Don’t Wait #105 Don’t wait. Though most of us live in the comfort of daily denial, life is terminal for everyone. When the “surprise” of death happens, it’s never convenient or when you’d expect it. It just happens. For those of us who’ve been through it several times with family and friends, it reopens old wounds others don’t share. This week, on the Fourth of July, one of our…
The Secret to Ending Non-Productive Meetings #104 “What’s your objective?” It’s amazing what asking this question can do to transform the quality of your time with others. How can it make a difference? When you begin by stating your objective in working with others, it helps you take more effective action. Without it, you can vacillate in the infinite possibilities…
Planning for Success #103 Planning. It’s not everyone’s priority or gift. Yet, it helps to create the best results most of the time. Notice I didn’t say a “plan?” When you get to wed to the plan, you will fail every time. Plans are rigid, they assume all the circumstances and factors influencing what will happen are known. That’s NEVER…
A Bonus is Not Required #102 Most of my clients have questions and challenges around bonuses. They provide a great banter among CEO peer groups annually and there’s rarely a clear-cut answer that works for every business given the circumstances at the time. I find most entrepreneurs are excited about bonusing their employees when they exceed expectations and company performance is excelling.…
No Opting Out #101 As you know, I began this blogging journey at the suggestion of Seth Godin in his blog. I am reflecting on my learning and observations every 50 posts to record my own musings along the way. (Please see blogs 50 and 100 if you’re curious). Last week, Seth posted another wonderful 2 x 4 to the…
10 Lessons Learned at 10% Completion! #100 10% completed! For those playing along, I’m checking in with observations along the way of blogging daily t0 1,000 total blogs as challenged by Seth Godin. I’ve been at it since February. He’s said when you reach 200 or so, you’re glad you did it. Well, I’ve had many moments of that experience…
Depending on What you Focus On #99 My friend Cindy is a master gardener. I am not. I appreciate great landscaping, though I don’t find it gratifying to do the maintenance, nor do I have the vision for the outdoors in the way she does. When we moved into a home with land, I had no real idea what was…
Will You Hang in There? #98 Puzzles. They are great activities if you want time together with opportunity to laugh, talk or sit in silence working while being together. People love or hate them. I love them. We found a particularly difficult puzzle while in Iceland, and are as a family challenged to complete it. Too many pieces fit together…
You Can Stay Home for That #97 Today was a wonderful, unique surprise. As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, we’re doing a family vacation with a smorgasbord of events we’ve chosen from each of our family member’s lists. With our daily event(s), we also include lake time and relaxation. With a forecast of rain almost daily (☹), this may be…
A Skill We All Need to Master #96 We’re on a staycation with family this week. It’s terrific. Our process to create the week and events we’ll attend has been as fun as the beginning of the fun. We are grateful to have lake fun every day, but beyond that we wanted to create an experience with memories we’d cherish.…