Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.” ~ Warren Buffett The following is copied from the Elephant Journal. Please following this link to see the original page: Chains of Habit The idea is fundamental to managing the Biz of You. We repeat ourselves. We are not… Read More
Pimps and Nannies
Look around and there’s all kinds of positive self-help, coaching and marketing mumbo jumbo. We crave it like cocaine, crack or any other highly addictive drug. The positive pushing pimps of the world wield it to sucker us into all kinds of things like buying Coke, cars or cream to make our pimples vanish. It’s… Read More
Long and Short of the Biz of You
I love info graphics and figured I’d give it a try with the biz of you ideas. Take Away from the graphic is simply: Only you can manage the changes in your life while director your activities towards the life you want and create with your purpose.
Get Over Yourself
We are comical when we get so wrapped up in what we are doing, what we need to accomplish, or the task at hand. We expect things to be a certain way and get bent out of shape when things don’t go that way. You can see it not only at work but on the… Read More
Excellent Book for Living a Good Life
My wife and I just finished listening to a new book we both found resonating with our own points of view. It talks about the roots of a good life which include accepting that life is a series of problems to solve, pains to deal with, and making choices that free us from the burden of… Read More
We Are Addicted
We are addicted to positive feedback. We are addicted to being unique and different from everyone else. We crave standing out. Our addiction is fed by advertisements, information and products we consume. Materialism is not the problem. By going away from material or technology we stand out from the crowd once again and find disappointment… Read More
Own Up To Yourself
We get wrapped up in how we think things ought to be. Being wrapped around the axial of whatever is going on inside our heads prevents us from connecting with the reality of the situation unfolding around us. Our emotions flare. Things get thrown or doors get slammed. In the worst cases we wind up hurting someone… Read More
Just Do It
Do it, Decide. Don’t hide from yourself. If you don’t like what you’ve become then make a choice and find some connection to who you want to be and take action setting yourself free from worry and strife and your unwanted life. Do something, Decide. Let go of what aught to be and focus on… Read More
Make a Damn Decision
If you can’t make decisions, you’re not a leader. You restrict your ability to adapt and thus lose flexibility and diversity. Over time lack of decision-making will cause you to atrophy and be cut off from the systems you integrate with. This further restricts your ability to evolve with the world around you. Meaninglessness creeps… Read More
Learn to say “NO”
I’ve been reading Dr. Seuss to the kids while the significant other has been traveling for work. I’ve also been listening to The Ego is the Enemy, by Ryan Holiday. Mashing things up with the Biz of You resulted in the following thought. It doesn’t flow as easily as Fox in Socks, but it… Read More
Business of You 