Susan L. Farrell, Author

Tag: Planning

Self-Empowerment

Lesson from Mary Poppins

Several years ago my husband and I took the grandchildren to see the play Mary Poppins.  A recurring line was, “Anything can happen if you let it.” This is very true.  How

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Self-Empowerment

Empowerment is external, self-empowerment is internal. Empowerment is when someone has power, permission, and/or authority to do something.  This often comes from outside the person.  For example, our clients might

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Would You Miss It?

In determining how I most want to spend my time, a question I have been asking myself is: “If I didn’t do it anymore, would I miss it?”  I have

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Just in Time Planning

As you probably know, there is such a thing as “just in time inventory.”  Rather than having lots of inventory on hand for production, which costs money for storage and

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Self-Empowerment

Empowerment is external, self-empowerment is internal. Empowerment is when someone has power, permission, and/or authority to do something.  This often comes from outside the person.  For example, our supervisor might

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Use the Back of Your Brain

When I was in college it always took me awhile to complete the research for papers.  The major reason was that I always found so many interesting studies to read. 

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Clean as You Go

A food service concept is “clean as you go.”  Basically, that means that you keep your work area clean.  As you complete one task, you clean the area before beginning

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Planning Backward

Although we usually think of planning as starting at the beginning and finishing at the end, it can be beneficial to start with the end and continue backward to the

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Life Happens, but…

A friend and I were discussing how difficult it can be to accomplish things because “life happens.”  I have been thinking quite a bit about that conversation and I have

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