There’s No Such Thing As Bad Weather …

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

… Just the Wrong Clothes.

OK, so I stole that from a TVO broadcast of the Billy Connoly trip around the top of Canada via the elusive North-West Passage .

His point is valid, and Australian friends and relatives have often enough asked me “How do you COPE in Toronto?”.

Truth is, I don’t like the winter weather; I grew up in the mirror image of San Diego and Borrego Springs . Nonetheless I dress warm, gloves, cap, scarf, and set off on a 10-minute trek to a friend’s house for supper, carrying the meal’s ingredients ( I love to cook ).

It struck me that the same could be said of my business contacts:

• There’s No Such Thing As Bad Clients – Just the Wrong Product.

• There’s No Such Thing As a Bad Sale – Just the Wrong Conversation.

• There’s No Such Thing As a Bad Prospect – Just the Wrong Hook.

I am sure you can continue paraphrasing whenever things go wrong in your business.

P.S. While this was being written originally on Wednesday, March 23, 2011 (2nd day of Spring!) the NexRad Buffalo radar screen showed yet-another-snowstorm scurrying across Toronto:-

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