At my last visit to the fracture clinic, the doctor was telling me the things I could be doing to help stretch my ankle as it healed. I could move it forward and back. I could start walking without the big boot. There were exercises, and physio, and slow steps. āBut no matter how much
Author Archives: Karen Reyburn
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Jan
Jan
Sales. Love it or hate it? I was on a half day sales training workshop run by Daniel Priestley this week, and that was one of the first questions he asked us. He said if you HAVE to choose, would you say love it or hate it? I said if I really, really had to
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Nov
Nov
Oh hey. Nice to see you again! A while back, I took a breather from writing these "Karen's Notes" so I could focus my writing energies on finishing the content for my book, The Accountant Marketer. I meant to be intentional about it, explain what was happening, set some time frames. Maybe I'd take three
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Mar
Mar
The making of Scottish whisky has long fascinated me. The simplicity of the ingredients, the patience required at every stage of the process, the hundreds of years of doing something the same way. Nothing churned out, nothing rushed. Good things take time. Conceptually, it makes sense. Better done right than done rushed. Invest well at
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Mar
Mar
This week I finished the DIY project of my downstairs bathroom. When I say āDIYā, this means āI hired a joiner to completely renovate the entire room and then I painted itā, which I say counts. But actually that was part of the problem. I figured once the joiner had come in to strip the
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Feb
Feb
We had a training session at PF this week on using more ādefinitive languageā. Examples included āWe believeā or āI get itā or āThis works becauseā¦ā You use them in place of vague, rambly language. The kind which expresses uncertainty: āI thinkā āIām not sure if thatās the bestā āHereās what worries meā āJustā āSort
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Feb
Feb
You know how to spot red flags. Youāre not always sure how to define them, and youāre working on defining it, but when the flag starts waving, you know things arenāt going to be good. The client who doesnāt show up to meetings. The prospect who asks about price first. The applicant who doesnāt want
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Jan
Jan
The best way to get engagement is to make strong, polarising, evenĀ outrageous statements.Ā Youāll get more likes. More views. More haters too, but then that counts as engagement cos you can respond to them and then more people see it and thatās the point, isnāt it? More people, more comments, more visibility? Maybe. Maybe for
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Dec
Dec
Itās nearly Christmas, so Iāll be signing off for a few weeks and writing my Notes again in January. Before I go, I wanted to send a reminder thatĀ taking a break at the holidays alwaysĀ opens up more of your mind to what āeveryone elseā is doing.Ā The comparison game. For me it can get stronger
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Dec
Dec
You know what a red flag is. Warning, danger, ābad gut feelingā, something was said or done which is an indicator this (whatever āthisā is) will not go well. Prospective client or team member, new client relationship, business opportunity such as a merger or sale. In any of these (and many other) situations we stay
