Last night I watched an episode of "Around the world in Eighty Trades", a programme that had attracted my imagination but I had failed to catch to date. The subject matter is fairly self evident from the title as the subject funds his global escapades by trading in a variety of different ways. What struck me last night was his persistence in Shanghai to sell a consignment of South African wine in a country whose market for this drink is massively dominated by the French. Still, he carried on and his last contact when he was about to give up after a number of polite knock backs yielded a profit of almost £8,000....... and so, on to the next leg of his adventure.
This morning I sat in on a meeting following my local business referral group where the leadership team were explaining to a number of new members the best methods to maximise their BNI membership and help others along the way. Having been a member for 5 years, the message I heard was similar to the one in the previous night's programme - if you keep going and build or maintain belief levels then your success is far likelier to be greater than those who give up too early.
One of the visitors at our BNI meeting this morning was Julie Swanwick, Sales and Marketing manager from The Fennes Estate at Bocking, Essex. It was good to have a chat with her about her venue having worked there myself as toastmaster on a couple of occasions. I also remembered my first visit there a number of years ago to a Business Awards ceremony where Acer picked up a highly commended award for a previous business of hers.
Looking forward to a busy weekend of both business and social appointments.... I hope your's is a great one.
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