Contrary to general belief, removal companies are not money grabbing organisations they are sometimes made out to be, well not all of them! The rate that you will be quoted, in general terms, is arrived at after a number of factors are taken into consideration. The load size, distance to be travelled, type of furniture, number of men required for job. To be able to give you a quote that will not vary, you then have to be able to provide removal company with as much detail as possible, and here an inventory is essential. In many instances a visit by removal company to house is proposed and can be beneficial. It is not however, compulsory, as after years of experience remover will know, after talking to you, roughly how much you have to move, and a full inventory will make this even easier.

You have no idea at all how much space your household contents will take up on a van and until now, no idea, as to how companies prepare their quotes. BUT you do have a sneaking suspicion that when you tell company that you think you have 35m3 that it is going to cost you more than if you tell them you only have 31m3. Above all RESIST this temptation.

Firstly, in reality extra 4m3 of load should not significantly change price, after all lorry is going to its destination anyway and only additional cost will be extra hours needed to load and unload. Secondly, if on day of move removal company announce that there is more than declared then you will be asked to pay more. When your belongings are already on van and you have to move, you are not in a very good bargaining position! Thirdly, if company has been told that load is 'X' and in fact it is 'X' plus 5m3 there is a good possibility that something will have to be left behind, simply because there is not enough room on van!

It Is Up To You

So, you want to get promoted. The possibility really lies in your own hands. Remember trite but true saying, “If it is to be, it is up to me!” Don’t wait for things to happen. Set yourself apart from crowd and make things happen. Most people look outward for success. They look for someone else to appreciate them, someone else to promote them, someone else to motivate them. Success is not external shining in, it is internal radiating out. If you look for other people to define your success or happiness, you will never find your full measure of either. If you want a promotion, set up conditions to get promoted. Don’t dwell on your limitations or what you can’t do. Instead, look to magnify and capitalize on your strengths and potential. Spend energy focusing on finding Incremental Advantages and changing and improving areas you can. Big success is built on a series of small successes.

You, Inc. Whether you acknowledge it or not, you are self employed regardless of who signs your paycheck. Failure to recognize this leads to dependence on others and a failure to develop your single most valuable asset - you! Even if you are an employee, you are basically self employed. You are your own personal services corporation selling to one customer in this case, your employer. Whether you earn minimum wage or are in top bracket of income earners, your business entity, You, Inc., is at heart of your earning. The quickest route to earning more money is to provide more value to your organization. The more you develop your skills, talents, abilities, attitudes and efforts into value for your employer or your clients, more you earn and are worth.

Add To Your Value Create a personal balance sheet for yourself. List your assets and your liabilities in areas of knowledge, talents, skill set, abilities and attitude. Your liabilities in reality are only what you have yet to learn and apply to improve items on asset side. What are you doing to push boundaries and improve production capability of You, Inc.? Keep learning. The best education is application of knowledge to your goals. Incremental learning is like climbing a mountain. The more you climb, more you see and better you can improve your perspective of all that is below you. The more knowledge and information you gather and put to use, easier it is to gain new information and apply that information to your life.