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Guide Thy Self
Living up to your Standards
There are people who just don’t live up to their own standards. They take on the standards of others or of the culture they immerse themselves in. Perhaps it is because they are empty and void of value. Maybe they seek to become that which they follow or haven’t learned how to stand up for… 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
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
What’s Your Crap Factor?
A comment was made in a recent meeting about program management I attended where there was a discussion about dealing with difficult customers, “People don’t perceive what effort it takes to meet their expectations. They only begin to understand when we add cost to their proposal.” Communication is inherently inefficient. There’s no way to know… Read More
Ask Why and Wonder
The other day while taking my son to the doctor’s office to check his ears for infection, he was gabbing away in the back seat. He was talking about what he observed passing by and what seemed like random memories or topics. He’s four years old so his brain is developing in earnest. I was… Read More
Working with our Mental Models
There are two kinds of properties that we deal with every moment of our lives. There are those things we can control to varying degrees of influence. These are manageable properties. Examples of manageable properties are our reactions to our situation, our attitude, our choices to pursue an action, and most importantly, our attention. And,… Read More
What’s your Mental Model?
Per Wikipedia: A mental model is an explanation of someone’s thought process about how something works in the real world. It is a representation of the surrounding world, the relationships between its various parts and a person’s intuitive perception about his or her own acts and their consequences. Mental models can help shape behavior and… Read More
Adjusting our Expectations
This week, my four-year old son was having some difficulties at school, but so were all the other kids. When I inquired with the care provider, I found there had been two substitute teachers, one care provider on vacation, and one provider moved on to another job. The result was a short staff and bringing… Read More
Why Worry about what Others Think
I love it when my daughter reads my posts and comes to me with ideas of what to write about next. Earlier this week, she encouraged me to write about, “Not worrying about what people think about you. It only matters what you think about yourself. People can not force you to think differently about… Read More
Business of You 