Would you send a fax in reply to an email?
Whenever we talk about what we do at The Concierge Collective almost everyone without fail says “I need you”, then the conversations turn to how much does it cost and invariably goes onto ask about the most outlandish things we’ve been asked to do for clients (there is a whole book waiting to be written there).
Whilst we do have some pretty amazing stories of projects that might be considered a little ‘out there’, largely the tasks we handle are in response to the pace of modern living.
Living at warp speed
No one would disagree that we are living at a hectic pace. Greater demands are being placed upon us by employers, clients, family and friends to immediately read and respond to everything within a nano-second. Whilst technology has added enormous value to our lives it has also become a hazard!
Add to that the every increasing list of “should”. I should get the fridge repaired, I should organise mum’s birthday dinner, I should return that dress (wrong size), I should…
Don’t get me started on the list of perfection pursuits (perfect mum, perfect kids, perfect house perfect body, blah, blah blah).
OMG the pressure.
This is unlikely to change. In fact I would go so far as to say that the way that we live will entirely change and we must change in order keep up with this increasing demand on our time. Unless of course you decided to sell up and move to Byron Bay #bliss
The result of modern living is that we have a rapid influx of demands so we require additional resources to meet those demands.
We cannot use traditional time management methods to deal with modern time demands. You wouldn’t go to a fax machine to reply to an email.
Whilst, thankfully, some traditional resources such as family and friends remain available they too are facing a similar set of lightening speed demands.
New resources such as Au Pair, Nanny, Personal Trainers, Housekeepers, Gardeners are now considered main stream. It is therefore no surprise that Concierge services are becoming the new norm in resources.
All this ‘should’ items can be handed to your concierge, in the same way the vacuum is handed over to your housekeeper.
And the reason we need resources to keep up with modern living? Because regardless of how much our world changes, our basic needs as humans to rest and have social interactions with our loved ones does not change. We are social beings and we need to be part of our loving circle of familyand friends.
Do you think a concierge is a solution for modern day living?
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