This week a colleague and friend of mine came back to work after being out on FMLA for cancer. He shared stories of his trials and tribulations over the last couple of months. He’s been to hell and back again and not done with his journey. The thing is he has maintained his spirit throughout… Read More
Our Business is Growth
I went to lunch with a couple of colleagues that I consider people who exemplify the principles of this blog. They manage their business. They not only have an idea of what they want out of life but they follow their own purpose. Their actions serve both the greater good of the systems they integrate… Read More
When it is Time to Move On, just Live with Life
Three colleagues of mine recently announced they were moving on. One is moving on to pursue her dreams as a flight test engineer. Another is letting go of the working life for a few months to hike from Sweden to Greece. The third is taking a job with her husband at the same company… Read More
Our Bubbling Spring of Intent
Intent springs forth from the center of who we are. It emerges from combination of the choices that well up from within, the rational decisions we make as well as our integration with the unfolding situation. Intent is our motive power that gives us purpose and meaning through the actions we take to achieve it. … Read More
Integrating Our Business
The business of you is not self-centered and focused solely on the individual. Another perspective just as important is how our business integrates with the business of other individuals, organizations as well as nature’s “business.” We are a system that integrates with nearby systems as well as the larger systems around us. Even when we… Read More
Daddy, Live with Life!
A couple of years ago, I was discussing with my 4-year-old daughter the importance of just letting things be the way they are and that frustration or crying would not do her any good. She looked at me with those innocent eyes in all seriousness and summarized in her own words, “We just have to… Read More
Igniting Our Fire to Create
In the aerospace industry, reactive problem solving is the norm. Satellite programs start with a schedule behind where it is supposed to be. A launch window has already been acquired or the alignment of celestial bodies give only a two week period in order for a mission to proceed. We attempt to build in schedule… Read More
Appreciating Our Business
Gratitude is integral to the managing the business of you. It is the readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness. This appreciation when applied to ourselves is to recognize our strengths and weaknesses while looking forward to the threats and opportunities ahead. Being kind to ourselves enables us to turn our weakness into… Read More
How full is your Reservoir of Self-Reliance ?
Self-reliance is a reservoir of energy and will power. It is the accumulation of the runoff from our experience, thoughts and beliefs. Our self-reliance is the understanding of what our true self is and the inspirations and intuitions that emanate from our experience and core beliefs. It is the value we associate with who we… Read More
Creating is Primary for the Business of You
I picked up an interesting book at the library this weekend, The Necessary Revolution, How individuals and Organizations are Working Together to Create a Sustainable World by Peter Senge. It has a couple of paragraphs that precisely align with what the business of you is all about on page 50. Problem solving is about making what… Read More
Business of You 