State Sen.
Steven Bieda,
Gov. Rick
Snyder and
Art Fishman
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execution when you need it most. As
I have mentioned in previous col-
umns, we always want to remember
the Alignment – Action – Adjust
strategy to grow ourselves and our
business. What we need to remind
ourselves in the moment is that this
quick time-out helps us get back into
alignment. And when we’re in align-
ment, we can do amazing things
with an idea, with a project, with a
task, with our job, with our vision
and/or with our people. We are able
to take action and be more effective.
How about when things change?
We often forget that we need to
expand our mindset into the adjust-
ment angle. Sometimes during this
stage, we actually need more quiet
time; but at least take that minimum
two minutes. Once we’ve taken the
time to strategize how to realign,
we can once again act. It’s a rinse/
repeat, never-ending activity to
increase productivity.
By taking time to figure out how
to get back into alignment, we can
act with a growth-minded, peo-
ple-centric plan. Sometimes we have
to do this multiple times a day, even
as we’re running at the speed of
light. Pay attention to those times
when you need a comma. What’s
a comma? According to Grandma
Babe Pickman, it indicates a pause,
a moment, a reminder to yourself
when you need quiet think time. It’s
hard to doubt a woman who lived
a healthy 97 years and taught this
valuable lesson to her friends and
family.
Incorporate that two minutes into
your day — every day. Schedule time
in your calendar and, if you share a
calendar, put, “Think time; please do
not disturb.”
Take Grandma Babe’s advice and
take that comma. It will open a
space to quiet your mind. I guaran-
tee you, your best ideas will come
from those moments or shortly
thereafter. Those moments will
accelerate your path to your corner
office —because your mind and your
business matter!
Jon Dwoskin is a business coach and exec-
utive adviser who grows businesses. He is
the author of “The Think Big Movement.” Visit
jondwoskin.com for more or email him at jon@
jondwoskin.com.
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WWII Memorial Fund Act Signed Into Law
Jewish veteran and Detroit resident Art
Fishman was in Lansing last month at
the signing of the Michigan World War
II Legacy Memorial Fund Act, which
created the ability for Michigan resi-
dents to donate a portion of their state
income tax refund to the Michigan
WWII Legacy Memorial, which is
scheduled to open in Royal Oak in
2020.
The memorial, to be located in
Memorial Park at the northeast corner
of 13 Mile Road and Woodward, will
occupy about three-quarters of an acre
and is expected to cost $3 million.
For Fishman, 91, a WWII veteran of
both the U.S. Army Air Corps Cadet
program and the U.S. Navy, the signing
was the culmination of five years of
work leading the committee that spear-
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headed support for Michigan’s WWII
Memorial. For his dedication to the
cause, he was one of the first two recip-
ients of the Victory Award given at the
annual Victory Gala of the Michigan
WWII Legacy Memorial. He is a mem-
ber of JWV Post 510 and belongs to
Temple Shir Shalom.
The memorial will pay homage to
both Michigan WWII veterans and
those who served on the home front.
“Whatever ability I have left in me,”
Fishman previously told the JN, “I will
do to help future generations remember
WWII and what so many courageous
men and women sacrificed to save the
world.”
It was only fitting that he was at Gov.
Rick Snyder’s side as the act was signed
into law. ■
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