As you might have noticed, I took a day off from writing yesterday in honor of Passover. As we’ve discussed before, I really enjoy this holiday for a number of reasons. This year, I’ve been thinking in particular about a portion of the Seder that deals with the last straw. Yep – the plagues sent to convince Pharaoh to “let my people go”. You can almost hear Tony Soprano delivering the lines – “you don’t wanna know what’s gonna happen, capisce? Be that as it may, the plagues got me thinking about some of the things that we inflict upon ourselves and our businesses. Continue reading
Category Archives: Thinking Aloud
The Ocean
There is an old Italian proverb that I don’t expect you’ve heard although you’ve probably experienced. It goes like this:
“Tra il dire e il fare, c’è di mezzo il mare.”
For those of you who don’t speak the language, roughly translated it means “between saying and doing lies half the ocean” and like many old proverbs, this one has endured because it’s spot on. There are lots of great ideas that have amounted to nothing because of the ocean, that vast space between saying and doing. We need to navigate those waters or drown. Continue reading
Filed under Consulting, Thinking Aloud
My Frozen Shoulder
I went to the orthopedist today because I’ve been having pain in my shoulder. Well actually the pain started a few months ago but I wrote it off to age and overuse towards the end of the last golf season. I figured it would get better with rest. Not so much. In fact, there are times when I reach for something on a shelf and a little man with an ice pick plays Toccata and Fugue on my shoulder. It’s not healing. I guess the reluctance to hit the MD is related to not wanting to ask for directions when lost – an inherent stubbornness and a desire not to seem weak. Continue reading
Filed under Reality checks, Thinking Aloud
Consult Keith 