Trivia Time

Hello all,

"Trivia Time"

We welcome our new friends in Aspen Hill and their zip code to a Monday Morning trivia question. The first person from each office to answer correctly gets a $25 Starbucks card. Please only hit reply and not reply to all, managers can't play. 

How many months of inventory do we have in the following zip codes, 20906, 20854 & 20874?

If you do not know how to calculate absorption rates and inventory levels please pull me aside and I would be glad to show you.

Last shot today to sign up for Verl Workman on Thursday! Need to get a head count.

Enjoy the coffee,

Joe

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY:

"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work."

~ Aristotle

GOOD HOUSEKEEPING?

Aristotle’s quote seems pretty straightforward: If you like what you're doing, chances are you'll do it pretty well, and will find your work satisfying.

But what about the dozens of smaller jobs that we do on a regular basis and do not particularly enjoy - chores we consider robberies of time, but necessary? You know, housecleaning or mowing the lawn or grocery shopping or washing the car.

The fact is that most of us have too much on our "To Do" lists, and much of our “free time” is spent on what we consider menial work that we often begin to actually resent. Viewed objectively, however, how many of the items on your list of chores have self-imposed deadlines and subjective requirements?

Are you setting standards that are unnecessarily high or that are interfering with your enjoyment of time with your family and friends? When you lament "having no time," stop and consider to what extent that is due to your own personal sense of priorities.

You might re-evaluate what is truly essential. Chances are that duties to which you're giving up your entire Saturday are not as important to others as having time to spend with you. After all, how many of us are introduced, "This is Joe - he really keeps his lawn looking great...” or, “This is Mary - she's a wonderful housekeeper…"? How many of our children tell their friends, "You'll really like my mom and dad. They keep all the windows in our house clean…"?

Put down the car wax and the mop and get out and enjoy some time with friends or family, or - here’s a novelty - just yourself. It’s quite likely that the sun will still rise the next day, and your To Do list will wait for you!