It’s funny how we have to be reminded of our mortality. Every once in a while, we get a slap in our complacency. You’d think hearing about those people going through physical pain or problems would remind us well enough. You’d think having friends dealing with cancer or chronic arthritis would be enough to remind… Read More
Wisdom Beyond Our Years
Have you ever been backed into a corner with too many expectations of your time and energy? Perhaps there are too many subjects in school and your unable to upload it all. You may have kids, a full-time job, and health issues on top of it all. There are times in our lives where things… Read More
Factoring in the Crap
It’s up to us to include the crap factor of others as well as our own when planning to accomplish something. One method of dealing with the crap factors is to plan for contingencies. A contingency is nothing more than a possible future event we know may happen but are unable to predict with certainty. … Read More
What’s Your Crap Factor?
A comment was made in a recent meeting about program management I attended where there was a discussion about dealing with difficult customers, “People don’t perceive what effort it takes to meet their expectations. They only begin to understand when we add cost to their proposal.” Communication is inherently inefficient. There’s no way to know… Read More
At What Cost
When we go about our day-to-day activities, we can easily get lost in the repetitive, lackluster nature of things. We turn a lot of things in our daily lives into habits so we may accomplish more without using precious energy to think about our actions. Freeing energy to focus on more threatening things is the… Read More
Marriage is Business
Marriage is tough. Two people coming together doesn’t automatically make a relationship. It may start with energy and passion, but the relationship evolves over time. Passion comes and goes. Connections wax and wane. Communication strengthens and weakens. Individuals grow and change. As statistics indicate, many marriages end in divorce. There are all kinds of articles… Read More
Time Leveraging Our Actions
From Mignon McLaughlin’s The Complete Neurotic’s Notebook, “Albert Einstein when asked what he considered to be the most powerful force in the universe answered: Compound Interest!” “What you have become is the price you paid to get what you used to want.” Compound interest is the price paid for the use of borrowed money… Read More
Our Passage
What we were, are and become are the cobblestones along the passage of our lives. Each step we take along our path takes us out of the past and into the future. Our actions set the stones along the way. Our decisions are the mortar setting the stones in place. Our reflection on our… Read More
Enjoying the Path
Recently, we decided to invest some of our most valuable resource, time, into connecting with a group we haven’t since we started the family project with the birth of our kids. After six to eight years and occasional attendance at the Taoist Tai Chi Society, we found a warm open reception. People were pleased at… Read More
Creating a Map for Ourselves
No matter what level of strategy or tactical activities we are planning for, it is incumbent upon us to choose the right tool for the right job. There are a myriad of tools out there to help us make goals that work. Here is where we can look around to see what tool sets are… Read More
Business of You 