{"id":80,"date":"2020-04-02T15:45:52","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T15:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vwd-hosting.co.uk\/ebn\/?p=80"},"modified":"2020-07-04T10:59:48","modified_gmt":"2020-07-04T10:59:48","slug":"virtually-surround-yourself-with-positive-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vwd-hosting.co.uk\/ebn\/?p=80","title":{"rendered":"Virtually surround yourself with positive people."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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These are challenging times for everyone, whether you own a business, work for someone, are self-isolating or because you are worrying about you, yours, or your community. The COVID-19 virus  is undermining our society at a very basic level, and there are many of us who face a very real risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of my rules for life is to surround myself with positive\npeople. I find they help me with the various challenges, be they personal or with\nmy business. My initial thought when the ban of meetings was announced was \u201cAaarrrgghh!\u201d\nMy business is all based on face-to-face meetings and it won\u2019t come as any\nsurprise when I say that I fundamentally believe in meeting people face-to-face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, I was amazed at the positive reaction I received\nfrom members when we made all our meetings virtual.  This is a temporary measure, and we will\nreturn to the old format when all this malarkey is over, but for now we meet\nusing Zoom (other systems are available) each sat in our homes and offices.\nLooking smart\u2014at least from the waist up\u2014and sharing support, knowledge\nand information. In fact, all the things that we gain at our usual meetings.\nBut this way we stay safe and well and in touch with other businesses. Since we\nwork under the Chatham House rule (what is said at a meeting can be told to\nothers, but not who said it) and those people who are still choosing to visit\ncan talk about their concerns. At the meetings I have attended in the past week\npeople have also, I have noticed, shared personal concerns as well as business\nconcerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have also noticed that some, after the initial aaarrggghh\nmoment, day or few days, have started to look at other options for doing what\nthey already do, or at how they might do things completely differently, and some\nhave already given up. Now, before anyone takes offence at that last sentence\nlet me say that I know that some businesses will not survive. However, my\nbelief is that if you try, desperately sometimes, to find the positive, however\nsmall that is, that helps. It also helps if the people around me are looking\nfor the small positive too. It also means that when we each reach that aarrgghh\nmoment again the positive people around are supportive and helpful and when it\nis their turn I can reciprocate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hope you and yours are safe and well. If I can help in any way let me know how and, if you want more information, or some more networking tips, have a look at my website: ebn.uk.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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