Some of you may know I'm currently working with a client in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates.
Yesterday I got into the the elevator of the 5 star hotel I'm presenting in at the 15th floor. There were four others in the elevator when I got in and we all going down to the Ground floor. At the 3rd floor we stopped and three businessmen got in. As they did one of them asked "Going down?"
I guess it was because he noticed there were four others already in the elevator, that one of the three businessmen said "Well, as long as we don't get stuck !"
I immediately smiled and said - in what I hoped was a re-assuring tone - "The glass is half full."
One of his colleagues said "Well, we won't be bored!"
I smiled - and we made it safely (of course) to the Ground floor and all exited the elevator.
The man who said "We won't be bored" recognized that I -maybe - had a sense of humor.
But I was also making a 'connection' and a positive one.
What's the connection you are making with others ?
It's a bit like Tigger, really.
We are all on this planet together - so let's keep connecting, positively.
Graham
Thursday, October 30, 2008
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A New Start
Thanks for joining me here. I've decided to transfer everything to this new blog site and I hope the new blog has value for you, even more than the previous one.
Given the current economic turmoil on the global front, many people are hurting and many more will in the weeks and even months ahead. I hope you're not one of those suffering from this down turn in the financial - but I suspect there will be few people who will escape any negative effects.
Today I met two people who had very different approaches to what is happening.
One of them went to some length to tell me of the tough times he sees ahead. He sat with his shoulders slumped and seemed to have difficulty looking at me. He painted a very stark picture of what would happen to him and those close to him. Initially I empathized with him. And he went on ... and I soon realised that he was doing "poor me, it's all bad. It's going to get worse." He was so good at it, it almost seemed rehearsed.
Then I met another man. This man had a very different view. He told me his business may be as successful in the year ahead. "Sure, I might lose some money, my investments will be down. But you know what ?" he said to me, "Every down-turn brings great opportunity."
It's how you see it that counts. And that affects what you will do with it.
Remember 'Winnie the Pooh' ? I'm going with Tigger every time.
Here's Tiggers to you.
Graham
Given the current economic turmoil on the global front, many people are hurting and many more will in the weeks and even months ahead. I hope you're not one of those suffering from this down turn in the financial - but I suspect there will be few people who will escape any negative effects.
Today I met two people who had very different approaches to what is happening.
One of them went to some length to tell me of the tough times he sees ahead. He sat with his shoulders slumped and seemed to have difficulty looking at me. He painted a very stark picture of what would happen to him and those close to him. Initially I empathized with him. And he went on ... and I soon realised that he was doing "poor me, it's all bad. It's going to get worse." He was so good at it, it almost seemed rehearsed.
Then I met another man. This man had a very different view. He told me his business may be as successful in the year ahead. "Sure, I might lose some money, my investments will be down. But you know what ?" he said to me, "Every down-turn brings great opportunity."
It's how you see it that counts. And that affects what you will do with it.
Remember 'Winnie the Pooh' ? I'm going with Tigger every time.
Here's Tiggers to you.
Graham
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