Stay Flexible
It is hard to argue with logical time-tested advice. Stay flexible. It sounds good. However, the volatility in our business conditions has been exhausting. Business owners have been living like cats on a hot tin roof. They may not be able to stay flexible much longer. Profits are down, sales are down. They are laying […]
Spooky and getting spookier
The trick or treat economy continues to be extremely tricky and getting trickier. Darth Vader is the costume of choice for our 5 year old Grandson and it seems right in line with the shut down of the federal government. Should we be handing out gift cards for the parents or candy to the kids […]
Balancing on a beach ball
Many in the Vistage community are familiar with the story told in Fierce Conversations by Susan Scott, a former Vistage Chair, about 2 people describing a beach ball from opposite sides. One person is adamant that the ball is red, and the other says it is green, or blue or white. It appears to them […]
Stay balanced on the high wire
Tariffs are on, tariffs are off. Now they are back on. Before January and for a long time, the average tariff was about 2%. Trump raised them to 10% and repeatedly threatens to raise them much, much higher. But if the tariff target country agrees to give many millions or billions to causes Trump chooses […]
Don’t quit on a bad day!
Have you ever watched a TED talk with a colleague or a movie with a friend and walked away with a completely different take-away than they did? How we interpret data is of course filtered through our own experiences and our mood, ability to focus and a bunch of other factors including how tired we […]
Short term actions for long term survival
Shipping has almost stopped out of China. The port of Long Beach predicts that by next week container traffic will have fallen by 38% and will continue to fall. Truckers who were working 6 days with overtime are looking at 2-3 runs a week. Freight forwarders are demanding that tariffs be paid in advance instead […]
Just one small step
Do you have those days when you are just stuck? You don’t have any energy, or no creativity, or the kids were up half the night? Do you bail and call in sick? I felt that way about writing a post today. I’ve been doing this every Sunday for over 10 years and except for […]
Age as an excuse
I really have a hard time accepting it when people use age as an excuse. “I’m too old to take the stairs.” “I’m too old to learn how to use a new phone, app, program, AI, etc.” “I don’t want to get my hearing, vision, blood pressure, prostate, mammogram, or some other preventative exam….” Really? […]
Resolutions?
You may have started the year with earnest resolutions to eat less, exercise more, spend more time with loved ones, etc., and now it is one month in to the year. How are you doing? Tell me, did anything go right? Honestly, I didn’t even make any resolutions knowing I would be on vacation until […]
Los Angeles – we will rise!
The helicopters are still circling. The winds are coming back. The fires are not out. Houses are gone. People are still evacuated. The houses that remain are smoke damaged. No one is going back in until the toxic remains are removed….AND YET…. we will rise! Los Angeles – we will rise! Together, we will rebuild […]