Margins
Posted on April 7, 2008
Filed Under leadership
I realize that this post was expected to be about interdependence, but I had a great conversation recently about the need for and lack of margins in our professional and personal lives. Margins are the “buffers” that give us the ability to deal with changes and/or opportunities that arise without having chaos erupt. I saw this picture and thought it was a great illustration of how most of us have no margins…
Special thanks to Trent Sellers for the Photo
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