Business Scene Event - Sarah Arrow

"Your super subconscious mind attracts into your life people, ideas and resources in harmony with your dominant thoughts. It brings you everything you need to succeed." Flight Plan by Brian Tracy.

What a powerful statement. I found myself pondering on that for a while and started doing a mind map of all the people in my life at this current moment. Listing all the resources and ideas playing in my head to see where and how my dominant thought had played their part.

Today, I attended the Business Scene event hosted by Sarah Arrow, one because it was hosted by Sarah and secondly I had arranged with Sarah that a client of mine could promote their services at the exhibition and I needed to be there to support them and help out where I could.

My day did not start off well, I felt dreadful health wise and was in a tremendous amount of pain, I did not have the energy to even go but I knew I had to. Time was getting close to leaving and I was debating whether or not I should go. I then remembered the quote by Brian Tracy, then and there I said to myself, "I am the creator of my world, I can do this and I will meet some great people and have a wonderful time, no matter what.

Well, as it turns out, I have to say, hoorah for Sarah and Kevin of Arrow Light Haulage. What superb hosts they were. The event ran smoothly with the help Robert Brett of Regus in Brentwood who provided the venue.

I had the opportunity to meet some very interesting people. I met Mark Perl of The Guru Garage who recently moved to the UK from South Africa and who has plans to put South Africa back on the map, we are most definitely on the same page. Mark also specialises in helping professionals become confident and effective networkers. He then introduced me to Warren Cass of the Business Scene who is also one of the reasons for the event being such a success. He is serious about wanting to know what he can do to establish and host events for small businesses. After tonight's event I am going to become more active in the Business Scene as I believe they are going to be going places with the plans they are working on.

I also had the fortunate privilege of finally meeting Nikki Pilkington who has helped many people increase their online presence. Her ebook 299 steps to website heaven is an excellent guide for SME businesses. We did not get much opportunity to chat but I am sure we will in the future.

All in all, every person I meet at the event I thoroughly enjoyed meeting. I can say the event was most successful and many thanks to Sarah, Kevin, Robert and Warren for a great opportunity to network and a most worthwhile network event.

So yes, my subconscious mind did create what I had chosen my dominant thoughts to be which was do my best to get on with it, enjoy myself and meet some good contacts.

Romany Thresher

Commuting Hell!

Stuck on a train in yet another one of many train delays that occur in the UK. Running late, rushing and running to get the bus so that I can get to a meeting on time. "Why do I put myself through this," I asked myself. Trying to make sense of what possessed me to arrange this meeting at this ungodly hour of the day. "Peak hour."

While waiting for the bus, I grabbed the South African newspaper. Inside was the SA Property magazine with an article on "mixed use type developments" and the article contained the following facts:

The world's average commuting time to work is 40 minutues one way. Average commuting for workers in the UK works out to 15 days every year (360 hours).
In peak hour traffic times to cross the city can take between 4 and 5 hours in London, New York, Tokyo and even Johannesburg.

A colleague of mine said that door to door each day takes him 1 hour and 15 minutes which means that he is spending 24 days a year just on commuting to work.

How crazy is this? It makes me want to scream:
VOTE FOR FLEXIBLE WORKING!!!! and take on the powers that be.

I am also stunned when people say to me that they prefer to come into the office, sit behind a desk because if they worked from home, they would get no work done, "no self displine" they say.

"Mmmmm, 15 days extra a year, self discipline OR come into the office and loose 15 days every year. I say "15 DAYS EXTRA, bring it on, learn self discipline". 15 days should be motivation enough.

Others say that they need the interaction within the office community.

"Yes, I can see this being an obstacle but there is a worldwide community on the worldwide web to communicate with." I would rather opt for the extra days and meet up with people I want to meet with and from time to time you can have team meetings and get togethers, no one is stopping you.

I say, I am all for the flexible working! Besides it is good for the planet, reduces stress levels and adds to the quality of your life.

What do you say?
How many days are you wasting travelling to and from work?

Romany Thresher

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