The Universe has a strange—yet, unmistakable—way of letting you know when you’re not paying attention. When you’re not headed in the right direction pursuing the goals and objectives you were meant to achieve. This time the slap came in the form of a combination of a telephone call from a colleague and my wife’s…
One of the biggest problems I see in business (and in life) is ambiguity—the lack of clarity in communication. The lack of clear direction. Ambiguity leads to fear, uncertainty, and doubt. Instructions that are less than clear and expectations that are fuzzy and, as a result, generally unattainable. The amount of time that is lost…
It started with a last-minute trip to a doctor’s office and my obsession with operational excellence. An obsession that has fueled my interest in hospitality and medicine: particularly restaurants and medical practices. I am fascinated by the similarities that exist between running a shop and running a busy restaurant or doctor’s office. The parallels…
Three words. Just three. And yet there is an entire universe of possibility present in those three words. For me, without conscious effort starts with Zen and the concept of Mushin—roughly translated as no mind. A state without the presence of an active mind. Without ego, anger, and fear. This is something most often experienced…