I routinely talk about the importance of who we surround ourselves with given that we become an average of the 7 people we spend the most time with. Over time, we become what we consume. Over time we become what we focus on. If you focus on nothing, you will become nothing, if you focus on great things, you will become great. If you consume (watch on tv) “The Kardashians” you will become the Kardashians. If you consume motivational readings, you will become motivated. But, beyond those things, if you are married or have a significant other, there is likely no one else you spend more time with, listen to, consume, or see more of than your spouse or significant other. Recently, Warren B

Each day there are many details that occur with or without our attention. It may be how observant we are as we drive to work on the events around us on our drive, like my kids waving at the cross-walk attendant each day by Jefferson school. Other details may be the next meeting of the day and getting there on time. Or maybe it is your next workout and your level of energy isn’t what it was yesterday so you cut it short by skipping a few sets. Or it could be you are a veterinarian and you walk through the door with people waiting in the waiting room, exam rooms full, 7 surgeries lined up, and a calver on its way, and somehow you have to orchestrate your team to help you get it all done ti

The average American lives 78.69 years which equals about 28,700 days. Those 28,000 days represent time, time for us to spend as we wish. Time is our most precious asset in the world, our most finite asset, even though we have an average of 28,000 days to live. It is finite because many people want part of your time, your wisdom, your heart and soul, your hands and feet. It might be your work, your family, your friends, the restaurant that took 30 minutes too long to deliver your food, the line at the government office that took 3 hours, or the doctor that made you wait 1 hour for his or her mere presence. We have so much time, but we have so little time, and how we spend it is up to us

In business, we have the privilege of hiring people to join our teams. The trouble is, most all of us have never hired anyone before, and most all of us had no training, teaching, or mentoring on the hiring process. And as most of us know, we fail at the hiring process as a consequence. We don’t take enough time, we don’t do enough interviews, we don’t know the right questions, we focus on a resume too much rather than the person, our onboarding process is not intentional, our feedback systems are non-existent, all while we just need more help. At a time when it seems to be more challenging to find the right people to join our teams. We will dive into this subject more in the future, but