To be a leader you have to get over yourself, which takes constant learning. 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
Know Thy Biz
“Nothing will ever die so long as it knows what to do under the circumstances, in other words so long as it knows its business.” The Notebooks of Samuel Butler (1912), Part XIIII, Unprofessional Sermons, The Roman Empire I like this quote. It speaks of knowing what your biz is so you can live under any… 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
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
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
Managing Expectations Yields Opportunity
There are many organizations, especially in the aerospace industry, that struggle with perpetual reaction mode. Unfortunately it starts with the contract award. When we plan for being proactive including adequate margin, we are told by our customers our schedule or cost does not meet their expectations. What do we do? We capitulate. We cut out… Read More
Humanizing Business
Finding value in ourselves humanizes business. I’ve been discussing applying business principles to an individual’s life with a few colleagues. Of interest is some individuals think that business dehumanizes. I ask Why? Business is the exchange of value between organizations, organizations and individuals as well as individuals and individuals. To dehumanize is to deprive of human… Read More
Threshold Identity
Our identity constantly evolves with increased change during periods we pass through a threshold. I’ve been working at a growing company for years. We have reached a point of diminished returns on our efforts to grow and change. We maintain instead of improve. We look at the bottom line instead of the whole picture. Our metrics… Read More
Life Enrichment
The business of you is all about enriching your own life through our interactions with others, for-profit-businesses as well as our environment. In an age where there is a veritable cornucopia of information on self-improvement, management, leadership, business and positive psychology, we need an idea to bring all of these tools together. That idea is… Read More
Business of You 