Time For Go-Go Juice! - Spice Up Your Life and Plan for Flavor!

Well, good afternoon. It’s Monday and the start of a new week. What will your Go-Go Juice deliver for you? Have you got a plan, routine or schedule already laid out? Does it appear similar to last week or have your shaken up things a bit and added something new and exciting? It really is a good question…as people we are creatures of habit and are always at risk of complacency, dull drums, and repetitious behaviors. No doubt, there comes a day when the lackluster hits us in the toosh and we realize there’s a void but we have trouble identifying what it is. Or, it’s something we know, but can’t get a grip on it for whatever reasons and it becomes an annoying thorn in our sides. When you’re a manager in charge of people, maybe it’s the environment or the cycle of daily events that never seems to change. Remember, you’re in charge – maybe you could spice things up by getting staff involved in a “department decorating contest” or challenge your staff with performance measures and develop an internal contest for competition that focuses on productivity or guest scores or sales. Maybe it’s a community involvement that your staff could initiate – food drives, habitat for humanity, neighborhood clean ups, raise funds for charity and do car washing or lemonade sales or sample your own restaurant food while raising funds for charity. Maybe it’s not work related at all…maybe it’s your home environment – the kids schedules are relenting and demanding. Instead of letting the kids dictate where they need to go, you set a family plan of entertainment that puts focus on quality into the family while letting you take control of the wheel more. Maybe it’s too much excitement and you need a day of rest. I have friends whose lives are never the same – but get warn down just as easily. They actually grow tired of having too much change and too much excitement. But planning can really make a difference in your life no matter what you apply it to. Fail to plan, plan to fail – such a good lesson to learn, yet so many of us forget the importance of planning. And, as a part of my message, it’s not enough to plan, but to ensure you’re accomplishing something that will add flavor to your life – for both work and at home. Flavor my friends is as important to the goal as is the goal itself. Have you ever made soup with just meat drippings and water? It’s very bland, plain and quite unpleasant to the taste buds. No doubt, it will fill your tummy when you’re hungry, but even then for just a short time. Cooks love to experiment with soups because once you have a base ingredient for which you start with, cooks try all kinds of veggies and spices to change the flavor in essence to get that “wow” effect. True cooks are passionate with both flavor and presentation. So let that be the focus of your Monday today – how to season your home or work week! Get passionate and add flavor – and who knows, it may turn out good enough to keep everyone around you asking for more! Enjoy your day and I hope your week ahead is grand. Join me tomorrow for another cup of Go-Go Juice! I truly enjoy our chats.