Welcome the Year of the Ox

I know I’m a little late for the first day of the Chinese New Year, but the big parade here in the Bay Area is the real kickoff for me.

The Year of the Ox is a time for strength, power, hard work, duty, and discipline. These sound like attributes we’d want to have in any time. The Chinese horoscope also subscribes people born in Ox years as having high ethics and patience. They also don’t take action until all details of a project are planned and the issues thought through.

Both the time and the people sound like just what we need right now. So let’s apply the discipline of the Ox to making our own businesses all they can be in this time of turmoil. And let’s apply these principles to our larger community as well.