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Tuesday, 14th April, 2020
Ignite Wanaka Board member Randal Dobbs shares his real-time and virtual bubbles with us. Randal's a busy man, not only running his business Framework Marketing, but is also involved with Ignite, the local BNI, kids' sailing, the startup community through SQL and is the Chair of Kahu Youth Trust.ย
๐ช๐ต๐ผโ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ-๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ & ๐๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐๐ฏ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ?
โข In real time - my wife Mandy and our golden Labrador โFlickโ ๐ . Both think they can just wander into my office without knocking or bringing gifts ๐ . And often do. So much for winning that battle.
โข In virtual time our bubble ๐จ๏ธ includes our adult sons ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐ฆ , two in London and one in New York ๐ฝ . So heaps of time-wasting on Boris & Trump jokes ๐ . Jacinda wins that one. Also a daughter and son-in-law in the North Island with their 4 kids. We daily Zoom or on the family WhatsApp.
โข Reading ๐ Slinky Malinky and Monster Slime most days to our 4 grand kids under 5 years on Zoom. A bloody riot - they know if I miss a page the little mites...
๐ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ป?
โข ๐ด Silence - for thinking
โข ๐ด Silence - for having conversations with neighbours, while in the sun ๐ standing in the middle of the road - no traffic for hours on end ๐ ๐ ๐ .
โข ๐ด Silence - oh yeah - forgot about family zoom-time - that's a zoo ๐ฏ ๐ฆ ๐ต ๐ฆ ๐
๐ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ป?
โข Not being overwhelmed with info - so you can tell clients not to be overwhelmed with info.
โข ๐ต Not answering the phone or the email or the FaceTime
โข โ
Finally getting the one page business plan into a workable state - nailed it! ๐
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐โ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ โ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ๐บโ?
โข ๐ Audible books while wandering the Clutha river tracks and hopefully having our Labrador follow me till we get home
โข Mastering the art of home coffee-making โ . Itโs a work-in-progress to be honest.
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐'๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ฝ ๐๐ถ๐ฝ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ต๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต๐?
โข Routine, relax, routine, relax, routine, relax etc - in whatever time frames you want
โข ๐คฉ Toss in a little crazy every so often
โข Also some humour is good too. If itโs too edgy or not PC, just say โa mate sent this to me and ask I pass it on !!!"
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐'๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ญ๐ต?
โข ๐ Donโt look back.
โข Donโt panic, seriously, itโll work out and the longer the disruption, the more time youโll have to get used to the โnew normal".
โข ๐ฌ Talk to staff, partners, customers - all your groups, and often.
โข Think lucky. In NZ we are so lucky - overseas is mayhem so stop watching the news. We have a single, strong, capable, decisive, 95% โgetting it right" Government.
