Kristin Savage

… one reason why Cory Jane should not get an All Black trial this year.

A short while ago I wrote a post called want wins. It was nice to come across bullet point #13 on this list today.

This is classic!

It was our final day on holiday today. It’s been a blast since we started on Anzac Day with Hanan (my brother in law) having his 21st birthday on ‘the farm’ in Ashburton (geeky LOTR theme). It was a great night. Everyone got into the theme. Here’s me as Gandalf the White, the whole LOTR/21st crew, ring wreaths, brother in law with hose and wetsuit, and wainui beach (Gisborne) this morning.

NB: For some reason wordpress won’t allow me to write in between the photos so do your best re: caption issue

Continuing on the productivity theme, here’s a good thought regarding meetings.

37Signals are similarly anti-meeting.

Sonny Bill Williams might be an All Black one day.

Which position should he play?

I’m saying Number 8.

Need v want.

And the winner is …. want, most of the time:

• Some people NEED to lose weight, but they WANT to eat chocolate

• Homeowners NEED to reduce their mortgages but they WANT to buy that thing

• The All Blacks NEED to take drop goals but they WANT to score tries

• Alan Bollard NEEDS to reduce the OCR but WANTS to keep his job

• Dr Cullen NEEDS to calm down but he WANTS to be re-elected

• Sellers NEED to let the auction run to get the best price but they WANT a quick sale.

• Tradesmen NEED a to market themselves better, but they don’t WANT to spend time on the internet.

• Real Estate agents NEED to admit ‘the times they are a changing’ but they WANT 2005 back again.

Maybe business needs wants to focus more on the want element?

Some thoughts on ideas:

“Don’t worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you’ll have to ram them down people’s throats” Howard Aiken

“Good ideas are not scarce - they’re a dime a dozen.” Rob Adams

“… In love with your idea? Get over it. Ideas are commodities.” Rob Adams from his book: a good hard kick in the ass

Here’s an interesting initiative for those wanting to have their idea stolen exposed.

I’ve been getting increasingly impatient with my mobile phone. I’m sick of having it in my pocket. It’s become a must-carry and i’m sick of it. Bob Jones asks here about their actual worth in a business setting.

From a safety perspective, yesterday driving home from work, I saw a kid sailing along in the right-hand lane listening to his ipod via headphone, with his mobile in his hand texting. I thought that was dangerous and tooted so he awoke from his technological trance. I didn’t go as far as this guy.

It’s funny how loud cellphone use has become almost acceptable. Let’s start a revolution, where if someone nearby in public is yelling into a phone, tap them on the shoulder and give them a silent index finger to mouth ‘Sshhhhh’.

Here’s an interesting thread on the Bob Jones cellphone incident from Kiwiblog.

Roger Kerr recently wrote an article about the productivity statistics released for New Zealand.

It’s not looking great. Especially when viewing the graphs on page 4.

Small talk/cliches such as the following probably don’t help:

” Don’t work too hard”

“Take it easy”

“Whatever happens happens”

Here’s some popular blogs about productivity, as found on reddit, just in case you’ve got some …spare time.