Our year for choices

Connie Laughlin

Our choices make us the people we become.
Our choices determine our freedom. Our choices establish our financial future.

Every single day we’re faced with choices. So far this year you’ve probably had more than your fair share.
You might be well-served to ponder a scene from Charlie Brown and Lucy. I believe the comic strip story goes like this - Charlie Brown is shown on a snowy day balancing a large snowball in his hand and looking quizzically at Lucy. Lucy sternly returns his gaze and makes the following considered observation: Life is full of choices. You may choose, if you wish, to throw the snowball at me… You may choose if you wish, not to throw the snowball at me. Now if you wish to throw the snowball at me, I’ll pound you right into the ground! If you choose not to throw the snowball at me, your head will be spared. Charlie Brown is shown on his own – with-out the snowball looking contemplative. He concludes that – Life is full of choices; but you never get any.
You may think you have choices, or would it be true to say that you don’t have a choice once you make a decision based on relevant information. Or, are you just following the path of least resistance?
Ignorance provides us with numerous choices. Or, possibly choices we made at earlier times dictate our options today. If you smoke cigarettes you may not necessarily believe your decision to have a cigarette today is a choice.
Will we throw the snowball with intense instant gratification or will we have our head pounded into the ground later? Do we consider short-term and long-term consequences?
Adam should never have eaten that apple. What was he thinking? The assiduous well-informed individuals weigh their options, and make the appropriate decisions (or choices).

One sure fire way to make the best choices is to make less of them? The only sufficient way to do that is to delegate and outsource, obviously with preparatory time spent assigning your delegated appointees.
Regardless if it’s going on a blind date or selecting a vendor to work with, in your small business, every decision you make must be made with risk management in mind.
Determine what’s important and what helps facilitate your goals. Charlie Brown was pretty keen on keeping his head firmly planted on his shoulders.
Other than business production or an individual’s earning power, risk management is the largest challenge we face today. It’s an integral part of your responsibility. Don’t let it be overlooked.
“It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” J.K. Rowling
Large companies with HR expertise in house implement a full scope of human resource initiatives to maximize employee productivity, avoid costly problems, and ultimately increase and protect profits. So, typically they lack the need to outsource administrative services. Smaller companies, without that expertise, are at a competitive disadvantage. Every small to medium size company is advised to look into the option of outsourcing their HR to a PEO (Professional Employer Organization) firm. They bring that much needed value to these smaller companies at a minute fraction of the investment of them doing it on their own.
Connie Laughlin is a PEO Business Consultant for South Texas. You may contact Connie at conniel@uniquehr.com.


Our year for choices Connie Laughlin Our choices make us the people we become. Our choices determine our freedom. Our choices establish our financial future. Every single day we’re faced with choices. So far this year you’ve probably had more than your fair share. You might be well-served to ponder a scene from Charlie Brown and Lucy. I believe the comic strip story goes like this - Charlie Brown is shown on a snowy day balancing a large snowball in his hand and looking quizzically at Lucy. Lucy sternly returns his gaze and makes the following considered observation: Life is full of choices. You may choose, if you wish, to throw the snowball at me… You may choose if you wish, not to throw the snowball at me. Now if you wish to throw the snowball at me, I’ll pound you right into the ground! If you choose not to throw the snowball at me, your head will be spared. Charlie Brown is shown on his own – with-out the snowball looking contemplative. He concludes that – Life is full of choices; but you never get any. You may think you have choices, or would it be true to say that you don’t have a choice once you make a decision based on relevant information. Or, are you just following the path of least resistance? Ignorance provides us with numerous choices. Or, possibly choices we made at earlier times dictate our options today. If you smoke cigarettes you may not necessarily believe your decision to have a cigarette today is a choice. Will we throw the snowball with intense instant gratification or will we have our head pounded into the ground later? Do we consider short-term and long-term consequences? Adam should never have eaten that apple. What was he thinking? The assiduous well-informed individuals weigh their options, and make the appropriate decisions (or choices). One sure fire way to make the best choices is to make less of them? The only sufficient way to do that is to delegate and outsource, obviously with preparatory time spent assigning your delegated appointees. Regardless if it’s going on a blind date or selecting a vendor to work with, in your small business, every decision you make must be made with risk management in mind. Determine what’s important and what helps facilitate your goals. Charlie Brown was pretty keen on keeping his head firmly planted on his shoulders. Other than business production or an individual’s earning power, risk management is the largest challenge we face today. It’s an integral part of your responsibility. Don’t let it be overlooked. “It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” J.K. Rowling Large companies with HR expertise in house implement a full scope of human resource initiatives to maximize employee productivity, avoid costly problems, and ultimately increase and protect profits. So, typically they lack the need to outsource administrative services. Smaller companies, without that expertise, are at a competitive disadvantage. Every small to medium size company is advised to look into the option of outsourcing their HR to a PEO (Professional Employer Organization) firm. They bring that much needed value to these smaller companies at a minute fraction of the investment of them doing it on their own. Connie Laughlin is a PEO Business Consultant for South Texas. You may contact Connie at conniel@uniquehr.com.
Alice TX Chamber News - June 2012