This app will get you on track

So many of us find it soooo hard to change to good habits, whether it's around diet, exercise or work. This maybe a possible helpful app, initially my thoughts were not positive thinking it's just another checklist type app (there are thousands in the app store)

The app is habit list is a great app if you want to make changes. I've been struggling with my diet (no reference to current weight please) since the earthquake last year along with the volume of my cycle training, but with this app I've really started to get a hold of things.

The thing that's driving me to eat well and cycle regularly is the need to get a 100% score! The other benefit is the good feelings I'm having about my success...and that's where it works...

It's a great list as you can vary the variables from daily, or certain days only or even so many days a week as an example I want to train 6 days a week rather than certain days or for days of healthy eating I leave off Friday (fish and chip night) see the screen shot...

This screen shows me the success I'm having and interestingly I'm amazed at how it helps me change or modify my actions....

I'm really driven to increase my training to get that 100% ... 75% is driving me nuts... Ok

Time for me to squeeze into my cycling kit (Lycra is soooo revealing, that why I train by myself at the moment ;-)

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A business has never given me money

I've never had a business give me money! I've never sold anything to a business either. If you understand that it's people that engage with people and not businesses you may get different results.

How?

Write ads that appeals to the human needs and motivations, not just the dry boring death by powerpoint presentations full of bullet pointed business advantages, but get a little more creative. As a advertising example, why not also appeal to the purchasing persons agenda with "The money you'll save the firm with our products will assure your promotion" (probably a bit cheesey... That's why I'm not the creative in our firm) or "As an astute executive you'll save your company millions"

This could also form part of the sales process with the person face to face, instead of boring the pants off them with endless technical babble, language that only computers, accountants and analysists resonate with.... start with asking questions that reveal the person agenda or motive...if you relax and don't try and 'sell' you may end up having a satisfying conversation and a sale!

Just remember corporations are filled with humans!

 

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iPad dissatisfaction

In our house the iPad is the most desired reward (well, after lollies). Recently I gave Mckenzie this reward for doing the dishes. McKenzie did a great job and was totally motivated in completing the task, so she ended up getting almost 50 minutes. After her turn the other two children in the household also requested some time and being in a good mood I obliged giving them 10 minutes each. Mckenzie noticing this the next day requested some extra time, so not thinking I caved and gave her some extra time.

Two or three days later she appeared at the end of our bed one morning requesting extra time for her reward, stating the case that her siblings got time on the ipad for nothing, and so deserved even more time to set this injustice right! So in my infinite wisdom and wanting to win the best father in the world award, I pulled open the bible (on the iPad of course) and found the reference to the workers in the vineyard story (Matt 18:20-25). I paraphsed it for her so that it had its best chance of her understanding.... Now I would love to say that this strategy lead to Mckenzie seeing the errors of her way, falling down at her fathers Feet, recognising his great wisdom and his superior biblical knowledge ...nope, not at all! it only fuelled the extreme injustice that she felt, storming out of the bedroom slamming doors and calling me a poopy head (the ultimate insult in our family).

This interation with my eldest daughter gave me great insight to how some feel about the current issue of gay marriage, it may not take anything away from their own relationship, but giving others the same legal rights or access to the institution of marriage just seems very unfair to some. It also explains the anxiety many feel with their life, a life that has more comfort and material wealth than a 15th century king would have had and why? Well it has nothing to do with what we have but more about what others around us have that we may not, it could be professional success, fame, assets, good looks, cars, holidays abroad and the list goes on...

What can we do about this? You must understand the cause of your upset/anxiety before executing any strategy and this is the job of an experienced councillor or a proved program. Once you know what's behind the symptom, only then can any strategy be successful. Feel free to contact me alexm@psmm.co.nz for any guidance on whom you should council.

 

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Who can remember the Walkie talkie?

When I was a kid I dreamed of having a Wilkie talkie, and now I have one... Yee haaa! This app is one of the top ten out of the two hundred and fifty plus apps I have on my i-devices. This app is free and works on both the superior iPhone and the other sort of second run phones ;-) which means that you can communicate with almost anyone in this fashion...

Simple as to use, select a friend, just hit the big button and verbally rant away! When they get the rant it alerts them just like a text message and they can easily repond with their verbal rant.. If you have the app open you can bounce messages back and forward...You'll soon notice that we have a heytell voice (first coined by Andrew Smith of Surefire) but you'll soon become more natural using your voice to emphasis what you're messaging about.

Some great advantages of this app are listed below, but this is one of my funnest apps even heytelling Joey from my upstairs office requesting coffee/ food or quietness from the kids! Its one app that gets used on a daily basis, mostly for business use, setting up groups so that you have get collaborative conversations going (bit like reply all with email). It really can eliminate lengthy phone calls that distract us all (I'm the worst perpetrator)

1. Send messages while driving, safer and more legal than texting
2. Send short complex messages saving time on long texts and emails
3. Recorded thread for easy review of instructions sent or received
4. more fun than texting

Just jump into the app store and grab the free version first, the paid one takes away the annoying ads and you can set up the group option. Can't wait to get your hey tell...

 

 

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