Are you a Rat?—Pay attention, take action
Hello,
I'm writing this on Chinese New Year's Day—the Year of the Rat—more precisely Year of the Metal Rat. Some of your customers, staff, suppliers may be Rats. You might even be a Rat, like
Gwyneth Paltrow, Al Gore, William Shakespeare, TS Elliot, George Washington, Pope Francis, Nigella Lawson, Ralph Steadman, Hugh Grant, Diego Maradona, Bono, Erin Brockovich, Tim Cook, Mark Zuckerberg, Katy Perry, Andres Iniesta, Prince Harry, AB de Villiers...
Our Tips for Rats
1. Be ambitious for your business
2. Make an impression on people who matter to you
3. Carve out your niche—invest time & energy into serving it
4. Engage with leaders in your field
5. Transform the status quo with your optimistic vision
Do you know many Rats?
Authorities suggest Rats are good people with a strong will, optimistic, energetic, firm, persistent, strong, patient, determined, ambitious, forceful, self-reliant, wise, kind, business-oriented, good at organization & stability, appreciate luxury, enjoy the good things in life, can bring about changes & transformations for those who come into contact with them, sensitive to other’s emotions, stubborn with their opinion, likable by all.
Roger's ambition:
In 2020, I want people to say:
I've never seen/heard/read/experienced that before.
Show & Tell must have made it. And
I must hire Show & Tell.
The Show and Tell team is ready to help your business improve and succeed by doing our best work for you, and those you recommend
—even if you're not a Rat.
With best wishes,
Paul (Roger & Anne)
We need to act now
Our [GAB*] Tip:
Look round the corner and see what's coming over the horizon towards your business.
The French Ministry of Health Way
You remember Archimedes
the man in the bath
later Diabetes
arrived on our path.
Come taste the future,
it starts when we're young.
The shape of your life
maybe sweet on your tongue.
Ice cream you scream,
that's a danger supreme,
and a word for the wise,
let's care for our size.
Obese Diabetes
Cut out the sweeties.
*Genuinely Attractive Business
Podcasts help build your business
"Podcasting is simply telling stories about your business. All you have to do is show you care & tell genuinely attractive tales."
—Anonymous
Show & Tell will help you start a genuinely attractive podcast.
Try this UK podcast:
The way you use WhatsApp is wrong (an episode from The Wired Podcast). It includes chat about Britain’s nuclear energy crunch, an unusual cancer study, and Matt Burgess’s bizarre WhatsApp habit.
Please listen carefully to:
"Business Jazz" —the Show & Tell weekly podcast from Cork. It's memorably different from all other podcasts. It's raw (not recorded in a studio). It advises you on how to be a genuinely attractive business.
The threat to jobs
The next step is action
Don't forget:
The more you act now, the less you'll have to pay later.
If you don't invest in the future health of your business
if you consume all your profits
if you ignore your environment
... you'll pay for it later. We know you want to become more attractive to customers, staff, suppliers, and the wider public. How about this? Your mantra could be
Pay attention & take action
You already have allies.
That's our message to you.
Have a [GAB] 2020,
Paul (Roger and Anne)
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