tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1756812897624422842024-11-08T07:22:06.183-08:00Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175681289762442284.post-12124711501435904922013-10-28T10:44:00.000-07:002013-11-02T18:14:13.993-07:00

"... Escorted by an army of angels, to your heavenly father, when you sing before him.. don't you worry - you'll be "good enough" were the closing words in Kevin Costner's eulogy as the nation prepared to lay Whitney Houston to rest. That statement revealed so much about the woman name Whitney Houston; the beautiful, talented, legendary singer and actress. Sitting on the forest green couch in my

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175681289762442284.post-35006462162344429302012-12-30T15:45:00.000-08:002013-11-02T18:14:57.973-07:00

What is the Vision for your resolution? Do you want to lose weight, save money, get a new job; start your own business? The possibilities are endless... 2013 can be the year to achieve even the biggest dreams! Or at least make headway towards the BIG DREAM. Our New Year's resolutions are often times an attempt to remove the distractions in our lives that we know are preventing us from

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175681289762442284.post-57094534072396528602011-12-28T17:00:00.000-08:002011-12-29T20:17:20.737-08:00

January 1, 2012 is fast approaching... Where did the year go? Seems like yesterday (well maybe not yesterday, but you get the jist) that we were all talking and tweeting about the topic of 1-1-11, 1-11-11, 11-1-11, and 11-11-11. In January (1-11), I made a decision to move to sunny southern California from snow-Hio (Ohio) before 11-1-11. I developed a plan of action, I took steps

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0San Diego, CA, USA32.7153292 -117.157255132.5015767 -117.4731121 32.9290817 -116.8413981tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175681289762442284.post-32017373363518069632011-08-13T19:23:00.000-07:002011-08-13T19:23:41.803-07:00

This is the last blog in my three part series on how to use the DMAIC business process improvement framework - to improve your life; whether those improvements are health and well being, career and finances, or relationships with the people and world around you. Improve is the fourth step of the Six Sigma five step DMAIC approach. The objective of "Improve" is to develop and implement the best

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In my last blog: Improve Your Approach - Improve Your Life we explored the first two phases of the improvement process, and how to use the DMAIC approach to improve your life. In this blog we move on to the most important phase in my opinion - Analyze. "Where and When do "defects" occur." In this case, where do the choices and decisions in your life process breakdown? In the process of our

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175681289762442284.post-4273603722749028342011-08-03T20:25:00.000-07:002011-08-07T10:24:35.527-07:00

If "Life is a Process", then it is capable of continuous improvement. This is the first blog in a three part series that describes how the methodologies used in business to support continuous improvement can also be used to improve our personal lives. DMAIC is a five-step approach for driving costly variation from manufacturing and business processes: Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control.

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175681289762442284.post-52211702112334661442011-08-02T19:53:00.000-07:002011-08-07T07:05:13.433-07:00

Life is full of expectations. Our bosses, spouses, parents, teachers, children, friends and even perfect strangers all have expectations of us and we have expectations of our bosses, spouses, parents, teachers, children, friends and even perfect strangers as well. Sounds fair enough. You have expectations of me - and I have expectations of you. But how effective are we really at

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It's true, sometimes in life, sh*t happens, but you have choices. You can choose to: - walk around it - walk through it - or just stand there These choices are available almost everytime we encounter an obstacle in our life. Those who refuse to let an obstacle get in their way and just choose to "walk around it" are able to do so, because they do not let the obstacle cause them to

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175681289762442284.post-53211427328510413562011-07-31T20:08:00.000-07:002011-08-07T07:03:15.911-07:00

The more I learn and experience in life, the more I recognize that one can relatively easily apply the same principles used by successful businesses to improve the quality of their personal lives. Its not about the exact science of six sigma, or the stringent management practices of agile, but more about the general principals of process awareness, control, and biting our improvements off in

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175681289762442284.post-88464905375667983222011-01-01T17:52:00.000-08:002011-08-07T07:09:35.960-07:00

Wow! January 1, 2011. As a child I could not see so far in the future and believe that it existed. I remember the days when I thought that 30 was old. Oh, to relive those days… but alas, one thing I have learned in all these years – is that you cannot live in the past. You must live in the now. Don’t waste time worrying about a future that may not exist and instead enjoy the present for the

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