Primary Aims and Choices 

One outstanding participant in the webinar sent me a personal email.
I enjoyed reading about the choices she made for her family.
Yet, she is looking to build a business that satisfies HER primary aim.
I know what she feels. I made those choices too.
Here is her email about her experience with life and work balance.
And my response.

K writes:
Hello Mr. Chiarella,
It's so nice to hear from you. I'm going to watch your presentation (again) so that I can take good notes.

I was thinking about you and your beautiful triplets a few days ago because I have a set of twin daughters who changed my life. I took a step down from Corporate America about eight years ago. I got tired of being the first one to drop off my twin daughters at the daycare and the last one to pick them up from the daycare each and every day. That's when guilt, fear, anger, and frustration manifest themselves.
I would love to stay connected with great leaders like you.

Thank you so much for sharing...

Now you will eat Zucchini Flowers.

And you can be simply connected to each department in your company.

Connecting Your Departments

The problem facing Everardo and Mary B seems to be the problem that faces so many organizations. The Sales Department is not fully connected to the Production / Service Department is not fully connected to the Accounting Department. And each of these departments is not linked back to Sales.  

Smaller companies can get away with this non-connectivity. The salesperson usually is the owner who sells the services and performs the service in Production, and his nights are filled with invoices for the client. Easy! 

But when companies get more extensive and more salespeople and/or the production/service is a separate department, the information packet and flow can become a big problem and a cluster F.  

Everardo wants to do his work using the systems in his department. He also wants more information about the wall. What type of wall, what is the m...

Zucchini Flower Connection

Are you ready to learn our mom's recipe for creating the most delicious Fiori di Zucca Fritti? And the handsome men making them?

And what do these delicious Italian delicacies have to do with a growing company's dilemma: Is your business wholly connected?

During the zucchini season, early in the morning, my mom would go to her garden and pick the most tender, bright male zucchini blossoms.

She would rinse them gently, not to break them. She would let them dry and store them for the evening. When it was time, my mom with only a few ingredients would fry some of the most delicious zucchini flowers. She would always make a batch for me to share with my friends. My friend Tom would be one of the recipients of these delightful blossoms. It would bring back his memories of his mom, making the flowers the same way.

In honor of our moms and how they put love and Italian TLC into making these blossoms, we will show you the recipe and also how we ...

Who eats Zucchini Flowers and WHY?

And what do these freshly picked, colorful flowers have to do with the question: Are your business departments interconnected?

Part One: The Introduction

Who are these people, what are they eating, and why are they eating flowers? 

And what does it have to do with what makes it so difficult for a Sales Department to communicate with the Service / Production Department?

"Communication - the human connection - is the key to personal and career success." 

                                                       Paul J. Meyer

 All good times start with great friends, family, and a mission to enjoy life.  I, too, agree with Paul Meyer; it is the human connection.  Let me and my friend Tom Porzio show you how to make these simple yet delicious delicacies. 

Before you may be thinking, WTF, why would anyone want to eat these bright yellow flowers? 

And WTF does this have to do with how and if your business is connecting everyone and every ...

Ed     Ready Set Go!!!         Are you ready to Build your Business?

The Right Tomato

From a small town came a mother, Mamma Maria and her daughter, Annuciatina.  They both lived on a small piece of land and lived and thrived by farming the land.