Home Alone

I'm home alone this week. Have actually been alone since the missus left for Salt Lake City and Puerto Rico last Tuesday.

One would assume that one would fall back into pre-maritial routines such as not shaving, not showering and only working, watching DVD's and single-team the wine fridge. One is very correct. That is pretty much what I have done the whole weekend.

Right now I'm watching "The Bridge on The River Kwai", drinking a Torres Mas la Plana from 1995 and drafting strategy plans for our business unit. One might think: "What a weird combination!".

I would strongly disagree and I am. The only thing I'm lacking is a cigar and that might happen sooner than one thinks. Non-Cuban, of course.

Most strategies are designed to win or protect and derives from thousands of years of war strategy practices. A lot of the terminology used in the business world today are military terms: overtake, conquer, defeat, surrender, guerilla, hostage et cetera. The military metaphors have become a common way to illustrate strategies or desirable results in todays business life.

The ability to create strategies and think strategic is powerful but nothing beats a shower and a shave when the missus returns.