I have just had someone take a look at my branding and we have now come up with some new designs which I’m pleased with. When I was younger I was often teased with names like ‘Duracell’. The battery with a copper coloured top. And before I go any further I have to point out that I have ginger hair. I hated it when I was younger but I love it now. Anyhow we now have a copper coloured top on all the new materials, business card, pop up banner, email signature etc.
The thing about a Duracell battery, and any other battery for that matter, is that they have both a negative and a positive and both are needed in order for it to work. As a motivational speaker I often talk about the importance of having a ‘Positive Attitude’ when those negative things happen in our lives. How much easier life could be if we accepted that we will have our fair share of both negative and positive events in our lives.
If I look back over my life I could probably draw a graph going up and down tracking the positive and negative life events which have occurred. After every negative thing which has happened there has definitely been a period of recovery until finally I would be in a good place again.
Last week it was announced that we are still in recession. There was definitely a negative flurry of headlines for a couple of days afterwards but what none of the headlines seemed to point out was that the negative growth experienced during the last quarter was less than the previous quarter which meant that if things continued at this rate we would soon return to growth. If the media had reported that we are now heading back to growth (which we are) and sang and danced about it as much as they do when they report something negative then possibly that would have encouraged people to get out there and begin spending again and we might have returned to growth even sooner.
As I said today when I gave my Thought Provoking Presentation at a networking event in the North East...Focus on the Positive.
2 comments:
Dear Mr McCann,
Im guessing you havent blogged in a while but you realy need too! i just spent the best part oof an hour of revision time reading you older posts. You did a talk at westborough High School yesterday... i was the one who knew about the Berlin Wall.... Hmmm dont worry I dont expect you to remmber. But you did say you would blog about how so many people had peions in our year group :)
Anyway id just once again like to let you know how much we were all touched and inspired by your speech and thank you.
*fish punch* GINGER MASSIVE :D
-Muneera
I see now that since writing this blog post we are no longer in recession. It might have happened sooner had the press focused on the positive.
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