LeTip of Lake Oswego would like to express its heartfelt condolences to one of our newest members, Chris Singlestad and his wife, on the passing of their dear aunt.

Chris expresses his regrets at not being able to attend recent meetings but has asked me to tell you of his sincere commitment to the group.

Please take a moment to add Chris and his family to your prayers.

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Chris Boyer - General Contractor (ccb# 48333)
Company - Ravenwood Group Co.
Phone: 503-936-5604

Email:

Website:

Address:

2000 NE 42nd
Suite 105
Portland, Oregon 97213

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For our new members, the official LeTip Network Training Seminar will be held THIS coming Monday, February 25th.

There will be TWO opportunities to attend: 7am and 5pm.

The location will be at Lake Oswego LeTip’s digs at Club Sport.  Club Sport in Tualatin, OR [MAP]

All new members are required to attend the Network Training Seminars within 60 days of joining LeTip.

Please contact Mike English and Patrick Davis to confirm your attendance.

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We’d like to give a special “Thank You!” to the guests that attended today’s LeTip of Lake Oswego meeting.

So … THANK YOU!

1. Nathan Sever and Rhonda Fowler of Pop-A-Lock (Guests of Jocelyn Nelson)
2. Chris Boyer of Ravenwood Group Co. (Guest of Jocelyn Nelson)
3. Rebecca Haynes of LaDeDa (Guest of Judy Nedry)
4. Peggy Ashford of Banner Bank (Guest of Michele Baker)
5. Denise Moser of NorthWest Healingworks (Guest of Patrick Davis)

We appreciate that you’ve taken time out of your day to visit our group and look forward to seeing each of you again in the future.

Let us put money in your pocket!

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The following is a story I read, and I knew I had to share it with the group. You see, it is always so easy to fall into the “I can’t do it.” trap and falling backward in despair at how tough it is to conduct business in today’s environment. Today, business is like an unruly floor polisher … so, read on …

“I can remember a period in my life when I was unemployed and money was running short. I needed a job very badly and it seemed as if no one was hiring.

A very good friend of mine approached me one day with an offer. “I’m going to have to let this job go and I was wondering if you would like to take it over?”

“That would be great,” I replied.

I went to speak with the manager and he said he could use me, but never gave me a start date. Really needing the job, I made it a point to go and check in with him every day. I knew he would eventually get tired of me and give me a starting period. Finally one day he said, “You can start Monday morning.”

Come Monday morning, I showed up for work extra early. I was ready to do my best. When I went inside I was informed that I would be buffing the floors. My friend was there to show me how to operate the buffer.

“It’s real easy,” he said, running the machine very smoothly.

He handed it over to me and said, “Here, you give it a try.”

I grabbed the handles with a “no problem” attitude and gave it some gas. To my surprise, the buffer whipped around in a big circle, running over my friend’s brand new pair of boots, and sending him jumping up on a check-out counter.

Several times, I tried to run it again and failed. I really had to fight that thing to make it go.

“What am I going to do?” I thought to myself. “I finally found a job and I can’t do it. Am I going to have to tell them I have to quit?”

After several rough days of buffing, I finally made up my mind that I was going to do this. For about a week, I struggled with the buffer, putting all my weight and strength into it. Eventually, I learned the trick was not to struggle with it at all, just go with the flow of it, and by the second week, I was showing off and running it with one hand.

A few months later, I thought back and wondered what would have happened if I had given up that first week. I certainly would not have had the newfound confidence or a paycheck. Sometime after that experience, I started a new job that required the use of a buffer. I even had to train others to use it, and I always got a kick out of seeing them run it for the first time. I knew, though, if they stuck with it, they would do just fine; they just needed a little encouragement and a lot of practice.

Michael Jordan said, “Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.”

Kip Davis

Kip Davis is the city planner for a small rural town in Arkansas. He writes a weekly column for the town newspaper called “Positive Motivation For The Real World.”

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