Who’s in your car?

5/12/11
Bit personal I know but this occurred to me only the other day while I was standing outside a training venue watching members arrive: almost every single person was the only person in their car.

Now I’m not suggesting the following on environmental grounds or even to save congestion, although both would be a great idea, but rather to make better use of our time.

Wouldn’t it be great to come to a workshop with a car full of people? Why? Because you could have a One2One. Even a group One2One. Now I’m not talking about just having someone to chat to on the journey but a real One2One. With a structure. No radio or CD, just a good conversation focusing on business and getting to know the other person. And, as you not only have to get to training but you also have to get home again, one person can be the focal point of each trip.

There is an even better reason to share a car! I often hear members complain about the distance to some of our workshops; but wouldn’t a forty-five minute journey be worth it if at the same time you had a really worthwhile One2One? In fact I think it would make going to the more distant workshops even more valuable: and not just because you meet different people.

Two weeks ago I went to Solihull with two other people in the car for a workshop. Not only was the event really useful to my business, but the three of us are now much closer as friends and know a great deal more about each others' businesses and goals. The benefit of which is that we can now help each other, and want to help each other, more than we did before our day out.

Now I’m not suggesting that every time you go to a workshop it will be convenient to fill your car, but how much more business do you think that you would do if someone went with you more often than not?