How often do you hear “Let’s make this quick, I really don’t have much time.” How often are you thinking the same exact thing? When everyone is busy with work, their personal lives or just having fun – no one wants to have someone else wasting their time for them. Everyone is perfectly capable of doing that for themselves if they choose to – thank you very much! So especially now when we have all had the lock down alone time, work from home time shifting for some to semi-work from home … [Read more...]
How Many New Tools Do You Need In Your Business?
A Sextant. This image is of my sextant which I brought aboard each ocean going ship I worked on. It was an unspoken tradition of sorts. After all, what type of Mate or Navigator would I be if I didn’t bring aboard my own sextant? A sextant is a doubly reflecting navigation instrument that measures the angular distance between two visible objects. The primary use of a sextant is to measure the angle between an astronomical object and the horizon for the purposes of celestial navigation. … [Read more...]
Are We All Really That Busy?
You see a person that you know walking by you - does this conversation sound familiar: “Hey, how are you?“ “Great! Really busy! You?” “Yeah, me too! Busy, busy.” “Nice to see you.” “Yes, same. We should plan to get together – two couples – one day soon.” “Yeah, let’s do that! Gotta, go!” “Say hello at home.” “Will do.” Aren’t we all so – – – BUSY! Seriously, what is the deal? Why do we all find that being busy is important and that being busy equates to actually executing and … [Read more...]
I Am So Busy! How About You?
A person we know makes eye contact with us as we are passing each other walking in the street to an appointment. “Hey, how are you?“ “Great! Really busy! You?” “Yeah, me too! Busy, busy.” “Nice to see you.” “Yes, same. We should plan to get together – two couples - one day soon.” “Yeah, let’s do that! Gotta, go!” “Say hello at home.” “Will do.” Aren’t we all so - - - BUSY! Seriously, what is the deal? Why do we all find that being busy is important and that being busy equates to … [Read more...]