You’ve heard this expression many times before but in owning your own business, this may be the difference between success and failure. There’s always something to do, tasks unfinished, deadlines to be met and opportunities for improvement everywhere. And as a trainer, I’m often guilty of pointing those areas out. However, sometimes we’re so busy in our lives that we forget to have one! 

At our corporate HQ at Buffini & Company, we have this beautiful 87,000 sq. ft. building which sits atop the famous Carlsbad Flower Fields – a spectacular display of nature’s repertoire of colors with row upon row of red, yellow, orange and white tulips. As you stand there taking in the view of the fields, your sprits are lifted by the additional backdrop of the Pacific Ocean and buoyed by its fresh breezes.  

As fantastic as that sounds, I had a conversation with a staff member the other day who in the four years we’ve been at this location has never once taken the thirty yard walk across the street to take it in. “I’m just so busy and I have so much to do.” As his boss, I’m glad he’s working hard, but I know one simple truth: by May 1^st, the tulips are gone and his opportunity of seeing them again won’t come for another ten months.  

There are seasons for everything in life – whether it is kids’ or grandkids’ ballgames, weekend trips, vacations or just five minutes to take a break and smell the tulips. 

It’s a good life! 

Brian