January, 03 2012

Welcome 2012

I'm all for putting more "WooHoo" into everything I do.

Putting in "WooHoo" to me means looking for the exclamation point in all my efforts -- work, personal relationships, fun (especially fun), health, movement and all actions good and wonderful.

Say the words -- WOO HOO -- it seems to take me to a different place in my brain. That place is very present. That place has energy. That place doesn't dispute my plan. THAT is a gooooooooood place.

I heard the word, Woo Hoo, on a webinar over the New Year. I adored the excitement of the Woo Hoo.

We are always going to be taking risks in life. We mustn't continue to fear them.

We live in a world that gives high ratings to very stupid television programs -- we don't need to watch them.

Lifelong learning is easier than ever -- go for it.

Find the Woo Hoo -- the joy -- the exuberance every day this year. We owe it to ourselves.

October, 25 2011

Hello

Statistics stink right at the moment. However, many business owners aren't looking at those facts and they could be doing just fine.

I hope you love the business you are in. I hope that you enjoy (at least most of the time) your clients. I hope that at the end of every week you feel fulfilled while at the same time being pretty spent from doing your job @ 100%. I hope you look forward to the next week.

I know that business owners are under the gun more now than perhaps at any time in the last 50 years but I also know we had periods in the 70's and 80's that were just as challenging.

It's about focus and persistence and drive and energy.

Hang in there.

And, it helps when one is secure in his/her mission and committed to providing service.

No wise words for today...

September, 05 2011

About Labor Day

I am someone who makes a commitment to looking forward but today is Labor Day and I'm going to take a moment to look back -- to look back on a time less than 100 years ago when people worked around the clock without benefits of any kind (no such thing as paid vacation for example) and for whatever their employer decided was the going rate of pay at the moment. A movement was started, which later became known as the Labor Movement, which became representative of the worker.

Among the most shocking aspects of the drive toward workers' rights was the way women were treated -- men had it bad -- women had it worse! I know that my children and grandchildren have barely an idea of how bad the employment situation was in the early to mid-20th century. Nor do they even know how poor conditions were for the American worker. My family can become teary-eyed thinking about workers' conditions in other parts of the world when just a short time ago (my lifetime) it was barely bearable in this country.

Many people in this day and age hold negative opinions about "Labor" and the Labor movement and that is quite a shame. We should continue to celebrate the achievements that unions have made. Are there some abuses? Maybe. That doesn't mean throwing the baby out with the bath water. Bring pressure if you wish for reform but recognize the mission of the Labor movement. Understand the need to protect the most vulnerable. Continue to fight for the values of those who do so much for all of us.

August, 08 2011

Living life fully

My granddaughter tweeted 14 minutes ago that she was about to go skydiving in Hawaii -- she couldn't think of a better thing to do on her last day there. I can't think of anything better for her to do either. EXCITING...I don't do nearly as many thrillling and dangerous activities as I used to and that's really a shame. It seems to me that we have a "risk" muscle -- the more we use it, the stronger it gets. The reverse is true too. The less we use it, the flabbier it becomes until even the simplest routines seem threatening. We need to keep ourselves vital and alive in many areas of our lives. This takes commitment and courage. Just a reminder.