Well, August is upon us as is the holiday season. It was therefore probably a good result for there to be 18 of us present including Alex Pink who has made an application to join.
A call to Arms! Could all members who are not on holiday make every effort this month to attend every meeting;
I for one in particularly enjoyed the meeting this week. It started off well – Stuart Smallcombe reading what could best be described as his first Epistle to EBF. The subject was trust and how it was a quantifiable business asset.
First of all there were the 3 stages of trust
• Know me
• Like me
• Trust me
Then there was the trust seesaw; on the downside, no trust business slow costs more/on the upside, trust fast business costs less.
Then there were the companions of trust
• Honesty
• Respect
And finally, give trust, have faith.
All of this might seem slightly evangelical, as I said before, Stuart’s first Epistle to EBF but not only was it well thought out, it was well delivered and any thought of religious dogmatism was immediately dispelled by Stuart wearing what appeared to be a black fingerless glove on his right hand, could there be some strange cult involved here…I felt obliged to make full enquiry and you will be pleased to learn that he has simply strained his wrist…apparently writing the second and third Epistles, which we look forward to in the future.
With Stuart’s exaltations ringing in our ears we dove…yes dove into the 60 second round.
Alan Shaw rose to his feet and appeared to be more confused than usual. A bad week, drainage problems, a nightmare with wrong drawings apparently, and some problem with a little porch; I thought he said little Porche but no, he had a problem with a little porch. Not a good week. In following 60 seconds presentations I was looking for others who had shared a bad week with Mr Shaw. Well Alan Moller found a fault underneath the floorboards. Terry Maylin had returned from holiday to collect debts and obtain possession orders. His clients were ok but those who owed the money and had to get out of their houses had a bad week. Peter Hood has taken someone on 3 days a week so is ready for anything…he should be. The moment you start employing someone your headaches begin; Richard Reed had no special offers for us.
Reasons to be cheerful? Well Marcelle was cheerful enough describing the birthstone for August, the Peridot. It’s green, it was Cleopatra’s stone of choice and is the stone of the zodiac sign of Libra.
Kevin Radford was gleefully launching his campaign against the Meerkats in general and Oleg in particular. David Plumley was quite excited about warning us keeping our business computer separate from our home computer. Janice Bentley-Pearson was emphasising the importance of spending more time on rather than too much time in your business. Kevin Brooks was talking about materials but the rust coloured shorts and holiday style flip flops and casual shirt was a total distraction and Mike Rogers was close to being cheerful. Generally we were upbeat but the Oscar had to be awarded to Alan Shaw, if only as consolation for his trials and tribulations of the week.
Still, reasons to be cheerful included Kevin Radford’s 10 minute slot; never mind what he said, the Bard of Hadleigh is adding song and dance to his poetry in an attempt to make himself the all round entertainer. He turned his attention from Meerkats to Direct Line and Go Compare. A heart warming performance; you do feel that all the risks we all take and face everyday are in safe hands if they are managed by RMK, Kevin was uplifting. He retained his spritely approach to life tripping round the room in the referrals and testimonials round handing out the paper that we wish to have passed.
The figures for the month of July made for good reading. £65,667.00 worth of business recorded and the winner of the performance league by a good margin was David Plumley. One of our hardest working members and it was a popular win.
And so dear friends we are into August, your best efforts for the month please.
excellent meeting despite the numbers – excellent 10 minutes from Kevin – who despite our different approaches is normally on the same “side” as me!
Well done Alan for winning the Oscar. Unfortunately, I did not have my secondary ears present (Paul) and I thought you were talking about trains. I know that has nothing to do with architecture but what has that to do with the price of fish? A mesmeric performance from young Kevin on insurance, I was almost tempted to buy some I didn’t need. Great blog as usual.
I am moved to tears by these wonderful comments ,they are not words you would usually associate with insurance. Incidentally Alan phoned me for a quote thought for his new car a Porsche , I now realise he probably wanted a house quote for his new Porch?
Excellent meeting even with less of us present (holidays eh!!). Kevin did a grand job with his 10mts and someone called Richard apparently said nothing of interest 🙁