There were many many lessons today. In fact I am learning more stuff than I could’ve imagined. You can’t just contact organisations, like the press for example, through contact forms. You have to keep trying and get phone numbers and speak to people. people matter (to quote the late and great Pete Postlethwaite as Danny in ‘Brassed Off’).
The other thing is to treat these matters as business. Conduct yourself professionally think of what you need to do to get a result. The project is a personal thing, but the manner in which the tasks need done require an absence of emotion and attachment. For example today I was close to letting frustration take over and become some form of judgmental dismissal. One more phone call, I spoke to the person that mattered and all that frustration had turned into a positive conversation.
I suppose a fair analogy is coaching. You can’t teach all people by following the exact same approach. You can’t contact all organisations the same way either, variety is the key. So if something doesn’t work, be persistent, try another way. Keep stepping outside the project’s sphere and be rational. You will get results.
Onto more developments, Paul Hyman of Think360 & H20 Sports has kindly arranged for me to spend time promoting the West Coast Kayak Challenge at the London International Boat Show. So I’ve been running around trying to put things in place. Jill sorted out printing of flyers and got a very good deal thanks to the projects charitable nature and her charm.
The flyer was based on a simple design developed for me by Harvey Anderson of Fresh Fish Clothing. The results I am very happy with.
I’m very happy with these. Harvey gave me two t-shirts, a hoody, decals for the side of the boat and all I had to do was give him all my white water kit if I don’t make it!
Amurnae geein that up lightly.
