I am free! The boot is off and I have been
out seeing customers, and it feels so good. I love my job, it doesn’t feel like
a job, going to see my old chums, enjoyer the banter, catching up. Of course
there is pressure to win new business, but then we are hunter gatherers, so why
not enjoy the chase?
That old chestnut, motivation. Most of us need to work to pay the bills and
so on, that is some form of motivation, but if we enjoy our work as well, that
makes life a lot easier. So then we need a challenge, mine is not only to win
new business but to keep current customers happy with what we do, and how we do
it. As a salesman one needs to be a micro business owner. Your customers see
you, not the whole of your company, you are
the company. This was easy for me when I owned Trim Technology, but this
feeling hasn’t changed one jot since going in with Darren and Dave. If anything
it has helped me go to another level of satisfaction. What I can contribute now
gives me the extra buzz one gets from sharing. It is a real buzz and you won’t
read that any academic text book (they are full of salami sliced guff
regurgitated over and over again, usually written by weird American academics
that never left the cosy confines of their stuffy Universities).
I don’t want to take up too much of your
time this week, just to leave you with the picture of me with a silly grin on
my face.
Nearly forgot, if anyone is near the Celtic
Manor this Sunday morning, some middle aged, over weight golfer may burst into
song!
Slightly connected to this, Sally and I sing in a community choir,
Cardiff City Voices. There are about 180 of us. We sing for charity and our
main concert is on 28th and 29th June in BBC Hoddinott Hall - Wales
Millennium Centre.Some of the numbers we will be singing
include Shine; California Dreaming; Both Sides Now; Creep; I say a little
prayer for you; Fix You, and many more. Come along!
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