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Dec 28, 2021 12:00pm

By Jody Seivert

Under Holidays, Opportunities, Goals, challenges, communication, practice, Reflection, gratitude, planning, relationships & Build Habits

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New Year’s....are you ready?

I hope you have made good use of this month to reflect on the past year and start to put pen to paper to create the new one.

Have you completed your goals for this year? Did you make them 12-month goals or did you try to achieve them by Thanksgiving so that you can enjoy the holidays stress-free, with your loved ones?

What did you learn from this year that you don’t want to repeat next year?
What new challenges await you?
What are the areas you want to develop – business skills? Tec…

Dec 28, 2021 12:00pm

By Jody Seivert

Under Holidays, Opportunities, Goals, challenges, communication, practice, Reflection, gratitude, planning, relationships & Build Habits

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Dec 21, 2021 12:00pm

By Jody Seivert

Under Holidays, Action plan, solutions, challenges, relationships, planning, Retail, Pandemic, Change, Travel & Family

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Whether or not you celebrate this holiday or share your life with people who do, this is likely to be a different kind of Christmas. From the pandemic to supply chain challenges, this holiday is surely one to be created.

As store shelves may be emptier than usual, Christmas presents might be replaced with gifts of ‘experiences to be shared’ or home-made treasures or treats from local shops. Maybe we will spend less time on getting presents and more time on being present to each other and to …

Dec 21, 2021 12:00pm

By Jody Seivert

Under Holidays, Action plan, solutions, challenges, relationships, planning, Retail, Pandemic, Change, Travel & Family

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Dec 14, 2021 12:00pm

By Jody Seivert

Under planning, Action plan, Retail, sales, Goals, Holidays, Closing, #closeratio, Achieve & Standards

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Prep for the Holidays

I am hopeful that your year has been strong and that your business has been consistently good each month.

And I am also hopeful that you prepared for HOW you would do business at the end of the year as the holidays approached.

One of the benefits of setting yearly goals (broken into quarters and months) is that you can anticipate and predict the cycles of traffic and buying highs and lows. You can manage how your business will be taken care of and your goals achieved during vacations and h…

Dec 14, 2021 12:00pm

By Jody Seivert

Under planning, Action plan, Retail, sales, Goals, Holidays, Closing, #closeratio, Achieve & Standards

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Dec 7, 2021 12:00pm

By Jody Seivert

Under Creating Urgency, Action plan, Build Habits, Opportunities, Retail, challenges, planning, Organization, Holidays & Reflection

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The Last Month of the Year

December is a funny month.

For retail showrooms, this tends to be a slower traffic month with a lower average sale. And, like November, it also tends to be a good delivery month, with holidays driving making homes lovely for family and guests.

Residential trade business continues to be strong and retail traffic has started to wane a bit but is still sufficient to hit targets. And trade showrooms can go either way as these are not typical times.

Given the unpredictability, this is a c…

Dec 7, 2021 12:00pm

By Jody Seivert

Under Creating Urgency, Action plan, Build Habits, Opportunities, Retail, challenges, planning, Organization, Holidays & Reflection

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Nov 23, 2021 12:00pm

By Jody Seivert

Under gratitude, Small businesses, Opportunities, challenges, Goals & Retail

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GRATEFUL for YOU

In this Thanksgiving week in America the conversation turns to Gratitude. What am I grateful for? How am I fortunate?

The original Thanksgiving had the Pilgrims grateful for making it through the tough winter and grateful for the friendship and partnership with the Native people who helped them to learn how to live in this New World. I love that as Americans we set aside a day to be present to what we are thankful for, big and small. And that we share this day with loved ones over a special mea…

Nov 23, 2021 12:00pm

By Jody Seivert

Under gratitude, Small businesses, Opportunities, challenges, Goals & Retail

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Nov 18, 2021 12:00pm

By Jody Seivert

Under gratitude, challenges, Opportunities, practice & Build Habits

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GRATITUDE and CHALLENGES

It doesn’t take much effort to be grateful for the easy stuff…and we can forget even then.

It’s harder to be grateful for things that didn’t go the way we wanted them to go.

It’s harder to be grateful for the adversity itself and what the opportunity can teach us; a subtler more – dare I say evolved – experience of gratitude that for me that requires practice and effort. It takes work.

I have a solid practice of saying “thank you!” when I am happy with the results (I always say thank you when…

Nov 18, 2021 12:00pm

By Jody Seivert

Under gratitude, challenges, Opportunities, practice & Build Habits

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Nov 11, 2021 12:00pm

By Jody Seivert

Under communication, gratitude, relationships, Prospects, connecting, Standards, email & Build Habits

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GRATITUDE and COMMUNICATION

To paraphrase Stephen R. Covey, what we are experiencing is demonstrated in our communications. Listen to what you are saying in describing your current state, your opinions, your challenges...how you describe those things show you where you are operating from.

When you are present to being grateful, how do you express it? Do you thank others? Do you show how happy you are to see someone when they walk in the showroom door? Does your gratitude greet them before you say a word?

How do you expre…

Nov 11, 2021 12:00pm

By Jody Seivert

Under communication, gratitude, relationships, Prospects, connecting, Standards, email & Build Habits

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Nov 4, 2021 12:00pm

By Jody Seivert

Under Build Habits, #FillTheWell, Opportunities, Coaching, Results, solutions, Systems, strategy & gratitude

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GRATITUDE and ATTITUDE

Gratitude is often in reaction to something happening that we wanted to have happen, such as simple things like a good parking space and more complex things like a good relationship…or being grateful for coming through adversity having gained insight and success.

I start my day with a prayer of gratitude and a request for patience and willingness. Yes, willingness.

To not let my stubbornness and resistance take over what I am experiencing or expecting. To be open to new ideas, opinions, or wa…

Nov 4, 2021 12:00pm

By Jody Seivert

Under Build Habits, #FillTheWell, Opportunities, Coaching, Results, solutions, Systems, strategy & gratitude

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Oct 28, 2021 09:00am

By Jody Seivert

Under communication, Build Habits, Interactions & connecting

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Expectation and Communication

I had dinner last night with a dear friend who is a brilliant cabinet maker and installer of high-end appliances. Kitchen/bath designers and appliance retailers refer him to their clients who want their products installed perfectly.

We were discussing how he gets paid (from the client) and how to best communicate that expectation. He currently asks the designer or salesperson “Has the client been told that I will collect my fee from them?” to which they always, always say “Yes!” And he usually te…

Oct 28, 2021 09:00am

By Jody Seivert

Under communication, Build Habits, Interactions & connecting

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Oct 20, 2021 09:00am

By Jody Seivert

Under showroom, sales, Opportunities & challenges

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Commitment and Communication

The home furnishings and home improvement industries have been drinking from a fire hose for the last year. Lots of showroom traffic consisting of people who have been staying home…and using their tired, broken, uncomfortable furniture much more than they used to. And they have been buying like crazy!

August traffic lessened a bit. Maybe vacations, maybe their houses are getting full, maybe they have COVID. Whatever the reason, less traffic didn’t necessarily equal less written business, as those…

Oct 20, 2021 09:00am

By Jody Seivert

Under showroom, sales, Opportunities & challenges

2 min read

New Year’s....are you ready?

Christmas

Prep for the Holidays

The Last Month of the Year

GRATEFUL for YOU

GRATITUDE and CHALLENGES

GRATITUDE and COMMUNICATION

GRATITUDE and ATTITUDE

Expectation and Communication

Commitment and Communication

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