Let’s Keep Things in Proportion

According to the media, it's going to be a less than fantastic 2009. They tell us that businesses will close, unemployment will rise and that customers and sales will be harder to come by.

Sad to say, many businesses have already closed and staff been made redundant. I trust that your job and your business are secure in 2009. However, I'm getting a bit fed up with all this negativity, doom and gloom. As I write this blog, the headline news is that Marks and Spencer sales are down by 7% over the Christmas period. What is buried in the news is that, Department Store chain, John Lewis, is up 2.4% in sales over the Christmas period.

I'm aware of two other organisations in the service industry, both working in the same market, selling the same service, to the same customers. One of them, in late 2008, closed branches and made staff redundant. The other opened new branches, employed new staff and expanded into new markets. I'm glad to say, I'll be working with the second organisation in 2009.

I believe; that it's always been a challenge to motivate staff, find new customers, develop existing ones and generate more sales. My business is about helping individuals and organisations do just that. So if you want to know what happens after a Motivation Doctor Seminar, email askalan@themotivationdoctor.com

"Look up, laugh loud, talk big, keep the color in your cheek and the fire in your eye, adorn your person, maintain your health, your beauty and your animal spirits." - William Hazlitt