Peter Koehler
It's a Package Deal
You are you.
The way you are anywhere is the way you are everywhere.
The way you are at work is the way you are at home.
The way you treat your waiter is the way you treat your spouse.
The way you react to a bad call on the court is the way you react to your kid when you feel frustrated.
How we do . . .
Working With Constraints
and how to make a summer caesar salad
Yesterday our neighbor gave us a big head of romaine lettuce straight from his garden.
The first thought that came to mind was Caesar Salad!
But we had a problem - traditional caesar calls for anchovies and lemons and parmesan - all things we didn't have in our kitchen.
A couple years ago, I would have just shelved the idea, and . . .
How to Be a Day 1 Person
Jeff Bezos likes to call Amazon a "Day 1 company."
We are all familiar with the feeling of Day 1.
It's that feeling of the incredible first date, starting a new job, the first day of school, the beginning of the playoffs, or launching a new idea or product.
Day 1 is all about movement, momentum, hard . . .
Execution
how to be sustainably productive
This is Part 5 of 7 in my productivity week series.
If this is the first post you're seeing, please also check out Parts 1, 2, 3, and 4.
There is no separation between mind and body.
It's all one connected organism.
It took me a long time to realize that.
I wish I had realized it sooner.
Posted in: businesscareerexercisefightbackflowfoodmindsetperformanceprocessproductivitystrategythinkingweekly topicwork
June 24, 2016
How do you spend your time?
This is Part 3 in a series on Productivity. While this post stands on its own, please read Part 1 and Part 2 for more on the topic.
How do you spend your time?
If you live until 80, you only get 29,220 days.
That's not very many!
That's only 4174 weeks.
How old are you now?
I'm already 10,269 days . . .
Posted in: businesslearningorganizationprocessproductivityrelationshipsresultsstrategytimeweekly topic
June 22, 2016
Why You Shouldn't Shop At Walmart
My last post - Why You Should Shop at Walmart - garnered a bit of a reaction. (I even lost subscribers!)
One of my readers responded and said:
Provocative piece and lots to disagree about.
Two things that jump out:
1. Walmart's reprehensible labor practices and pay scales 2. One reason their prices are so low is because they . . .
April 27, 2016
Why You Should Shop At Walmart
Working in grocery - one of the most competitive, low-margin industries on earth - we are always trying to understand our competition.
Green Zebra is a small format healthy and convenient neighborhood store.
The original Green Zebra Grocery.
At first glance, we are the opposite of Walmart. The easy way of thinking . . .
Posted in: businesspsychology
April 26, 2016
