Look at your world: What do you complain about? What ties your heart in a knot? What makes you angry, livid, incensed? What bows you in resignation and sends you to watch reruns of I Love Lucy? (I date myself. Fill in your favorite numb-out comfort.)

It’s 1976, and my mom and dad are sitting quietly with their eyes closed, hands resting upward — thumb and index finger touching — while my younger siblings crawl on their backs and shoulders. My older two brothers and I sit nearby, holding our own meditation poses, bored, rolling our eyes and counting the minutes until this ritual will end.

At least once a week or whenever things got stressful, my parents would pull all five of their children — ranging in age from ten to one — into our library for a family meditation. As much as I complained, a part of me yearned for this spiritual practice.

For the first time in history retail sales on Black Friday topped $1 billion as millions of Americans began their holiday gift shopping early – and in earnest. But the momentum didn’t stop there as Cyber Monday saw a 30% increase in sales over last year.

You own the business. But do you work with a sense of ownership?

Does ownership compel you to think outside the roles & responsibilities that come from doing things the "right way?" Consider the last time you needed to make a tough decision in your business: Did you call up your coach or pull up Google to find the right choice? Or did you go with your (experienced and values-driven) gut?