Meeting ALL The Needs Of The Performers

In the Time Magazine article, "Fine Fast Food", Steve Ells, the founder of Chipotle Mexican Grill tells the story of his success. It's a great read about staying true to your purpose and always striving to improve.

The most telling quote about his success, to me, came near the end of the article. Ells writes, That's why we have been so successful. They [customers] have finally found a fast-food restaurant that has respect-for them, for their taste buds, for their sense of aesthetics, for service, for its employees and for its suppliers.

It's easy to discount some of the needs of the performers in our circus, whether it's at work or home. It takes a tremendous effort on our part and often sacrifice of some of our own needs-for a period of time to keep others fully engaged. As Ells shows in his article, however, the work can lead to a fantastic payoff for everyone. Ole'!

Another Review of Juggling Elephants

Check out another review of Juggling Elephants on Newsweek.com:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20920161/site/newsweek/

A Major Performance Tonight!

Today is recognized across the US as Family Day-A day to eat dinner with your children. According to CASA (Center for Addiction & Substance Abuse at Columbia University), research has consistently shown that children who eat dinner with their families at least 3 times per week are less likely to smoke, drink alcohol or use drugs.

That's not surprising. As a parent, the more time we spend in our "relationship ring" with our children, the more comfortable they are talking about any number of things. It's also a superb time for us to simply listen to them. I just spent the better part of 4 days with my 3 year old daughter and I can tell you that I have a much better understanding of her. Sure, I spend lots of time with my family members, but so often I am jumping from ring to ring instead of making my time with them the only act I am focused on at the moment.

May you bring a great performance into your relationship ring tonight-quality time with your family.

For more informaton on Family Day: http://www.casafamilyday.org/

In Good Company

Raven Young of "Raven's Brain" put Juggling Elephants in some pretty good company. Read her thoughts at:

http://ravenyoung.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!17376F4C11A91E0E!3774.entry

Didn't Want To Go To The Circus

It's amazing how people come to see the value of the message in the book. Some people connect with it immediately, while others need to have it validated by someone else before taking a look. Consider this comment we received last week:

I wasn't really buying into the concept of Juggling Elephants, and then one of my co-workers said that she felt a little like being in a circus today. I asked her if she felt like she was "juggling elephants", and she said "exactly". So it started me thinking that I need to dig deeper into this.

We welcome all comments or thoughts related to the book or the concepts. Send us an e mail at info@jugglingelephants.com to give us your opinion.