Thought of the Day

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.

5 Ways to recruit and retain Generations X and Y: Communicate in kind, be quick to respond, recognize their individuality, keep your dealings short and to the point and seek them out on the Web. The 20 to 30 year age groups are the future of your business. Take time to show these younger generations that you value their distinctive skills. If YOU are the younger gens, take time to appreciate the experience and wisdom of the older generations. It’s a fair and profitable exchange.

The definition of the word Project: an undertaking requiring concerted effort. The big picture by exposing and connecting the dots. When was the last time you had all your dots in order and your Ts crossed? And, by the way, the dot over the letter I is called a “tittle”.

40% of McDonald’s profits come from sales of Happy Meals. Ok readers, how many of you adults are consuming them vs. that Big Mac?

Money isn’t made out of paper. It’s made out of cotton. So the old adage of “Money doesn’t grow on trees”, is really not true. I wonder if that makes it any more valuable, or if it’s not worth the “cotton” it’s printed on?

One of Andy Rooney’s (60 Minutes) ideas: Tips for Handling Telemarketers. Three little words that work, “Hold on please…” Say this, put down your phone and walk off. Eventually you will hear the phone company’s beep, beep tone, you know it’s time to go back and hang up your handset, which has efficiently completed its task.

Here’s one of Andy Rooney’s (60 Minutes) ideas; Tips for Handling Telemarketers. Three little words that work = ‘Hold on, Please…..” Say this, put down your phone and walk off. Then when you eventually hear the phone company’s ‘beep-beep-beep’ tone, you know it’s time to go back and hang up your handset, which has efficiently completed its task.