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How Was Furk Today?

In the latest copy of Spice magazine I spotted an article about Furk. Spice is a trade publication about events, incentives, conferences and exhibitions.

In the article, Kirsty Spraggon introduces the idea of combining FUn with woRK =FURK. She suggests that you should make an effort to get to know your clients a a level deeper than just business. As your relationships develop, spending time together is less about work and more about enjoying the relationship.

Her top tips include:

1. Combine a meeting with  walk or a game of tennis or golf.
2. Use you iPhone to keep your networks up to date via Twitter or Facebook.
3. Combine business meetings with a coffee or lunch at your local cafe.
4. Host an annual client function such as bowling, a movie night, a picnic or wine tasting.
5. Bored with the office?  Take your laptop to the beach, park or favourite cafe.
6. When working from home, play yur favourite music and rather than dressing in the corporate uniform, stay in your PJ’s and uggh boots.
7. Load the numbers of your top 100 clients in your mobile and give them a call just to say hi next time you have a spare moment, such as when your driving (use hands-free of curse).

Evelyn and I love what we do and so I guess we furk too. We enjoy the freedom our lifestyle allows us and love spending time with people who are here to make the most of every moment. See if you can squeeze a little furk into your day.

Winning is Easy, Losing is Hard

I’m just back from a great run and I thought I would share these insights…

Insight 1.  

The brain is a magnet. It attracts what you focus on, what you picture.

Insight 2.

Don’t think about what you want to lose, think about what you want to gain.

Conclusion

Picture winning and you will win. Forming a picture of losing is far more difficult. Take weight for example. When I try to picture losing weight, I just see .. well you can imagine what I see. And that is the picture you carry in your mind, and therefore attract.  Not pretty.

Case Study

Instead of focusing on losing weight, focus on gaining health. Picture your ideal body. (Your own ideal body, not Elle McPherson’s!). Make it a realistic, vivid picture that is unmistakably you. You might be wearing those jeans that look great.  Make achieving that goal (winning) your mission. Every step you take in the right direction is bringing you closer to that goal and the process is a winning process, which is so much more fun than losing, don’t you think.