I'm Just Glad Wrinkles Don't Hurt!

Two men fell on hard times. Try as they might, they couldn't find work.
They heard that a museum was willing to pay $50 apiece for live rattlesnakes so, in desperation, they decided to catch snakes.

Outfitted with a net and basket, they hiked to a remote area renowned for its large snake population. But as they scaled a steep ledge, the rock gave way and they tumbled down the slippery bank -- into a deep pit crawling with rattlesnakes!

One of the men quickly sized up the situation and shouted excitedly to his friend, "Look! We're rich! We're RICH!"

Some people see good in anything! And I suppose there's usually a brighter side. Take aging, for instance. When we grow older, our skin turns from satin to cotton to seersucker to corduroy. But, on a brighter side, I'm just glad wrinkles don't hurt!
It has to do with how we look at our situation. Like a sign spotted outside a New England shop: "We buy junk. Antiques for sale."

Is your attic full of junk or antiques? It may sound a bit naive, but if my guess is right, we're going to have plenty of problems anyway.

Why not think more about whatever is good and just be glad wrinkles don't hurt?

cheers,
BobbyWan

Enough failure

Failing at anything can be a difficult experience. It can be embarrassing, discouraging, and expensive. It can steal your time and energy, leaving you with nothing to show for the effort except disappointment.
Yet as bad as failure is, there is something much worse -- the absence of failure. If there is no failure, it's because there has been no attempt. The only way to completely avoid failure is to avoid making any kind of effort.

Success comes not from the avoidance of failure. Most of the time, success is achieved only when there has been enough failure. Failure, as difficult and painful as it may be, is an essential building block for accomplishment. To find one strategy that works, you must be willing to go through several strategies that don't work.

Failure is a magnificent teacher, and one which is unavoidable in any serious attempt. Undertake something ambitious, and you will most certainly have some failures. Only when you've had enough of them, will you truly succeed.

Don't let the fear of failure stop you. Plan for it, deal with it, minimize its negative impact, and march on through it. Success is just one more attempt away from failure.

cheers,
BobbyWan

5 Strategies to Guarantee Your Business Success!

Life is a game. You need to know the name of the game. Be a player NOT spectator. If you don't have a plan, you will fit into somebody's plan! Follow these 5 simple steps to achieve success in your business. Will You allow me to help You?

A. A Positive Attitude
Your attitude can make or break you. How can you stay "up" when there are so many things that can bring you "down"? Your next move is your choice - positive or negative.
What can I do that will be to my best advantage?
Definition of Success: The continuous journey toward achievement of pre-determined , worthwhile goals.
B. What are the characteristics and work habits that separate the average from the high income earners?
1. They radiate confidence and strength in their walk, talk and overall presence.
2. They balance ego with warm and sincere empathy for the people they serve.
3. They reach within themselves for the strengh to overcome obstacles and pain to succeed.
4. They do what they plan to do in writing daily.
5. They keep themselves in a positive shell and avoid jealously, gossip , anger or negative thinking.
6. They love people and use money instead of using people and loving money.
7. They strive to keep their lives in balance, and know they must strive for success in all areas.
8. They invest monthly in the greatest investment on earth, their minds!
9. They are highly goal oriented. There are five elements in achieving any goal.
a. Find a goal
b. Write it down
c. Attach a date
d. Tell 3 people who hold you accountable
e. Attach a condition

C. ExtraOrdinary Work Ethics
1. Starting focused in the day.
2. Following through on help requests for your people.
3. Thinking of new ways to help market products or services.
4. Continuing to give your best efforts throughout the day.
5. Adopting the work philosophy of “I must always do the extra things that ordinary people refuse to do”.

D. 360 degree Product /Service Knowledge
a. Know and understand everything about your products and services. Know everything about your competition products and services. Applied knowledge is Power!
E. Excellent Networking skillsBasic networking skills+ consultative skills= A long term successful business relationship
Have excellent basic skills is the beginning for achieving consultative or relational selling success.
You can’t have one without the other. The biggest single obstacle for most people in business will be that of:
F - False
E - Expectations
A - Appearing
R - Real

The professional Creed

I am not judged by the number of times I fail,but by the number of times I succeed.And the number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I can fail and keep trying.

all the best,
Bobby Wan

Getting a Busy Signal

Two natural gas company service personnel, a senior training supervisor
and a young trainee, were out checking meters in a suburban
neighborhood. They parked their truck at the end of an alley and worked
their way to the other end.

At the last house, a woman looking out her kitchen window watched the
two men as they checked her gas meter. When they finished, the senior
supervisor, proud of his physical condition, challenged his younger
co-worker to a foot race back to their truck.

As they approached the truck, they realized that the woman from the
last house they checked was huffing and puffing right behind them. They
stopped and asked her what was wrong.

Gasping for breath, she replied, "When I saw two gas men running as
hard as you two were, I figured I'd better run, too!"

In another way, we spend a great deal of time running, don't we? We are
running to catch up at work. We are running to keep up at home. We
speak of "running" errands. We "rush" off, we drive in the "fast" lane,
we stop at the "Quick" mart, we buy "fast" food, we use the "express"
lane, and we "hurry" back so we can "race" through our meal. Too often
our lives are lived in fast forward. No wonder we "run down"!

One tele-communications company executive went to see his doctor. She
listened to her patient's heart, shook her head and said, "All I get is
a busy signal."

Living fast does not usually mean we will have more free time. Rather,
it often means we feel we have too much to do! An important part of
reducing harmful stress is to simply slow down. Take a walk. Spend some time alone.
Be still. Listen to your soul.
Surprisingly, you may find you have MORE energy left for the important
work.

In time, you may wonder why you ever rushed at all!