Business Fit Magazine March 2019 Issue 1 | Page 12

Interview
How do you get the ‘flow’? Is it
always there?
No, it’s not like a light switch you can turn on
and off. Sometimes you have to marinate for
a while. When the creative juices are flowing,
you need to make sure you take advantage
of that, write it down, capture it when it’s
there. Writers when they are writing a book
sometimes need to go and hibernate, in
the mountains or somewhere away from
everything and everyone, so they can tap into
their creative juices and be creative and I’m
kinda the same way. When I’m working on a
construction project, I’ll go over and sit there,
after everyone else has gone away and it’s
evolution, sometimes it comes then and there,
other times I lose sleep, but that just goes to
show how passionate I am. Ideas run through
my head constantly and I just love it so much,
it is a passion.
I believe you are not born with talent, but that
your talent comes from your interest. When
you find interest in something, stick with it and
run with it and you’ll become better and better
at it as you practice and that’s what I have
done.
My motto is together is better
and I support women to achieve
their dreams and goals you
have a theory about four types
of people.
Yes, what I am talking about there is how to
build an effective team. There is a book called
The Platinum Rule by Michael O'Connor and
Tony Alessandra which taught me this and
I have applied it to everything I have done. I
have used it in building my real estate team,
my design teams, my construction teams,
all the different teams of people I have. The
philosophy behind it, is that there are four
types of people: Thinker, Relator, Socialiser
and Director and they all have their role.
The Relator tells everyone why they are
there and what they are doing, they are the
communicator. They are able to tell people
how it all relates to everyone and gives them
the business model. They have a natural flow
of relating to people and can communicate
with all walks of life – you’re a relator Veronica.
The Thinker doesn’t say much, they are usually
at the back of the room and you are always
wondering what they are thinking. They are
great at technical or detailed stuff. They put
everything in place
Tell us about Dancing with the
Stars
It was the most amazing experience. I learned
how to Cha Cha, Salsa, Pasa Doble, Foxtrot.
The great thing about dancing is that everyone
is always happy when they are dancing. Do
you ever see someone miserable when they
are dancing? I love being around people who
are dancing for that reason. I got the chance
to do Dancing with Stars and I learned lots
of fancy dancing, including ballroom, which I
never thought in a million years I would be able
to do. I was also very sore! They teach you all
these things, they made you walk everywhere
on your toes, you can’t put your heel to the
ground, and I thought, no problem, I can do
that. But then I couldn’t tie my shoes for a
week, it hurt so bad. But it was such a magical
adventure.
What words of advice would
you like to give our readers?
Nothing can stop you, follow your dreams.
Be happy, smiles are contagious
The Director builds a team and tells everyone
what they should do, they’re the bossy one!
...there are
four types of
people: Thinker,
Relator,
Socialiser and
Director and
they all have
their role.
The Socialiser is an outgoing person who walks
into the room and is the centre of attention,
has the gift of the gab, but can’t sit down for
five minutes.
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