Rotary Spoke 12 05 16
Posted by Don Sherman on Dec 06, 2016
Bill Singer Sales and Leadership Coach and Trainer Speaks to Rotary.
Our meeting began on the first snowy day of the Winter of 2017. It was a bit cold, but sunny, and driving was not bad.
President Susan opened the meeting on time, and we proceeded through a report of 18 members present, and one guest- the speaker.
We had a few fines, and Frank S reported on the annual delivery of salt buckets to Lexington seniors. Frank took the time to pin an address label on a map showing each of the 51 homes we were to deliver to. It was easy to pick a neighborhood to go to. With 11 drivers, all buckets were quickly loaded into cars or trucks and dispatched. Connie N brought her son along, waking him up before his normal Sat Am wake up time. Extra buckets were delivered to the Community Center in case additional requests came in later. I estimate it took about an hour to complete all deliveries. Frank knows how to organize this event from past experience. Thanks Frank, and to Jim F of Brookhaven for handling the bucket filling logistics, and getting the buckets ready and stored for our pickup.
Important Upcoming Meetings:
On the December 12 meeting the slate of officer nominations will be announced and voted on. All members are encouraged to attend so that we have a good vote.
December 19 we will hold our annual holiday party. Alan A has arranged for the LHS Madrigal Singers to be our entertainment, and there is a rumor that Santa will be at the meeting. Bring your family and friends for a fun meeting, when we celebrate the holidays. Santa will be passing the hat, collecting for Pres. Susan's designated charitable giving. Be sure to bring a check or lots of cash to donate to her chosen charity(s).
Our speaker was Bill Singer of the Bill Singer Consulting Group. He deals in Sales & Leadership Coaching. His company specializes in helping companies build mental strength and agility for today’s Attention Economy. In short , how to
Our economy and the atmosphere at a company should avoid mass distraction, and focus on the tasks at hand. He explained how we are constantly bombarded by distracting events, and multi tasking leads to a loss of focus.He explained our challenges of focusing time & energy on sales activities, and how to avoid unproductive habits or behaviors. He even talked about not seeing the obvious? If you want to see a video of a test he talked about , go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGQmdoK_ZfY
This was a very interesting subject for members of the Rotary Club of Lexington. Did you notice that there is a question mark in the above paragraph that should be a period?
The 50/50 raffle was won by Murry A, who donated his price back to the club.