Positive Attitude.Me

I have been very busy the past week or so and had a great time with friends and colleagues. Today was almost a rest day and as I thought about it, I realised that I hadn’t thanked everyone for there support and encouragement. Therefore I decided this was my first ‘appreciation day’ and I shall attempt to have at least one each month in future.

It is not often that we take time to thank those around us who enhance our life and extend our skills, as well as providing us with opportunities to achieve more.

www.aarandee.com would not exist if my friends had not told me to gather all my ideas and thoughts and strive to share them in a business environment, whereby either I or some other entrepreneur could take the idea forward and earn a suitable living from providing the product or service.

I have altered some of the information in other areas of the site, to show that I have developed a more structured outlook to what I wish to achieve. If you find some of the blog posts enthuse you to consider being involved, drop me a line and we can communicate.

After yesterdays ‘appreciation day’, I started to think about those that I need to work with in the future to take projects forward. Therefore the title above in the www.aarandee.com blog post is part of my strategy to do just that.

Enthuse, I have to get folk talking about the projects and wanting to hear more about each one. What exactly the product or service is and what it will do.

Engage, by providing this greater insight, that will lead to them wanting to know more, then they will become engaged in the process of development.

Educate, as people participate they will learn more about each product or service, they will also have some ownership as the contribute to the development, the action of participating is a major step for all concerned.

Empower, the more they know, the more they will understand and as a result will be in a stronger position to share and teach others about the products and services.

I will then be in a position to appreciate them too, for all the work done, by being enthused; engaged; educated and empowered.

One of the projects being worked on within www.aarandee.com is the ’10-TWO Sport Inspiration’ range of jewellery. There are pendants; necklaces; charms; cuff links; earrings; phone charms; zip pulls; key fob/rings; lapel pins.

They are available in 3 qualities – Cast Solid Silver (Assayed & Hallmark stamped); as these are all individually cast and hand finished, they are all unique. Sterling Silver, photo etched and hand finished; Stainless Steel, photo etched and hand finished. Each range can be enhanced by adding either precious stones or semi-precious stones of your choice (if available), making them ‘bespoke’ items.

All products are Designed and Made in Scotland.

The tag line for 10-TWO is ‘if it is to be it is up to me’ – a quote from a golfer prior to his final session at a championship, when asked if he was going to win. These ten two letter words have been used to inspire people for many years, now you can wear an item of jewellery promoting your sport or hobby and inspiring you to be the best you can be.

What a great event with the club Presidents for next year, superb open discussion on communication and using current social media.

So often we assume that the silver surfers are behind the times, when in fact they are setting the trend in a lot of cases, Rotary is one of the worlds largest ‘voluntary community service organisations’ each members and friend of Rotary has a heart as big as a ‘basketball’ when giving to support the lives of others.

There are 1.2M members worldwide, a fascinating statistic, which as an organisation is starting to realise its potential for engaging all sectors of society, young and old – as within each sector there are those who give a ‘service above self’ to help others – at home; in school; in work and in life.

Today we heard some great stories from individual clubs about the stunning range of activities being done, locally; nationally and internationally – all relying on collaboration – within the club working together, or with partner clubs in the same district or in another part of the world.

We heard about sharing skills, so often we ignore the talents of those in clubs or friends who support club activities – well today we had an opportunity to contribute to a Rotary inspired project, which we hope will engage and enthuse all ages and perhaps have them seeking to find out more about how they can make a difference.

Thank you everyone for a tremendous day, thank you for your open frank remarks, thank you for your honest feedback and most of all, thank you for being there and sharing – you made a difference.