I have a dream, a dream destination for a holiday. Have you booked your holiday?
As soon as I hear the other person's answer, I can start surmising the whole life of the person who replies.
'Yes, I booked it last week.'
Judger. (Myers Briggs personality typing.) He or she will arrive early.
Another type will reply: 'Not yet.'
I ask: 'Why not?'
The answer: 'Still looking around.'
ADVANCE PLANNING
You can plan your year ahead. My family did this for a wedding and honeymoon. When is the wedding? June. Which countries have good weather in those months?
Read about destination in Wikipedia, Wikivoyage and Wikitravel.
Pay by credit card of a means which allows you to recover if the company goes bust.
Make a list of places to see.
Safety and Insurance
Check safety warnings on Wikivoyage, UK Foreign Office, and US state advisory. Check insurance. If government warnings are in place probably your insurance won't cover you. Also your company will advise you not to go or will not fund the business trip.
Make a list
Check passport (s). Visas.
Check flights.
check weather.
Check hotel prices.
Check activities.
Book first and last night events.
Know alternative exits if you have to leave suddenly lose your flight.
Check insurance exclusions.
Driving License
Take copies of driving licenses even if you do not intend to drive. Why? If another driver is too young or old or does not have an international license you might need documentation.
If your driver is to drunk, tired or ill you might want to share driving. If your driver is held by a hospital or police you might need to drive. If the chauffeur driven car is not available and you are offered self-drive this could be a better option than a bus when you are racing for a flight.
PROCRASTINATION Procrastinator. He or she will book late. And arrive late. Forget to check dates. Lose their passport. Miss the meeting.
JUDGERS & DECISION MAKERS Judgers like to take decisions. Clear the desk. Do tasks in order. Make a list. Work through the list. Don't interrupt me.
That's my husband.!
I wish I could be like him. I am trying.
TRY
Oops. I gave myself away with that sentence.
I've heard trainers say, 'Don't try to do it. Do it!'
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
Churchill walking through the ruins of Coventry Cathedral in 1941.Never, ever, ever give up.
Winston Churchill WWII 1939-1945
Find an ally to give you physical and mental encouragement.
Churchill and Roosevelt. Statue in Bond Street, London, England.
Find an ally.
Six years of war. Better than the hundred years war!
Finally - the war is over.
My parents lived through two world wars, born during the first word war, lived through the second world war. My mother lost her first husband. She married again, to my father, and had me. I asked my father, 'Did anything good come out of the second world war?'
He replied, 'Yes. Me!'
SETBACKS
What's beyond? You don't know.
Make a list.
Too many choices.
When I tell my husband, 'I have a problem,' he replies: 'It is not a problem. it is a task.'
Let's look at the sayings which can encourage you to change or proceed with your plans, to face setbacks, to share success.
OPEN DOORS
Closed And Open Doors One door closes, another door opens.
I put up a positive statement about a door on Facebook. 'If a door shuts, open it again. It's a door. That's now they work.'
Somebody replied, What if ... what if... what if ...
I replied:
True. But the whole point of an aphorism is to lift people who are easily swayed by a single sentence. Just give them something to hang onto.
Like showing a balloon or a musical mobile to distract a crying child.
ENFP - MYERS BRIGGS PERSONALITY TYPE If you are ENFP on Myers Briggs you are dwelling on the past and future and doubts. The purpose of the aphorism is to add a weight to the positive side of the see-saw to restore balance.
The encouragement gets you going. Gives you a boost.
If you have already started and you stop halfway, the encouraging word or idea or saying sustains you. Like chocolate for mountain climbers.
Yes, chocolate is bad for the teeth in the long run. Also the lift feeling wears off. But it gets you going
Similarly, I eat a chocolate biscuit or cake or a chocolate bar in the break before going speak on stage at a Toastmasters or other meeting. The sugar and caffeine lifts you up - only for 15 minutes, But I find that boost and time is enough to get me bouncing onto stage and beaming. (I also use wearing a red colour, making a noise to get attention wakes the audience and myself, interacting with the audience wakes them and keeps me alert.)
What about sharing the success, affecting their life, making a call to action, or using the written or spoken text to promote your message? End with a message.
The person who wrote to me on Facebook ended with a promotion. I replied and took their cue to end with a promotion: I wrote: This post is promoted by Braddell Heights Advanced Speakers in Singapore. Next meeting in 2020 is Wed Feb 5 evening 7 pm at BH CC and next Speechcraft Saturday afternoon Feb 15 at 2 pm.
What to say to yourself when you are travelling and waiting, or suffer a temporary setback.
Here are some positive sayings in English
TO GET STARTED
Procrastinators are other people. Procrastination is what you used to do. Positive action is what you are starting to take now.
Angela Lansbury
To beat indecision and self-doubt:
You have to be in it to win it
You don't have to see the whole staircase to start climbing.
Martin Luther King Jnr
Do It Now.
Just do it.
Nike.
A journey begins with a single step.
Attributed to Confucius (and others).
AT THE DESTINATION
Always have a plan B. I have arrived in a city for a long weekend and all the restaurants and shops and museums were closed on Monday.
AFTER SEEING A SETBACK, TO PROCEED POSITIVELY
You don't plan to fail. You fail to plan. Start your plan. Plan your next hour, day, week, month, year, 5 years, whole life goals.
One door closes, another door opens.
TO PROCEED WHEN TIRED
Keep right on to the end of the road ... (WWI song)
TO ASK FOR HELP
If you don't want to burden your family and friends and teachers and colleagues, ask a stranger.
If you don't want to risk involvement with a stranger, who might follow you, and ask for money, ask an official who is anchored to the help desk at the airport for a map with a list of restaurants.
Check out a restaurant list before you go, using the internet. Print it and put it in your pocket.
To save paper, keep it in your mobile phone. In case you lose your phone or use a different one, email yourself and pick up the email later on a new phone.
If you don't want to use a phone in a public place, write a blog post and ask a hotel concierge or friendly official to log into the website, read the suggestions, and draw the location on the hotel map. Then you will see how to get to the nearest good restaurant, and equally importantly, how to get back to your hotel.
If you are in a country or destination such as Hong Kong, where taxi drivers do not speak English, ask your hotel concierge to write the name of the restaurant on the back of the hotel card.
What do you want when you meet somebody else on your journey? To find the way? To the airport or restaurant? To get a recommendation for a restaurant? Or Supermarket? You will need that question written down in the local language. Either start learning the local language. Or write down the most needed words in that language with the translation and keep that piece of paper handy in the right hand pocket of your jacket.
CALL TO ACTION
If not now, THEN WHEN?
If not you, THEN WHO?
If not here, THEN WHERE?
TO SHARE SUCCESS
Laugh and the world laughs with you. Cry and you cry alone.
Nothing succeeds like success.
To encourage others
Call to action.
Travel Inspiration
visitbritain.com
visitlondon.com
Churchill and Roosevelt statue, Bond Street, London, England.
Churchill statue, Parliament Square, London, England.
Coventry Cathedral
Churchill bust. Israel.
Useful Websites
https://www.amazon.com/Essentials-Myers-Briggs-Type-Indicator-Assessment/dp/0470343907
visitbritain.com
wikivoyage
wikitravel
tripadvisor
About the Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, Author and Speaker. Please share your favourite posts
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