I hope you enjoy these quotes as much as I do on this fine Christmas day whether you believe in Santa or not and whether you celebrate Christmas or not. The quotes are not specifically about Christmas but definitely relate to the biz of you. The life that I aspire to live No man proposeth… Read More
Christmas in our Interactions
What happens to the biz of you during the holidays? It’s so easy to get wrapped up in things (pun intended). Whether you on giving gifts to people or a receiver who loves the joy of the new and unexpected in unwrapping some gift, life seems to slip by and our time, financial, and relationship… Read More
Jake’s Self Contract
Addressed to: My Future Self I am you, and you are comprised of everything that I am plus what you have become. You have a contract with yourself. You and your life come before work and outside the immediate family obligations. You will not work the long shifts and it will not make you the… Read More
Your Self Contract
A self contract is an agreement between your present and future self about what’s most important to you. It may be written or simply internalized. It draws together the critical aspects of yourself and applies it to what you want out of life. It requires a vision of yourself in the future and an understanding… Read More
Approaching Major Decisions
It’s essential to know what’s important to us when approaching a major decision like switching careers, changing jobs, or heading into retirement. Do you know what’s key and critical in your life? Have you created a contract with yourself prior to negotiating a contract with a new company? How does your free time or time… Read More
Make Your Own Music
As we stated last time in not so certain terms, listening with all of our senses is key to connecting with our environment and ourselves. When we listen, we enable ourselves to understand the vital few things in our lives. It allows us to recognize what’s important. It allows us to let the noise of… Read More
Music or Noise?
We live in environments overloaded with information, stimulation and distraction. It’s so easy to get lost in the alleyways of the information highway or sucked into distraction with various mental or physical stimulants. There’s so much available to us it is simply overwhelming. There is a concept in of science and engineering called “signal to… Read More
How to Stay Calm in a sea of Troubles
I had a friend take me to lunch this week at work. We continued a dialogue we started about how to stay relaxed and calm no matter what happens. We talked about not being disturbed at work, but the principles were easily applied to daily living and the biz of you. Everyone is different. There… Read More
Learn and Move on
There’s a couple of quotes on refrigerator magnets at home attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson that directly relate to the biz of you: Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new… Read More
Finding Our Inner Experience
People who learn to control inner experience will be able to determine the quality of their lives, which is as close as any of us an come to being happy. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow, The Psychology of Optimal Experience. Our inner experience has more to do with our success than anything else. Our ability to control our… Read More
Business of You 