Entries by jbergner

Your Plan

One of the most inspirational parts of the Life Business™ class is the writing of our future visions. By this point in the class we have identified and done some detail work on listing our “portfolio of businesses” (A Life Business™ is a cluster of activities that can be grouped together into a theme. For […]

Finding your Inner “Lambchop”

Finding your Inner Lambchop! We got a puppy just after Thanksgiving last year. She is a miniature white Schnauzer. (I had not realized they can be all white. I knew the black/grey type). Here is a picture of her with her namesake. She was really small when she came to live with us!   Lambchop […]

Shop by the Stream

Shop by the stream   One of the parts of the Life Business™ program I really enjoy is the process of naming your “Life Businesses™”. A Life Business™ is nothing more than a cluster of related activities that are part of a theme, or Life Business™ as we call them. Back in my early 20’s […]

Life Planning with Got – Gone!

One of the first exercises in Life Planning work on the in class is called “Got-Gone”. We are looking at the activities we engaged in during the last year and putting them into a Ben Franklin type T-chart. Once side is a list of activities that gave us energy, one side is a list of activities […]

Mental Pinball

  I met with a client recently who was grappling with the following issues: 1.      Wanting to refinance her mortgage to roll in current debt so could streamline her cash flow. 2.    Could not do her refinance until her taxes were completed. 3.    Could not complete her taxes until her business books were done (by […]

Michelangelo, David, and a Locomotive!

“In every block of marble I see a statue as plain as though it stood before me, shaped and perfect in attitude and action. I have only to hew away the rough walls that imprison the lovely apparition to reveal it to the other eyes as mine see it.” Michelangelo quotes (Italian sculptor, painter, architect […]

Energy Suckers!

Marcey Rader, a lifestyle coach, attended a recent class. Marcey is an amazing person in many ways.  She is an endurance athlete, and a fitness / productivity coach. She specializes in working with professionals that spend a great deal of time traveling. (You can be amazed by her experience by reading her meet me page) […]

Enjoy life and See What Happens!

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.”   Dr. Seuss I received what I thought was the greatest compliment a few weeks ago. A good friend said “Jerry, I don’t think I know anyone that enjoys life as much as you do!”   […]