The Daily Nickel by Zach

My official assistant Merlin the Siamese Savant

Zacharia11 — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:38:00 GMT

For the last several months, some of you that call me have noticed that during our conversations you will perdiodically hear a "MEOW" in the background.

Depending on how hungry Merlin is what determines the volume in which he meows. This is due to the fact that if he can actually see the botom of his food bowl regardless of the time of day and having nothing to do with whether or not he ate earlier that day he officially freaks out and tries to crawl in my lap even if I am standing up.

For those of you that have cats, and more specifically for those of you that have a Siamese, know exactly what I am reffering to. It is not important to Merlin whether or not I am on the phone with a good client or the president of the United States. It only matters to him that he can see the bottom of his food bowl and life as we know it in his spoiled existence will end as he knows it unless daddy rectifies this problem.

Some people who are not animal lovers will argue with the point that cats & dogs cannot actually understand what we say. For those of us that ARE animal lovers will have a far more biased answer to say that they can indeed comprehend what we say.

For Merlin & I in the evening when everyone else is asleep the vocabulary is simple: No, Not Now, & GO suffice. But those verbal commands last about 45 seconds, so I have decided to solve this dilemma with two cans of Pounce cat treats, four cans of Fancy Feast, a can of gourmet tuna from the fresh market & catnip.

If this fails, I will probably put him in the cabinet with his food and call it a day.

We can only hope that I don't have to resort to that as he is determined to be the fattest cat in the universe, and I'd rather not hear from my other half about how I spoil him when she goes to sleep.

No really, I don't.

I just feel that 135 meows an hour is a bit much if I am in the midst of a productive call with a client, unless of course Merlin has some important information for my clients.

I highly doubt that unless some of you speak Feline.

So, the next time we're on the phone and you hear Merlin meowing...you can just ask that famous question from the commercials long ago with a slight twist:

"Got Pounce?"

Zach

Daily Nickel Day two

Zacharia11 — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 06:42:00 GMT

I've always pondered at the end of another day, always the same four main topics that I address with all of my clients: Love & intimacy and the pursuit of it, Lust in its rarest forms as they experience it, and furthermore the sudden loss of it after a few weeks, money and the pursuit of bettering their lives, and trust in its many forms in their life or lack of it more often than not.

I'm always asked, how do I continue day in and day out answering the same or similiar battery of questions each day. My answer is simple; progression of every day with anyone is always new. So even if they have the same topic to discuss, it has always changed in a unique way.

The same reason I don't take notes, that way each call that comes through I get a fresh read on the situation, and most of my clients appreciate that. I always say "life happens when your making other plans".

One thing I have noticed with alot of my clients is they are truly becoming intolerant of poor behavior in their relationships and truly starting to come out of their shell and standing up for what they want. Anymore do I hear them say "I am afraid", because it would seem that the quality of life has become for many of them more important than their patience to put up with behaviors from those in their life.

It is this change that I se in my clientele that inspires me to continue each day and treat each call with a refined sense of acomplishment.

I would write more, but it is the end of my day, and tommorow rushes in quick.

I will try to write more earlier in the day.

Zach

Day one of the Daily Nickel.

Zacharia11 — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:26:00 GMT

So here we are. Keen has finally entered the world of blogging.

I remember the first time in the early nineties when the "dot bomb" took hold of the stock market when traders and brokers alike were jumping out of twenty story windows in chicago, you could find "online threads" where middle level managers of Smith Barney and Bank Swisse were posting "emotional management" inspirations for their clients and their employees alike to calm them after the storm.

The political arena strangely enough was one of the last to take hold, where lobbyists would post biased tirades at the powerbrokers in washington to engage a knee jerk reaction for their pork belly plunderings.

So now the psychic world has its own voice.......well......this should be interesting.

For any of you that do read my "Daily Nickel", whether you are an advisor, or a client I will be posting several threads today and probably a few each day for several days, but I do stay extremely busy above and beyond my work here on Keen, so it may end up being one thread per day, but there will always be a tidbit or two from me for good reading so stay tuned.

As with any new application implemented in an online business enviroment, there are always upgrades, tech support issues and overall management growing pains. Keen has successfully managed time and time again to make those changes, and keep the errors at a minimum, so if you see an error anywhere on the blogging section of Keen, it is likely even before you experience a problem, Keen is either aware internally or through contact with advisors and clients alike that the problem exists and a solution is en route.

I've been working with Keen since the late nineties, trust me the few problems you see here are nothing......I've been taking calls even before the "call button" and Keenmail were invented.

In other words, I had to mail in my paperwork to Keen to sign up....

But that was the old days....now we can call customer service and they SO love us to call don't they?

Just remember..if you do call customer service and get Jennifer on the phone, be nice, she's my favorite CSR......or I won't send you free minutes.....:)

Off and running now.......

Zach