ESTHUSIASIM DETERMINATION PERSISTENCE

We hear the word MOTIVATION a great deal these days, indeed it has become a very fashionable term. The number of books records and tapes on the subject are legion, and indicate that it has a become a multi dollar business. One possible reason maybe that because we live in times of stress and pressure, we need the mental vitamins as well as the other kind, of course this is absolutely true. I have been frequently struck by the way people think more positively at Christmas time
than any other time of the year. We think about families and friends in positive terms, and the more magnanimous among us, even think in positive terms about people we dislike. And, we certainly think about the coming year in positive terms. Pity Christmas comes but once a year!. Many people make all sorts of resolutions for the coming year, which usually last around 14 days. To keep a resolution for a whole year takes a great deal of persistence and determination, more than most people possess. To remain resolute about one particular thing for a year takes a very positive and enthusiastic attitude indeed, but like all worthwhile things in life, it takes hard work and practice, persistence and determination.
It is interesting to remember that we have to be taught to be good from the day we are born. It takes no effort at to be bad. But we have to work hard to be good,it takes a lot of determination and persistence.. Left to our own devices, one can only imagine what sort of adults we would grow up to be. Those of you who play sport, know, that no matter how good you are, to maintain your standard and improve upon it, you have to practice, and that takes enthusiasm, determination and persistence. Motivational books tapes etc help form positive attitudes. These are the mental vitamins,and we need to take them regularly, they keep our mental bowels open

Our minds are like cinema projectors, and the screens our lives, whatever we put into the projector will show up on the screen magnified a thousand times.. Be enthusiastic determined, and persistent. How do you become enthusiastic?, just enthuse, if it's hard, do it hard, but just do it.. Make it a habit, which pays off in spades. To rely on people and things to motivate you in your life can be very dangerous. They become crutches, and when those crutches are not there, you fall flat on your face. The only person who should motivate you, is the person in the bathroom mirror. Think about it! Nothing in the world can take the place of enthusiasm persistence and determinaation. Nothing is more common than unsuccessful people of talent. The world is filled with educated derelicts. Enthusiam, persistence and determination are alone omnipotent.

Tomorrow gives a man another chance. It comes to us at midnight, and squeaky clean. It's perfect when it arrives, and puts itself in our hands, what we make of tomorow is up to each of us. It hopes we have learned something from yesterday.[author unknown]. When someone wrote, "I am Captain of my fate, and master of my soul",
he might well have written "I am Captain of my soul and master of my attitude", which is what it's all about really, attitude, which can bring about entusiasm persistence and determination.
The way I see it, in all fields of human endeavour, the only three things that pay dividends in the long run are, enthusiasm, determination and persistence. I do believe that if we cultivate these three attributes, we attract to us, others, who have the same attributes.

Caz

CUSTOMER SERVICE.

I have , in the past, frequently complained bitterly about the low level of customer service to which we are subjected on a daily basis, so it is with great pleasure, I share with you my latest experience.

For sometime now I have been shopping around for a decent, but not overly expensive pair of tennis shoes. Tennis shoes can cost anything from $30 to up to $200, and sometimes more,but I found a shop in our shopping mall that features a wide range of sneakers at all sorts of prices. Looking around the shop, I was approached a young woman who looks about 14 years old, with big brown eyes; my first thought that she has a Fillipino back ground, and rejoices in the name of Bonnie.

I explained what I was looking for, which Bonnie countered with, "We must first measure your foot Sir, [dig that title!!] or rather both feet, because with most people one foot is larger than the other, and you should always buy the shoes that
fit the larger foot."
That has never occurred to me, an but now I think about it,it really does make good sense. Having arrived at the correct measurement, width and length, Bonnie produced a pair of tennis shoes, which are one and half times larger than the ones I have been wearing. 'You have been wearing the incorrect size for your feet, how you played tennis, is an interesting point, but you will play a lot better now that you are on the right footing!!!" Bonnie [ also a comedian] then proceeded to point out the features of this particular pair of tennis shoes, and what really amazed me was she equalised each feature with a benefit.. I suppose in the end, that is what we all buy isn't it? The benefits, beause the feature is the vehicle to which the benefit is attached. When we spend our money,. if there is no benefit in the purchase, we don't do it, do we? Of course not.

