Visions Business

This is the crux of the owner-dilemma. How does the owner be both boss and employee? How is the day divided into boss-things and worker-things? How does the boss-part get the worker-part to do the work? Good Employee Traits He is expected to show up at work on time, and to work until the shift [...]

I was going to write a great article on this, but I just haven’t gotten around to it. You can tell because it has been weeks since I last came here to write. Isn’t that the story of procrastination? No, that is the result. The story is more complex than that for most of us. [...]

I’ve spent the past couple of weeks being Very Busy. As a consequence, I haven’t managed to get very much done., Is this a conundrum? Being Busy Being busy is a state of being that isn’t always productive. Remember when you didn’t want to do something for someone, and you told them you were busy? [...]

What makes for a good day? What are the ingredients for fulfillment? Is is just the pursuit of a worthwhile goal, or is there something else? “The pursuit of a worthwhile goal” almost sounds like chasing a butterfly through the woods. It is a beautiful thing. The journey takes you through some amazing natural constructions. [...]

What-the-? Years ago, one of my mentors told me that, as a leader, it was one of my functions to help my group “Fail Successfully”. I asked him how was such a thing possible? “It’s easy,” he said. “Just be sure that when you are training up your group, that 1. You allow them to [...]