Make Money, Happiness, Both or Neither

Albert owned a civil engineering firm. He asked me and my consulting team to save his life. It’s true that I tell people I fix businesses for a living. But fixing lives? I don’t know.

Albert’s point was that his lack of control was the cause of his morbidly high blood pressure. He worried about what he didn’t know and couldn’t control. To help him get a grip was to get his blood pressure down. He kept a blood pressure cuff on his desk and used it twice daily. We’d soon know if we were meeting the goal.

Like a lot of…