28 Oct 2007

A blog page for James

Filed under: James — mark @ 11:26

This page is for James.

Here are the games that James likes to play, and would like to have on this site:
A roller-coaster game, where you can make your own roller-coaster, with stations where you want.
A train game, where you can drive a train.

These are the games we already have found:

Games at Miniclip.com - Mr Men Pinball
Mr Men Pinball

Now for IceSlide a game you can play here!
You can build a roller-coaster here and see how scary you can make it.

You can even play my James Game at Sploder. Just go to the site using my URL:
http://www.sploder.com/games/members/markredshaw/

12 Apr 2007

The Art of Friendly Persistence

Filed under: Mark, Thoughts, Work — mark @ 16:42

The below is a text I saw online that I think really well describes the way to do business, do you agree?

Friendly Persistence.
Those are magic words in business. It’s really what separates people who do just OK from people who do well. It’s an attitude or mindset that embodies the following:

1. I have something of value to offer. I’m proud of that. I’m not ashamed to promote myself.
2. I will build the communication skills to convey this value to others. They may not see this value unless I show them.
3. If someone shows interest, I’ll engage with them and find out about their needs and see if what I have fits for them.
4. If they are uncertain, I’ll educate them, tell them stories, show them proof that the value is there.
5. If they are not ready now, I’ll follow up with them later. I’ll have more information to communicate the value.
6. I’ll find a way to do business that is win-win. I’m willing to negotiate and find a solution that works for all.
7. If someone doesn’t do business with me, I’ll remember that you can’t sell to everyone and I’ll move on.

This mindset of friendly persistence may be the most important thing you can cultivate in your business. Not only will you be more successful, you’ll be happier.

Source: The Art of Friendly Persistence – Robert Middleton – More Clients Newsletter 10 April 2007

31 Mar 2007

Skiing finally

Filed under: Abroad, James, Karen, Mark — mark @ 17:58

We finally managed to get skiing last weekend. The whole winter has been so so warm there has been no snow here in Frankfurt at all. The sledges have not had a single trip out :-( . When the weather turned cold last week, we took the chance and decided on Thursday night to take 3 days and go ad find the snow which had been falling in Austria.

So Saturday at 03:30 yes that early we set off and were back in Serfaus just after 09:00 we drove through a little snow of the way but nothing much. We then enjoyed 3 days of great skiing, our “monster” really enjoyed it and best of all was being the leader down the slopes.

We stayed at Jenny’s Schlössl which was nice and the food great. Guess who loved the whirlpool bath we had in the room! We managed to to take a few photos and I will try and get these up in the next day or two.

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