Cut the Fat

I just returned from Las Vegas today fresh from certifying our latest group of talented facilitators. I bought a new and unusual style of car magazine at the airport called HH which apparently stands for Heavy Hitters to help pass the time on the flight home. I read the editorial and I found it interesting though it seemed more at home in a business review rather than a car magazine but then again I did say it was a new and unusual style of car magazine.

The editorial was titled "Cut the Fat" and written by John Jarasa. This is his advice:-

"Too much fat in your social life or business network makes for a bad meal and simply put, you have to trim down on the friends and associates that slow you down and rob you of your time. The bottom line? Stay efficient, keep your network lean, and remain relevant.
Life's too short to become a crutch for someone's inability to align themselves with your vision, and if they are not as hungry as you are (or don't share the same vision) then why are they even sitting at the same table? .... if they want to eat they should help put food on the table, because there's no such thing as a free meal".

My friend and colleague Dennis Bixenman of Williams & Company Consulting Inc. Had been saying much the same thing the previous day in Las Vegas as he explained the Harvard Business Evolution Model to our Measurable Management facilitators to illustrate how difficult decision making becomes when you don't have aligned intentions.

It's nice to know Dennis that if the consulting business ever fails we can go into the car magazine business.