Petey’s Blog

When selling a business, one must put all terms and conditions in the contract. If you want the employees to remain with the sale, add a clause protecting their jobs for the first six months of ownership. Some states honor verbal promises as contracts, but the legal fees would not be worth the battle. This is a reminder for any type of contract. Verbal may be legal, but not necessarily enforceable.

Studies indicate that women rate slightly more trustworthy than men, at 79.7 versus 79.0. However, women and men score equally on credibility, and women have a slight edge in reliability, 20.6 versus 20.4. The big difference comes in the factor of intimacy, where women are ,5 points higher. One of the strongest correlations is the linking of trust quotient and age. The older we get, the more trustworthy we are.

Incentives that work. 1) Share the wealth. About 80% – 90% of employees should get some reward every year. 2) Small bucks beat big ones. The average prize should be just $110. Smaller prizes can seem insignificant, but large ones don’t motivate any better. 3) Weekly, not quarterly, every week, 5% of employees should get an award. “Salary increases are one-time events,” Eric Mosley, Globeforce’s CEO said, “Small awards all the time are a way to constantly touch people.”

The glue on Isreali postage stamps is certified kosher. Isn’t the detail of that amazing? Does anyone know what the stamps in the U.S. are glued with? The thought of that makes me happy that we have automatic sticking stamps and we no longer have to lick them. Thank you, U.S. Postal Service!

If you have three quarters, four dimes and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money without being able to make change for a dollar. Go ahead and try it. Astound your friends by keeping this change to prove your point. Ok, it may not amaze your friends, but it will be interesting to your kids.

Leonardo DaVinci invented scissors. It also took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa’s lips. Do you wonder if he had any idea how many people would travel around the world just to see her smile? How many songs, cartoons and references continue to reflect her name and portrait to this day? What will you do that will have a lasting shelf life?

There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple and silver. How many of you just tried to find a word that would? Unless you are Dr. Suess, it’s not going to happen. Keep this in mind if you are a poet or crator of limericks. You know limericks, There once was a lady named Sadie, etc. (Maybe only the older gens will get it, mmmm?)

Upper and lower case letter are named “upper” and “lower” because in the time when original print had to be set in individual letters, the “upper” case letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the “lower” case letters. Just in CASE you wantd to know.