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Don’t ignore an important aspect of your decision-making.

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Human beings are very good at two things–rationalizing and compartmentalizing. When it comes to the decisions we make in an effort to meet the needs and growth goals of our businesses, these tendencies are especially prevalent. This often plays out to the detriment of the values we say we hold.

How many times, in the midst of making a big decision related to your company, have you ever first weighed how your options measured up to your personal values and the values that you’ve said your business stands for before considering the financial implications of those options? If the answer is you’ve never (or rarely) framed your decision-making that way, you’re in good company. The fact is that most of us were never trained to approach decision-making from this perspective and we likely haven’t seen others do it this way either.

The formal and informal business training most entrepreneurs received taught us to focus on how the strategic options we are considering help or hinder us in our efforts to grow our companies. We were taught to focus on “relevant” factors such as the extent to which an option could increase market share or enable us to tap into the resources we need to grow. The ethicality, morality or the extent to which any option could be in conflict with what we believe isn’t usually seen as one of those

Article source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/ivywalker/2019/03/31/its-never-just-a-business-decision/

BRYSON CITY — Robert “Bob” Arnsdorff, 87, passed away peacefully at his Bryson City home on March 22.

He was born in Orlando, Florida, and graduated from Cocoa High School in 1949, after which he joined the Army. He served in the Korean War with the 7th Signal Corps in communications in the Chosin Reservoir from 1950-51.

He married Louise on Nov. 24, 1956, at Aloma Baptist Church in Winter Park, Florida. Bob spent 30 years working for the Winter Park Telephone Company before retiring and moving to North Carolina, where he and Lou worked for Baptist Childrens Homes for 17 years.

Bob was a skilled self-taught craftsman who enjoyed building furniture and model airplanes. He also enjoyed fishing, golfing, reading and spending time with his loyal companion of eight years, a dachshund named Harley.

He will be remembered by most who knew him as a jokester who loved causing mischief and making people smile. Most of all, Bob was a devout Christian and spent hours every day studying the Bible.

Bob was predeceased by his parents, Jack and Christine Arnsdorff, a twin brother, Jack and another brother, Edward.

Left to cherish his memory are his adoring wife of 60 years, Louise, and children Dan Arnsdorff (Patti), Alicia Wilkerson (Bill), and Scott Arnsdorff; grandchildren, who lovingly knew him as “Opa,” Missy Hancock (Jeremy), Matthew Wilkerson (DeeAnna), Angela Mazza (Michael) and Austin Arnsdorff; great-grandchildren Molly Hancock and Owen Wilkerson; and sister, Carol Ann Gavaletz (George).

The family will have a private celebration of life at a later date.

Article source: https://www.themountaineer.com/obituaries/robert-bob-arnsdorff/article_2fc492f6-53cb-11e9-8bab-97fd361e4e33.html

Forecasters at the National Weather Service office monitor Hurricane Irma Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017, at the hurricane center in Miami. (AP Photo/Andy Newman)

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The president’s proposed budget for 2020 makes more than $75,000,000 in cuts to the National Weather Service that, if passed, could adversely affect the agency’s ability to keep the public safe during severe weather. The NWS is a force of nature that works tirelessly behind the scenes to warn every square inch of land in the United States when hazardous weather is on the way. Most Americans hardly realize how much they utilize the agency’s products and services until they’re under threat.

The National Weather Service occasionally faces political pressure due to the mistaken belief that private weather companies could pick up the slack of a reduced NWS and provide the same services the federal agency does. Contrary to those assertions, private companies would find themselves lost without the critical services and infrastructure provided by the NWS. Most of the observational data, weather radar imagery, and much of the weather modelling used by private weather companies is maintained by the federal government. It’d be prohibitively expensive for each company to foot the bill for these services on their own.

Upper-air observations would lose $2,271,000 of funding under the proposed budget. These observations, taken by instruments attached to weather balloons, collect information on temperature, moisture, wind, and air pressure as they ascend to the top of

Article source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/dennismersereau/2019/03/31/the-presidents-proposed-budget-would-fire-hundreds-of-meteorologists-and-slash-tornado-research/