Ups and downs

The life of a freelancer is like a weatherwane. One minute the wind blows from the south and everything is fine and dandy and BAM! the next minute a cold front is appearing from the north. Just like the weather turned colder today, a client cancelled a training day.

Earlier this week and client expressed interest in further trainings. This is evidence to me that the method works. I haven't doubted it for a second, but future clients always have doubts. It was nice to see how a client who had the guts to order the training even as a test, noticed how useful it can be and wants the rest of their people to be covered too. I happen to believe that that is the right way to go about this thing. Train all your personnel and let the critical mass of quality oriented and capable people do wonders to your productivity. See the number of errors decline and a true quality culture emerge!

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Visited a couple of printers today. One was hidden almost in the countryside, while the other one was in the middle of large industrial/commercial area here in Bochum. Both firms can do what I need, and now I'm eagerly waiting for offers. Next year, with growing numbers of trainings, we'll need more training material. There were a few good suggestions in making for example the Certificates even better than they currently are.

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Suomeksi: välillä onnistuu, tulee lisätilauksia, välillä taas varmana pidetty koulutuspäivä peruutetaan. No onpahan syitä keskittyä asiakkaiden hankintaan ja kirjallisen materiaalin kirjoittamiseen.

Koulutusmateriaaleille löytynee piakkoin saksalainen painotalo, ainakin pari tarjousta pitäisi postiin kolahtaa huomiseen mennessä.