Welcome ... I grow your people, who grow your business, who grow your profits.

Avoid too much salt on your chips!

Avoid too much salt on your chips! We’ve all had the experience where the salt cellar top has fallen off and ruined our meal – I know I have……..

Let me run this little story past you. Many years ago as a young French teacher, I needed an old car. How many people would buy an old banger of a car from a salesperson on the strength of their profession? I did – why? Because I am a very trusting person and that’s great and I have no intention of changing. What I need to address is to be a bit more sensitive to the context within which I place that trust. In this particular context, trust became gullibility – which led me to buy an old French banger for no other reason than I taught the language. This was the point when the salt cellar lid well and truly fell off (much to the amusement of my friends) and I had too much salt on my chips!

Are you a naturally enthusiastic person? Enthusiasm and being keen for the business is good, it’s great to be passionate but are you so keen that you are unwittingly being ‘over the top’ and in ‘in their face’? If so, you will risk scaring them off – this is yet another example of “too much salt on the chips”.

5 Comments

1. Jen Morgan says:

   September 19, 2011 at 11:25 am

   Kate,

   You are so right. Balance and moderation are always the key ingredients when cooking for a crowd. Proper measures of these spices of life can make all the difference in how people react to what we’ve plated up them. Whenever I’ve ruined the meal with too much salt, I always find a slice of humble pie served immediately afterwards can sometimes save the dinner party.

   I am looking forward to continuing our great discussions!

   Jen

   Reply
   • Kate says:

     September 20, 2011 at 1:34 pm

     Hi Jen,

     Wonderful metaphors! Thanks so much for your tasty comments

     Look forward to seeing you both very soon.

     Kate xx
2. Rod says:

   September 2, 2011 at 8:39 pm

   Hi Kate,
   Too much salt on your chips eh!
   Guilty as charged. How I`ve had to learn, when I have seen the attention span drain from someones face as information overload has taken its toll and the poor recipient is trying to assimilate the enthusiasm being thrust upon them.

   Reply
3. Sally Lawson-Cruttenden says:

   August 23, 2011 at 11:39 am

   Lovely, Kate, thank you. I am really enjoying your website and blog!

   Reply
   • Kate Rigby says:

     August 24, 2011 at 1:04 pm

     Hi Sally! I hope it gave you food for thought!! Thanks for taking time to read. Kate x

back to top