January 2014
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Most of us made resolutions by Thanksgiving last year to change our lives in 2014. How can we take this notion into our businesses? Just carry it right in the door. Every resolution you’ve made for yourself can be applied to your organization too. Here are a few of the most common resolutions and some great ways to apply them to your company.
Time management is a popular buzz term. So how did time really get started? Let’s take a look.
Lose weight. Losing weight is one of the most common of all New Year’s resolutions. Everyone wants to find a new and improved picture of health so they can function better with less pain, fatigue, and medical complications. Your staff and network are the same. Trimming down your company to the essentials may be just what you need for a fresh start this year.
Slim down your staff. You don’t need a fancy personal trainer like Jillian Michaels or Jake Steinfeld to keep your company on track. Just encouraging good health can do the trick. Give your staff an outlet for exercise. This can include an onsite facility with exercise equipment or even partner with a local gym to provide free or reduced cost memberships for your employees. Regular exercise can give you and your em-
ployees more energy, help control weight, combat health conditions, and improve their overall mood, making your organization a more delightful place to work.
Trim the fat off your network to increase efficiency too. Unfortunately, a treadmill or rowing machine cannot whip your network into shape. You need an expert to run a full network assessment to truly view the ins and outs of your technology standing. This type of assessment will give you a clear picture of your current assets, their age, and functionality. You will be able to see exactly how your network is organized and maintained as well as obtain a full list of possible tactics to help you create the most trim and efficient network for your company’s needs.
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~Hyman Rickover “To solve a problem or to reach a goal, you don't need to know all the answers in advance. But you must have a clear idea of the problem or the goal you want to reach.” ~Clement Stone
The entire idea of reckoning time in advance to provide an accurate, dependable, repeatable calendar year is the basis for our Gregorian Calendar. Various calendar ideas have been explored.
Accounting for time. Consider the following: Throughout history people have tied the calendar to natural phenomenon, like season changes, or in mild climate regions the lunar cycle may be used. If we base the calendar year upon the lunar cycle, we must account for the moon and sun cycles. There are 12 lunar cycles which are each 29 1/2 days long. This totals 354 days and 8 hours.
A little off… The only problem is that the solar year lasts 365 1/4 days per year. (Continued on page 3)