Bonnie having pointed out all the benfits of buying and wearing this particular brand of shoes, probably around 6/7, if memory serves, there was nothing else for me to think about, except that I probably wouldn't do as well eleswhere [including discount], and most certainly wouldn't enjoy the excellent personal customer service. Bonnie made me feel she was really interested in making sure I was buying the right shoe for the right reason at a price I was prepared to pay.

I don't know how much sales training Bonnie has undergone, but I felt that her natural ability, plus her commitment and love of selling certainly came through during our transaction.

I'm very pleased to pass on this happy experience to other Bloggers.

Caz.

WE MUST PUT A STOP TO THIS DANGEROUS NONSENSE.

The decision to allow certain bookshops [The Lakemba location in particular] to stock and sell what is now regarded as 'Hate Mail". That is, as I understand it, publications that promote and advocate becoming a suicide bomber, the making of bombs, and general hate mail etc etc against western society.

To make things worse, the Holy Bible is now banned in certain schools hospitals in Victoria on the grounds that non Christians will be offended.

The remedy is simple, if you are offended by our standards then choose another hospital and/or a school where you will not be offended. If you don't want to share what we have and live by our rules, then leave, preferably as quickly as is possible.

Can you imagine Christians living in the UAR, complaining that they are offended by having the Koran in hospitals and schools and it should be removed.

FAT CHANCE!!

What lunacy is this that we allow this sort of takeover, more importantly, if we allow it to continue there is no knowing where it will stop.

Where is the iron political will to say to these people. Enough is enough. If this nonsense continues, I would not want to live in Australia in ten/20 years time The country we enjoy now, will, sadly, simply not exist.

Caz.

ROAD CARNAGE.

In one of the Sunday papers this weekend, a journalist, Miranda Devine by name, wrote an excellent piece on older and women drivers. The phrase that really got to me was the first line in the last paragraph which reads, "Driving badly is a choice people make". What a great line that is, and it could and should be used throughout the country, in and on every media outlet to promote safer driving.

The carnage on our roads is a cancer and the only way to deal with a cancer is to cut it out. The powers that be have been pussy footing round for ages trying to deal with the ever increasing carnage on our roads, and instead of things getting better they are becoming worse. Better driving education is needed, so it has been said, and this is true. The only problem with that is the education to become effective
would take too long. Draconian measures are needed and the following could and should take place without any further delay.

The toughest thing in the world to change is people's attitude. And the attitude that a driving licence is a 'right' should be abandoned. What should be promoted is that a driving licence is a 'privilege' and must be earned the hard way. As follows.

The current system of testing is to be abandoned at once. In its place, all learner drivers should pass an advanced driving a test before they are allowed on the road. NO EXCEPTIONS. NO PASS, NO LICENCE.

Every three years, ALL DRIVERS, NO EXCEPTIONS, should pass the advanced driving test, and every five years, ALL DRIVERS NO EXCEPTIONS should undergo a medical and eyesight est. NO PASS NO LICENCE, NO EXCEPTIONS.

A couple of older drivers have been involved in very nasty accident recently, and much has been said and written about the standard of driving by older people. The implication is of course, 80 year old drivers should not be on the road.

BAD DRIVING IS A PERSONAL CHOICE, and is not the prerogative of older drivers, male or female.

After every holiday in Australia, particularly so at Christmas time, many people are involved in car accidents, people are hurt, maimed and killed,. Probably less than one per cent of the accidents are caused by the older driver, Likewise, on any freeway, the lunatics who persistently break the speed limit are not 80 year olds.

There are a number of people who are alive tday who will not be with us by the end of the year, because they, or someone else 'made a choice to drive badly.' "Sheer accidents" are very few and far between I would suggest.

What is needed is the 'political will', as a friend calls it, to put similar measures into practice. Expensive? of course,but look at the benfits.!!

However, I foresee two problems. One the civil liberties people squawking about invasion of privacy and civil liberties, and politicians that if they put their name to the similara measures, bang go their chances at the next election.

Think about it Bloggers,

BAD DRIVING A CHOICE WE ALL MAKE.



Caz.