3/9/91 Tuesday This is the "day that never was”! After a delay (due to shortened flight time) we took off at 2am SF time (5.30pm SP time) and will land at Hong Kong at 6.30am on the next day! 13hrs 5min flight
4/9/91 Wednesday Arrived on time at Hong Kong after a very good flight. We had asked for seats in row 41 which has a large space between 41 & 42 and so we were able to stand up often and stretch out well while sitting. Next stop was Singapore at 11.15am. After a quick get-away from the airport, we settled in at the Seaview Hotel, then headed for Orchard Road and Chinatown. This was a bit of a mistake as we were both tired but it was still good to be able confirm that cellular phones are not on the possible purchase list. After a lot of haggling, I bought a very nice leather jacket for S$140.
5/9/91 Thursday Slept in till 8.30am after a night when the fire alarm went off at 2am & 3.30am! Fortunately both times were false alarms. The morning was spent at the Park Tower shopping centre where we had hair-cuts and I had my finger checked by a doctor. In the afternoon, we went into the Stamford Hotel to register for the convention, confirmed our tickets home and the discovered a shop selling Chinese musical instruments in Cashin street - what a place! We bought 10 instruments - each of them will be very useful and give pleasure.
6/9/91 Friday Congress Day 1 There are 5,250 people from 11 countries! There are only about 20 people from Australia. There is a very different atmosphere compared with Australian conventions. The speakers are very good and we are being made to feel very welcome by our Singaporean hosts. It was a long day that finished at 6pm. We crashed after getting back to the hotel.
7/9/91 Saturday Congress Day 2
Session 1 - Paul Anderson
1) Keep "technique books" in which suitable ideas are stored in subject order.
2) Post annual review sheets prior to follow-up
3) Keep a "Success Journal" to look back over in the hard times
4) "JUST DO IT"
5) Make a s/s of the weekly production figures over the past ten years
6) See the people, see the people, see the people.
Session 2 - Bonnie Nelson
A - awareness of who I am, who my client is
A - acceptance ourselves, our strengths, weaknesses
A- actualisation - applying the things we know William Marsden 1920's - dealt with normal people rather than problems. (Emotions of normal people)
Continuum ACTIVE --- PASSIVE
Dominance - intent: overcome influence - intent: persuade
Stability - intent: supportive
Competence - intent: avoid trouble
Session 3 Paul Naidu - Paper Management
Session 4 Andrew Goh - 55 Reasons why people buy. Very good - see Anne's List.
Evening Session - Denis Waitley
8/9/91 Sunday We finally caught up with a letter from home - it had been announced from the platform on the first day but every time we found the right person to collect it, they had passed it on to another person.
Warren Greshes - "The 3 S’s of Success"
S - SEE IT S - START IT S - SUSTAIN IT
PauL Anderson/Allan Altman - There are no tragedies in Life, only roadblocks. Why me? Because I am someone special.
Karen Ho - practical results of Life insurance
Medhi The streets are paved with gold - just go out and get it
Norman Levine - just do it (His youngest agent at 19 didn't finish high school, isn’t local - but writes $5million per year because he sees 100 people per dayl) Convention finish at 1.30pm. We walked to the nearby food centre for lunch, then went back to the Seaview to rest & change into cooler clothes. At 4pm we went into Chinatown, 5pm to Queenstown for church. 6pm Church of the Saviour, Margaret Drive, Singapore
3 RULES OF THE RACE
1) Don't look back,
2) don’t look around
3) only look forward to the goal.
There are many distractions - criticism, praise (all these things must not be allowed to take our attention from the goal. In this race, everyone who runs can be a winner - we only need to reach the goal
Then back to Chinatown with Soo (a friend that we met at church) on the MRT. Back to the hotel at 8.30pm for a foot soak & bed.
9/9/91 Monday our last day. We packed and checked out, then went over to the Katong Shopping Centre which is about 150m from the hotel. After a while of last minute shopping, we found a "cuppa spot" in a bowling centre. Unfortunately the tea was made with sweetened condensed milk and not very nice for Anne. The bowling alley is a fully computerised one with all the scoring done automatically. Anne had a bowl while I watched. Then back to the hotel to be picked up by the taxi we had booked for an afternoon tour ending at the airport. This took us to the western end, the northern side and back to Changi. The driver gave a fulsome commentary the whole way. We had a beautiful tea at the "Svensen’s Restaurant" in the Changi Terminal to finish the Singapore phase of the trip. Arrived back in Perth at 1.25am to be met by Maxine & Dad.
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