To look at something means to gaze your eyes upon or acknowledge something’s presence. In order to see, not only does one look at the object but we also understand it and pay attention to it. The roots of the word look go back to before 90CE. The verb comes from the Middle English loke… Read More
Opportunities in Our Pain
Whatever happens in our lives, there’s opportunity to learn. Often we get so caught up in what’s happening we lose sight of the big picture. We let the pain, trauma or drama define us instead of holding on to the definition we have for ourselves. We create more problems focusing on our problems. When we… Read More
Time Leveraging Our Actions
From Mignon McLaughlin’s The Complete Neurotic’s Notebook, “Albert Einstein when asked what he considered to be the most powerful force in the universe answered: Compound Interest!” “What you have become is the price you paid to get what you used to want.” Compound interest is the price paid for the use of borrowed money… Read More
Understanding What’s Critical
As Dwight D. Eisenhower is quoted in Six Crises by Richard Nixon, “In preparing for battle, I have always found that plans are useless but planning is indispensable.” The universe responds to action. Within every moment a bias for action enables us to take advantage of the opportunities to fulfill our goals, meet our objectives… 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
When it is Time to Move On, just Live with Life
Three colleagues of mine recently announced they were moving on. One is moving on to pursue her dreams as a flight test engineer. Another is letting go of the working life for a few months to hike from Sweden to Greece. The third is taking a job with her husband at the same company… Read More
Igniting Our Fire to Create
In the aerospace industry, reactive problem solving is the norm. Satellite programs start with a schedule behind where it is supposed to be. A launch window has already been acquired or the alignment of celestial bodies give only a two week period in order for a mission to proceed. We attempt to build in schedule… Read More
Appreciating Our Business
Gratitude is integral to the managing the business of you. It is the readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness. This appreciation when applied to ourselves is to recognize our strengths and weaknesses while looking forward to the threats and opportunities ahead. Being kind to ourselves enables us to turn our weakness into… 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
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
Business of You 