Managing our biz is a daily affair and includes adjusting our use of TEA as appropriate to our particular situation. Read More
My Old Friend
A couple of very good friends like the following letter to an old friend. I hope you will as well. Death my old friend. You are always so quiet but always there ready to give guidance unlike your sibling, life, who knows no end to expressing the desire to connect and grow. We walk through… Read More
The Biz of Life
It’s so easy to get lost in the chaos, trials and tribulations of work. We get absorbed and overwhelmed. Stress consumes us and we allow our lives to be eaten away by working extra to “stay ahead.” The fact is there is no staying ahead of it. In our modern world of push, push, push,… Read More
Biz We Love
“To business that we love we rise betime, and go to’t with delight.” William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra betime: Middle English “to happen” intransitive verb, to occur What do you love that get’s you out of bed and has you going to it with delight? Perhaps its time to focus on that aspect of your… Read More
What if…
What if we managed our lives as successful businesses do? How are businesses similar to our individual lives? Businesses have a purpose and provide products and/or services to customers in exchange for goods, services or money. They manage resources to achieve the objectives they set to bring about the vision they have. Successful businesses plan… Read More
Giving Thanks for the Biz of You
Some thoughts for Thanksgiving that relate to the biz of you: Have no mean hours, but be grateful for every hour, and accept what it brings. Henry David Thoreau, Journals The chief requirement of the good life . . . is to live without any image of yourself. Iris Murdoch, The Bell Very little is… Read More
Issues Arise out of not Managing Our Business.
Looking at my recent posts, I find I’ve had the opportunity to work and befriend some excellent people. However, things are not as rosy as I write it. I also work and know people who are on the other end of the spectrum. There are those who don’t manage their business and complain about what’s… 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
Quality of Life Emerges Out of Our Decisions
Recently, an auditor evaluated the company I work for to approve us to perform work to their workmanship processes. During the close out session, the auditor made a comment the struck a chord. “I let go of the quality in my life 15 years ago.” He went on to talk about working overtime and dedicating… Read More
Embracing Confrontation
My wife and I were discussing having leadership roles at work. Confrontation is unavoidable. Trust issues come up. People want to be seen as powerful or experienced and thus show themselves like a bird of paradise or peacock. When issues and confrontations do arise, the leader has a choice to make. As in the wild,… Read More
Business of You 