A couple of years ago, I was discussing with my 4-year-old daughter the importance of just letting things be the way they are and that frustration or crying would not do her any good. She looked at me with those innocent eyes in all seriousness and summarized in her own words, “We just have to… Read More
Kids are Awesome
Dropping my daughter off at martial arts after dark, my 4-year-old son said from the back seat, “All the lights have lines.” It took me a good 5 minutes before I realized what he was saying. He was squinting his eyes to diffract the lights in the night through his eye lashes. I was such… Read More
Enriching Feedback
Without feedback, we can not be objective about our own work. With feedback, our work becomes more. It broadens. It deepens. It grows and takes on meaning beyond our limited perspective. When we receive, orient ourselves to, and incorporate feedback we enrich the product of our activities. It’s not just about work. This applies… Read More
Poor Timing
Timing our actions to address deficiencies as soon as they are perceived is more effective than waiting until we think a problem exists. The difficulty is in the perceptions of those that lead, including our leadership of our own lives. Today, I had an executive “help” me with the backlog we have in inspection. This… Read More
Feedback
Improvement requires feedback. Adjusting our course to achieve our objectives requires feedback. Efficient acquisition of our targets requires feedback. I recently submitted my manuscript for A Valued Life, Managing the Business of You to a content editor. It’s not easy to hear how someone doesn’t understand the premise of what the business of you… Read More
Wisdom to say No
In discussing my blog with my niece, she had an excellent take on the business of you: “It takes a lot of control and wisdom to say ‘no’ to things and ‘yes’ to others, knowing which will be good in the long run. Looking not at the immediate profit, but what a certain situation might… Read More
