Your choice of airplane is a critical one and too often we buy with our emotions and then later regret our decisions. Take time to envision yourself and your family/business associates in airplane, and making usual trip. Are you relaxed? Is everyone comfortable? If answer is not YES, your business/family flights will probably be short-lived.

Once you've determined your needs, it's time to look at your finances. Yes, you read that correctly! Determine right airplane FIRST and then decide how you're going to pay for it. That comment doesn't sound like one that would come from daughter of a conservative accountant. . .

However, if you purchase wrong airplane for right money, you're sure to:

1. Not fully utilize your airplane 2. Spend too much money trying to make it what you wanted in first place 3. Get hurt!

(Dad would agree with that!)

Instead, choose right airplane and learn about different options available to help you pay for it. You can learn about some of these options by downloading teleclass:

"Secrets of Aircraft Finance Companies"

at: http://www.airplanenoise.com eleclass_schedule.htm

Choosing right airplane is SUCH an important decision! Do your homework and buy a plane that will be easily integrated into your lifestyle: business AND personal .

You can compare features of several aircraft by downloading Spec sheets at:

http://www.airplanenoise.com/answers_to_why.htm

Link: http://www.airplanenoise.com/answers_to_why.htm

4. Likewise, communicate significant setbacks and challenges when necessary, but do so productively. That is, don’t ever throw up your hands and wallow in complaints, but instead clearly articulate what you need in order to create a positive turnout. If you are not sure what you need, all more reason to check in with boss and see what she can suggest. Afterall, she is person in charge and her input is valuable!

5. Minimize surprises. Give boss a heads-up if there is a possibility of significant change or that a plan may fall through. Forewarned is forearmed. Your boss may need time to digest incident and prepare a response for his own boss.

6. If your boss’s style does not mesh with yours, then it becomes your responsibility to communicate to her what it is you need to hear (or not hear) to do your best job day-to-day. For a simple, yet highly effective assessment tool for looking at communication styles and how to build interpersonal effectiveness across different styles, take PCSI - Personal Communication Styles Inventory. To learn more about this enlightening tool, copy and paste into your browser following link in its entirety: http://www.coachingwell.com/sample%20PCSI%20results/default.asp?s=1

7. Thank him! Build rapport by showing appreciation for something nice or helpful boss may have done for you, or perhaps some insightful way to do things boss may have suggested. Expressing your thanks can also model for her a way that you like “to do business.”

8. Display camaraderie. When at work, whether it be located together in same building or on different continents, you are all in it together. Many managers thrive on sense of camaraderie created when staff shows some sincere enthusiasm for what group/department/project is all about. Playing for same team is energy building!

© 2003 Marla Platt, BA, MBA Marla Platt is a Business/Executive/Personal Coach, http://www.AchieveCoach.com, providing highly effective coaching to enhance professional growth through communication. Marla offers the PCSI – the Personal Communications Styles Inventory, a powerful tool for building rapport and connecting with others. For more information, visit http://www.coachingwell.com/sample%20PCSI%20results/default.asp?s=1