Holidays, illness and other commitments meant we were a small but perfectly formed group of just 17 today, chaired by our stand in chairperson Jane Maylon.
Performance League
Leann is hanging on to her lead but we are only halfway through the month to it is all to play for and remember you get points for logging onto the new website to test it!
Education Slot
Sarah Smith for her maiden Ed slot did really well in explaining “Imposter Syndrome”. which is where you don’t feel that you belong and which is fuelled by our inner critic She explained that 70% of people experience this.
It can be combated by catching the voice and adding “yet” to the end of your sentence and use body language, setting yourself scary goals to build confidence.
If you hear it in someone else challenge it and tell them how great they are and compliment people.
60-Second Presentation Round
We went round in order of seating starting with the naughty corner ( who were complete today) for a change.
Stuart Smallcombe is looking for people who may have had their heads turned to a competitor so that he can turn it back to LG Networks for their business communication needs.
Paul Dulieu shared with us that all through his career he has suffered with imposter syndrome until now and he really feels like he belongs.
Scott Griffiths is looking for people using live chat to change over to Whatsapp business which has a much more user friendly chat function and cheaper to boot.
Jane Maylon told us about an environmental health visit in which she and Roger were busily preparing only for the inspector to turn up several hours early to try and catch them out. Thankfully all was in order and they maintain their 5 star rating for hygiene.
Our newest member Sally Waters explained that she does corporate gifts and with Christmas not far away she is looking for orders from corporates to their clients.
Catherine Foley is looking for those who are hoping to go to Oxbridge and want help with their personal statements which have changed now and need doing correctly.
Meeting Secretaries Report
Scott Griffiths reminded those who have not already done it to log onto the new website so he can see the logins are working and gain 25 points for doing so. He is aiming to launch the new website today.
10-Minute Presentation by Howard Bullock
This week’s presenter was our resident Independent Financial Advisor Howard Bullock to “ Do a Paul” and give us his 10 top tips.
- have an emergency fund.
- protect what income you have including you.
- Start saving now, it’s never too early.
- Risk-know and understand it.
- Home ownership, think about it joint beneficial tenants or tenants in common.
- Gifts- don’t try gifting your home to your children it will end in tears.
- Tax on investments- get proper advice..
- Behaviour- when the markets change, don’t panic.
- Transfer of cash from pension – don’t do it just because you can – only if you need to.
- Inheritance Tax- do what you can to minimise it with good financial planning.
Referrals and Testimonials Round
We had a swift but good referrals and testimonials round with Howard doing the running and picking the speakers prize winner who was tall Paul Corrigan.
Despite our reduced numbers this was a very positive and highly entertaining meeting with a great ed slot from our newest presenter and well chaired by Jane.
Well done Sarah on your first ( of many i am sure) ed slots on Imposter syndrome and you are certainly not an imposter.
A very useful “10 top tips” from Howard thank you for that Howard!
Excellent meeting with a superb first Ed Slot from Sarah. And Howard’s 10 minutes of top tips was great