Well. moving home has lived down to its billing.
The majestic new couch wouldn’t go through the door at the new place so we had to put it in storage; the cleaners hadn’t cleaned properly; the man who brought the bed couldn’t be arsed to bring it up; the removal guy suddenly announced he wanted cash not a bank transfer.
On top of that I’m about as much use during a removal as a spare prick at a wedding.
But we did find an astounding handyman and a terrific carpet firm. (I say “we” metaphorically; it means “she”).
But business goes on, which moves me to ask you a question.
Do you ever feel desperate when you contemplate what you have to do? I do.
It goes onto my Shit List – stuff I really must get to grips with.
So …
I have got at least one and maybe two terrific new speakers for my branding event.
We found a “lost” interview I did last year with a gentlemen whose business turns over £20 million plus a year -and who says he owes a lot of his success to one of my books. There are a few people who say that, oddly enough, which makes me wonder where I went wrong.
I am also going to interview a friend who has been voted more influential than the Chancellor of the Exchequer, a lady whose mail packs for charities are producing extraordinary results and a friend who knows more about direct marketing than I do. (These interviews are for my Commonsense Marketing members, by the way – and I am a good month behind on them).
It appears a few of you want “mentoring” – God, I hate that word; why not advising? – including one chap who is worth a few million but obviously wants some new jokes, because I doubt if I can teach him a thing.
And … and there is the copywriting event I have in mind plus another spectacular thing I’ve only mentioned twice during speeches in the U.S. Plus something for people who want to sell cars. Er … and there is EADIM – but that’s months away
Miserere mei!
In the words of The Book of Common Prayer, “I have done that which I ought not to have done; and I have left undone that which I ought to have done” – but it all seems to happen in the end somehow.
