{"id":70,"date":"2016-02-03T21:06:06","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T21:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comprehensivebenefitservices.com\/Blog\/?p=70"},"modified":"2016-02-03T21:06:06","modified_gmt":"2016-02-03T21:06:06","slug":"the-martian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.comprehensivebenefitservices.com\/Blog\/2016\/02\/the-martian\/","title":{"rendered":"The Martian"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I just finished reading The Martian by Andy Weir which is also a recently released and Academy Award-nominated movie starring Matt Damon. The Martian is about Astronaut Mark Watney who is presumed dead and left behind on Mars during an aborted exploration mission.\u00a0 He spends his time trying to survive on meager supplies and reestablish communication with Earth.\u00a0 For the most part, he is alone and must rely almost solely on his own resourcefulness.<\/p>\n

While reading The Martian, it struck me that you, my clients, aren\u2019t that different from Astronaut Mark Watney.\u00a0 He had a lot going for him.\u00a0 He was resourceful and adaptable.\u00a0 When things didn\u2019t go according to plan he made changes and improvised.\u00a0 He didn\u2019t give up when things went awry.\u00a0 He didn\u2019t sulk when he failed.\u00a0 He, instead, focused on what he had learned and he carried on.\u00a0 These characteristics describe every successful entrepreneur I\u2019ve ever met.<\/p>\n

Portrayal of entrepreneurs in the media focuses almost exclusively on the success. In hindsight, the path looks straight-forward, but, in reality, the road took many turns, and obstacles that presented themselves had to be overcome.\u00a0 It would have been less daunting for Astronaut Mark Watney if Mars had an atmosphere, moderate temperatures and edible plants just as it would have been nice if you had unlimited resources and no obstacles to overcome.\u00a0 But, Mars doesn\u2019t and you don\u2019t.<\/p>\n

Astronaut Mark Watney wasn\u2019t entirely alone, however. Once he was able to reestablish communication with Earth he had NASA.\u00a0 Without NASA\u2019s help, he would never have survived.\u00a0 NASA helped him in a variety of ways, including trying out and testing complicated equipment modifications on Earth before instructing him how to make them on Mars.<\/p>\n

This is how I see my role as your employee benefits and human resources advisor. It is my responsibility to think ahead and guide you accordingly.\u00a0 Employee benefits is undergoing a sea of change and new compliance requirements are creating further burdens on your company.\u00a0 At the same time, new technologies are changing how we manage the employee lifecycle, employee benefits and these new compliance burdens.<\/p>\n

It is my responsibility to help you navigate this changing environment. It is my responsibility to see what lies ahead, to help you chart a course, and to help you make the most of your resources so that you can focus on what you do best: run your business.\u00a0 I\u2019m not NASA but I have the same commitment<\/em> to you as NASA did to Astronaut Mark Watney, and I have the knowledge and skills to help you.<\/p>\n

If you want to learn more about how I can help your company call me at (952) 237-6956 or e-mail me at mdmowski@comprehensivebenefitservices.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I just finished reading The Martian by Andy Weir which is also a recently released and Academy Award-nominated movie starring Matt Damon. The Martian is about Astronaut Mark Watney who is presumed dead and left behind on Mars during an aborted exploration mission.\u00a0 He spends his time trying to survive on meager supplies and reestablish\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.comprehensivebenefitservices.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.comprehensivebenefitservices.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.comprehensivebenefitservices.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.comprehensivebenefitservices.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.comprehensivebenefitservices.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.comprehensivebenefitservices.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.comprehensivebenefitservices.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.comprehensivebenefitservices.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.comprehensivebenefitservices.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}