~Gene Perret
What a bargain grandchildren are! I give them my loose change, and they
give me a million dollars' worth of pleasure.
~Welsh Proverb
Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild.
~Gore Vidal
Never have children, only grandchildren.
~OgdenNash
When grandparents enter the door, discipline flies out the window.
~Marcy DeMaree
Grandma always made you feel she had been waiting to see just you all day,
and now the day was complete.
~Lois Wyse
If I had known how wonderful it would be to have grandchildren, I'd have had them first.
~Mary H. Waldrip
Grandhildren are God's way of compensating us for growing old.
~Proverb
You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your
grandmother.
~Alex Haley
Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do.
Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.
~Joy Hargrove
One of the most powerful handclasps is that of a new grandbaby around the finger of a grandfather.
~G. Norman Collie
Grandchildren don't make a man feel old; it's the knowledge that he's married to a grandmother
~Authors Unknown
Grandmother-grandchild relationships are simple. Grandmas are short on criticism and long on love.
Grandmas are moms with lots of frosting.
Grandparents are similar to a piece of string - handy to have around and easily wrapped around the fingers of their grandchildren.
Grandmothers are just antique little girls.
It's amazing how grandparents seem so young once you become one.!
A grandparent is old on the outside but young on the inside.
Grandmas never run out of hugs or cookies.
Grandmas hold our tiny hands for just a little while, but our hearts
forever.
A grandmother pretends she doesn't know who you are on Halloween
Tags: Proverbs Quotes
Thursday, July 06, 2006
How good are you at remembering peoples' names?
Most people say, "Rubbish" or "I forget their name as soon as I hear it" or "I'm not bad with faces...but names...yuk!"
Well, here's the answer. It's generally nothing to do with your memory ,it's all to do with your attitude. Or, more precisely your hearing. We're all so keen to make a good impression,we aren't listening when someone gives their name.
In future, as they do, listen carefully and as you're shaking hands repeat their name and concentrate for that 1 second. You will hear it and,if you want to, you will remember it. You may not remember it again 30 minutes later when you have met another 10 people but at least in those early moments of building a relationship you will be fine. Repeat the name to yourself, use some word or picture association and maybe use their names just 2 or 3 times early on during the conversation.
Try it...it works
This is from part of Dale Carnegie principles in his world best seller, 'How to win friends and influence people'
Tags: Networking Attitude Memory
Well, here's the answer. It's generally nothing to do with your memory ,it's all to do with your attitude. Or, more precisely your hearing. We're all so keen to make a good impression,we aren't listening when someone gives their name.
In future, as they do, listen carefully and as you're shaking hands repeat their name and concentrate for that 1 second. You will hear it and,if you want to, you will remember it. You may not remember it again 30 minutes later when you have met another 10 people but at least in those early moments of building a relationship you will be fine. Repeat the name to yourself, use some word or picture association and maybe use their names just 2 or 3 times early on during the conversation.
Try it...it works
This is from part of Dale Carnegie principles in his world best seller, 'How to win friends and influence people'
Tags: Networking Attitude Memory
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
More gems from Tom Peters
“Man without smiling face must not open shop.” Chinese proverb
“My principles for success are be enthusiastic, have emotional excellence, have good energy” Profit came 15th on his list!
“ Big corporations suck!” Four things I’ve learnt in 40 years about success in business
1. BIG businesses should be decentralised
2. Just do it. Don’t spent too long thinking about it
3. Everyone needs to become accountable
4. Get up early. In my 25 years the only company which invited me in to speak before 7am was GE
Starbucks
“Every one smiles. The more you smile, the more you get promoted.” Boss man Schult visits 25 shops every week. (He has 11,000 of them). He visits because he says we are only successful because all we do is sell 1 cup of coffee after 1 cup of coffee and everyone has to provide a good experience. I’m checking the experience.
Message to people owning or want to own their own business
1. Create an incredible experience with each customer
2. Find a niche
3. Be dramatically different
4. Don’t attack big companies face on. Steal their niche market!
5. Compete on value and experience not price
“When I do business with people I know when it’s cool…and when it’s not.”
“What do they think about when doing business with you?”
He recommended a book by Bo Burlingham, “Small Giants: Companies that choose to be great instead of big.
Excellence…what I’ve learnt about small businesses
Be passionate about your product or service
Have an obsession about your product or service
Be in love with etc…
And finally he sort of talked to himself by saying
“I’m the highest paid speaker never to have done anything in his life. I don’t motivate people, ( no-one can), sometimes I just catch someone who is ready to move. They motivate themselves”
He does do lots simply by communicating in a very powerful and passionate manner
HIS SLIDES.
Click here to see the slides he used. Some will make sense ...some not...
Tags: Proverb Tom Peters Service Quotes Starbucks
“My principles for success are be enthusiastic, have emotional excellence, have good energy” Profit came 15th on his list!
“ Big corporations suck!” Four things I’ve learnt in 40 years about success in business
1. BIG businesses should be decentralised
2. Just do it. Don’t spent too long thinking about it
3. Everyone needs to become accountable
4. Get up early. In my 25 years the only company which invited me in to speak before 7am was GE
Starbucks
“Every one smiles. The more you smile, the more you get promoted.” Boss man Schult visits 25 shops every week. (He has 11,000 of them). He visits because he says we are only successful because all we do is sell 1 cup of coffee after 1 cup of coffee and everyone has to provide a good experience. I’m checking the experience.
Message to people owning or want to own their own business
1. Create an incredible experience with each customer
2. Find a niche
3. Be dramatically different
4. Don’t attack big companies face on. Steal their niche market!
5. Compete on value and experience not price
“When I do business with people I know when it’s cool…and when it’s not.”
“What do they think about when doing business with you?”
He recommended a book by Bo Burlingham, “Small Giants: Companies that choose to be great instead of big.
Excellence…what I’ve learnt about small businesses
Be passionate about your product or service
Have an obsession about your product or service
Be in love with etc…
And finally he sort of talked to himself by saying
“I’m the highest paid speaker never to have done anything in his life. I don’t motivate people, ( no-one can), sometimes I just catch someone who is ready to move. They motivate themselves”
He does do lots simply by communicating in a very powerful and passionate manner
HIS SLIDES.
Click here to see the slides he used. Some will make sense ...some not...
Tags: Proverb Tom Peters Service Quotes Starbucks
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