The Zero Inbox
The Zero Inbox concept has evolved. What used to seem like a good idea, a best practice, or a professional standard, now seems like one of three things: A mantra. A challenge to overcome. A never ending task that has Read More …
Category: work
Endless To Do List
Life is an endless to do list. No sooner do you check something off of it, mentally or literally, there are more things on it. Of course, in the grand scheme of things this is a good and positive reality. Read More …
Let’s Catch Up
It comes down to this…random, too short moments in life punctuated by the times when we can set aside the hours, days and weeks that matter. Let’s catch up. Say it. Do it. Live it. Start today, look ahead and Read More …
Guesswork
Sometimes there’s a right answer. Sometimes there is a wrong answer and sometimes the in-between is merely guesswork. Theories. Suppositions. Trial (and error). Scientific method. Track the data. Measure the results. Find a solution. If you try enough and go Read More …
Hand and Key
Everything is in hand and key stakeholders are ready. Timing is everything Evaluation is complete Perfection is waiting Once it is on hand and key components have been collected you can get started. Now let’s get going. ~ Dawn aka Read More …
Work Friends
A long debated, not always agreed about – do you classify a lower case or upper case F when talking about work friends? This isn’t actually about spelling, or grammar and certainly not about the letter F. It is about Read More …
A Fun Retail Game
When my husband and I were franchise owners, we had a fun retail game we used to play at our store – with our General Manager – and nephew. Some little silly thing today reminded me of this entertainment…a way Read More …
From Here
What can you see from here… Everything? Nothing? Something in between? Your vantage point matters, but so does your perspective. An open mind, flexibility and allocation of enough time to make things work. Where you start matters, but where you Read More …
Almost Forget
If you wait long enough you can almost forget… Certain things happen and they just stay right there – top of mind. Repeating on a loop, over and over again. They live there, worse than just being “rent free”- they Read More …
Surprisingly Simple
Okay, some aspects of business (and life) are hugely complicated. But, there are so many others that are surprisingly simple. In the huge context of what you have to do and what you should do, it is consistency that matters. Read More …