One of my newest favorite blogs, Juggling Frogs, has a recent post: Greta’s strudel crust speaks to me.
Carolyn is talking about her internal ‘maternal monologue’ about when to break consistency with her three-year-old Greta around second servings, and table manners. These two questions caught me:
When is it appropriate to grab the best part first? Where is the balance between ‘life is short’ and short-sighted?
My personality tends to fall on the squirrel side of things: save the best for last, ration so that they’ll be more later, think and plan ahead.
It’s served me really well- I’ve got good habits with money (for the most part), I tend to eat leftovers and not let so much rot, and my business has gotten ahead as I’ve planned for the future.
It’s also turned me into (more than) a bit of a micromanager. Lately, over the past year or so, (see, for me ‘lately’ is thought of in terms of years…) my Brain Trust buddies have been helping me be more messy and taking the juicy bits of life right now.
In your business, there is a balance between grabbing the moment and enjoying the juice. And, you also need to plan for the future. How do you strike that balance? Or, in Carolyn’s words, when is it appropriate to grab the best part first? What is the balance between ‘life is short’ and short-sightedness?
