There are times we have grow up and find the fun in what needs done instead of avoiding what needs done. Read More
The Weight of Work
This post may be better titled the weight of responsibility. However, this particular experience is associated with the return to work after two weeks of vacation with family and thus inexorably tied to the emotional weight of work itself. I just don’t think of my responsibilities at home with the kids, wife and house as… Read More
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
Know What You Value
“Happiness does not come from a job. it comes from knowing what you truly value, and behaving in a way that’s consistent with those beliefs.” -Mike Rowe, Host of “Dirty Jobs” To know what you value is the cornerstone of managing the biz of you. You get caught up in the currents of your environment… Read More
Soap Operas and Beer
The family went to Ridgway last weekend. We stayed at a hotel and met a most patient friendly hotel manager but the name of Patti. She put our 5-year-old to work helping set up evening drinks for the hotel guests. We got to talking and she mentioned how she came to her current position via… Read More