your talk back to yourself and then adjust. Read it again.
6. Cross check your written talk with your mind map and make sure your mind map covers all the main points.
7. Now number your main branches in the order you will present.
8. If you wrote out your presentation in full, fold this up and tuck it away somewhere - you must NOT use this to present from - if you do, you'll end up reading it. Your audience will not be greatly engaged if you read to them and you will lose impact even if you are reading really good material.
Now you are ready to present! Well, almost! Next you should consider what visal aids to use and how to deliver your presentation......so this is the subject for next month.
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Relax & De-Stress
Plan your Day...Week....
Having talked about how to handle your inbox and mail last month (remember Ugent and Important, Important not Urgent etc.) then I thought that another tip on how to 'self-organise' would help.
I know that some of you are really good at organising yourself anf your time. You do it naturally. Great, well done, I'm jealous! I've had to learn along with many others of you out there.
Having said thet, even the best organisers can become overwhelmed and lose focus so this article may just help.
You can have too much to do. You can get distracted in the week and not give time to doing all the little, more mundane things in life. You can also get a bit lazy at times!
One way I advise clients of mine is to use freely available diaries available on the internet to help you organise your weeks.
I have two diaries - namely a Filofax and Google Calendar. This means double entry but you really should have a back-up to your diary anyway (what if you lost one! or your hard drive throws a wobbly! you would be in a mess!).
Try using Google Calendar (if you click on the words you will be taken to a demo site where you can sign up - it FREE). Your diary is held centrally by Google so it is preserved for you (one disadvantage is you need to be online to access it - becoming easier all the time to be online nowadays). You can categorise your activities using this calendar into a number of different diaries represented by different colours. These can all be seen on a daily, weekly or monthly basis depending on your choice.
This is a week view of my diary - clearly (or not so clearly!) you will not get much detail from this particular shot but it will give you an idea of how it works.
Suggstions:
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Main calendars
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Leisure
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Family
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Admin
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Client time
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You time
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Working ON the business
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Working IN the business
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With reference to the Mark Twain quote (above left) FIRST enter the time slots for doing the things you do not want to do e.g. Admin, record keeping etc. The make sure you stick to these times.
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What's in a word.....?
 A bit of NLP for you here. The L of NLP stands for Linguistic and is, in part, about how words are used and what they truly mean. Ever heard a phrase like, 'can you see what I'm saying' or 'How do you feel about that'? These are phrases which use our own representational sytems as a descriptive element within our conversation - visual, auditory and kinaesthetic (feeling). People have different references for he way they think and speak. Some may be primarily visual, others auditory. So, why not use neutral words when speaking to new clients and customers such as, 'what do you think about that'? 'Do you understand what I'm saying'? Think and understand are neutral words - try it- you may well find you gain rapport much quicker!
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Did you know that.....?
Interesting facts - this month from the Institute for Fiscal Studies & National Statistics Office
- In 2004 - 05 there were 46.8 million adults in Britain
- 29.5 million (63%) of these paid tax
- Average income extrapolated to today's prices = £24,769 leading to £4,400 paid in tax
- Average income of:
- Top 10 - 1% = £49,960 (4.2 million adults)
- Top 1% - 0.1% = £155,832 (422,000 adults)
- Top 0.1% = £780,043 (47,000 adults)
Highest income earners least likely to come from East and West Midlands, more likely to come from East, South-East and London.
More than 22% of all taxpayers are classed as pensioners!
Over 60% of higher earners (Top 1- 0.1%) work in real estate, law, finance and health & social work (includes GP's)
Nearly a quarter of the 1- 0.1% bracket are company directors.
Source: Racing Away? Income Inequality and the Evolution of High Incomes Mike Brewer, Luke Sibieta and Liam Wren-Lewis* - Institute for Fiscal Studies Link to site
- Between 1981 and 2005 East Staffordshire population rose by approximatey 11%
- In East Staffs in 2004 0.95% of the land was cover by domestic property and 0.82% commercial
- East Staffordshire equates to 2.996% of the aea of the West Midlands (13,001,000,000 sqare metres)
Sources Office of National Statistics West Midlands Regional Observatory
The three sites which you can find through the links in this article contain a vast amount of statistical information - I include the links because for those of you in business or setting up businesses, the info contained could be very valuable to you. |
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