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REAL ESTATE<br />
Thursday <strong>May</strong> <strong>11</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
1/41 Bowhill Road, North New Brighton 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 www.harcourtsgold.co.nz | Listing #PD5205<br />
Declared Reserve - $489,000<br />
This beauty is reluctantly on the market as our<br />
owner is needing to upsize creating the most<br />
fabulous opportunity for you to purchase this<br />
updated, move-in-ready and low maintenance<br />
home.<br />
Situated within walking distance to the beach<br />
and local coffee cart, yoga studio, the Rāwhiti<br />
Domain and close to the hot pools in New<br />
Brighton - fun and lifestyle is on your doorstep.<br />
With an open plan layout that allows for lots<br />
of sun to shine in, it makes for a lovely spot<br />
to relax in and enjoy after working, surfing or<br />
swimming.<br />
On offer in this great location:<br />
- Great layout<br />
- Double-glazed throughout<br />
- Sunny outdoor patio<br />
- Vegetable garden all set up<br />
- Fabulously updated<br />
Properties in this condition and location are<br />
hard to find - call to secure a viewing or come<br />
through one of our open homes.<br />
Auction<br />
Thursday <strong>11</strong>th <strong>May</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
from 10:00am (unless sold prior)<br />
Gold Auction Rooms,<br />
471 Papanui Road<br />
Chantale Johnson<br />
Licensed Sales Consultant REAA 2008<br />
Harcourts Parklands<br />
027 393 9285<br />
chantalejohnson@harcourts.co.nz<br />
Bev Johnson<br />
Licensed Sales Consultant REAA 2008<br />
Harcourts Parklands<br />
021 643 9393<br />
bev.johnson@harcourtsgold.co.nz<br />
A Career Highlight on the Horizon<br />
As I write this article, I’m aware that in<br />
a very short time I’ll be participating in<br />
a lifetime career highlight. I’m excited<br />
and just a little nervous, but that’s<br />
appropriate whenever you approach<br />
significant events.<br />
I’m going to be presenting at a conference.<br />
Not unusual for me as I’ve done this on many<br />
occasions over my long tenure, but this time<br />
it’s different.<br />
It’s an international conference for our<br />
company’s brand and it’s taking place in<br />
South Africa, where I’ve learnt they have a<br />
strong presence.<br />
I will present on the main stage to a sellout<br />
audience on 17th <strong>May</strong> – and here’s my<br />
quandary:<br />
What to share with people whose experiences<br />
may be totally different at a cultural<br />
and business level? How do you create<br />
engagement so that their curiosity is piqued<br />
and how do you maintain that interest for the<br />
duration of the talk so that everyone derives<br />
some definite benefit despite my Kiwi accent<br />
potentially making hard work of things?<br />
In thinking about all of this, I’ve rationalized<br />
that the best place to start is with a process<br />
that I’ve used many times before – and it’s<br />
stood me in good stead whenever a high level<br />
of professionalism is required.<br />
Here’s my simple system.<br />
Resist procrastinating. It never helps to wait<br />
so long that you find yourself in a corner,<br />
desperately looking for inspiration and losing<br />
vital time for fine tuning and practicing. I’ve<br />
never been someone who digs themself into<br />
this particular hole. I prefer to start early and<br />
move incrementally. So, it’s essential I select<br />
a potential topic – and soon – amongst the<br />
numerous suggestions I’ve been given.<br />
The next step is always preparation and<br />
research.<br />
Sure, you’ve settled on a topic, but is what<br />
you have to say the latest information or<br />
interpretation of it? I think of this as currency.<br />
Currency is a concept that requires what<br />
you deliver to be relevant, up-to-date and<br />
engaging.<br />
It’s something I’ve come to respect given<br />
a number of conferences I’ve attended<br />
where often-repeated, outdated ideas were<br />
presented using data shows with no real sense<br />
of purpose other than for a box to be ticked,<br />
and I’d prefer to avoid this for obvious reasons.<br />
Then there’s the timing of everything, hitting<br />
your main points in the correct order, not<br />
relying on notes because they are distracting<br />
for you and your audience, and not going off<br />
topic.<br />
I once went to an event where the speaker<br />
got so far off topic that no one, including the<br />
presenter, knew what was happening.<br />
Lastly, what to wear, given a gal has got to look<br />
good, how to open (I’m thinking Te Reo), what<br />
resources to provide and how to finish well?<br />
There you have it and soon I’m hoping I’ll have<br />
done it!!<br />
Wish me luck.<br />
Lynette McFadden<br />
Harcourts gold Business Owner<br />
027 432 0447<br />
lynette.mcfadden@harcourtsgold.co.nz<br />
Harcourts gold<br />
Papanui & Redwood<br />
Harcourts gold<br />
No.1 Harcourts Office in Christchurch<br />
Harcourts gold Papanui (Harcourts Christchurch Awards 2022 - <strong>2023</strong>)<br />
No.3 Harcourts Office in Christchurch<br />
Harcourts gold Redwood (Harcourts Christchurch Awards 2022 - <strong>2023</strong>)<br />
PAPANUI 352 6166 | INTERNATIONAL DIVISION (+64) 3 662 98<strong>11</strong> | REDWOOD 352 0352 |<br />
PARKLANDS 383 0406 | SPITFIRE SQUARE 662 9222 | GOLD PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 352 6454<br />
GOLD REAL ESTATE GROUP LTD LICENSED AGENT REAA 2008 A MEMBER OF THE HARCOURTS GROUP<br />
www.harcourtsgold.co.nz
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