If you run away from your problems, you’ll get lost. Read More
One Decision Away
“We are one decision away from changing our life.” Mel Robbins A friend of mine shared with me this morning a brief video explaining how motivation is garbage. Something else that resonates with the Biz of You is Mel’s comment about, “Your life comes down to your decisions and if you change your decisions, you’ll… Read More
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
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
Good Idea Me
Whether you tell yourself you can or can’t, you are correct. So why tell yourself one way or another? When we tell ourselves we can’t do something, our brains see the ways that prevent us from doing it. When we tell ourselves we can, our brains see opportunities but when things don’t go as we… Read More
Managing Our Aging
Physical change is present throughout our lives and it’s up to us to manage it. Our bodies grow and mature into our twenties and thirties. In our thirties and forties our bodies begin to show signs of wear and tear depending what we did in prior years. In our fifties and sixties we can get… Read More
Use It or Lose It
Without clear direction established by the purpose we give ourselves, time becomes the fire in which we burn. With no drive towards something, our time and energy is used by others for their own purposes. Marketing agencies use advertisement to drive us towards their purposes. Our friends and family can use us to get things… Read More
Nothing Like Getting Laid Off
Getting laid off, fired or let go in any capacity sucks. It peaks emotions and some folks lose control. Our mental model for life begins breaking down. Our house of cards tumbles down and it’s easy to get overwhelmed with thoughts of, “What am I going to do?” or “I didn’t see this coming.” We… Read More
How Much Kool-aid Are You Drinking?
There’s one thing we all believe in. We all believe in the story we tell ourselves. This story is a composite of our past experiences, what we’ve accepted as truth, stories from others, our continuously unfolding experience, and the reality of our environment we interact with. The problem is this story does not represent the… Read More
Feed Your Brain
It is up to us to feed our brains and there is a plethora of information, stories, experiences and distractions available to us. Just as we feed our bodies with the food we eat we feed our minds with those things we focus on. The ideas we consume add to our mental models thereby enabling… Read More
Business of You 