As a lot of you know, working six or seven days a week is a good thing from time to time no matter what industry we’re in; and as long as we don’t make it our modis operandi and drive ourselves to burn-out & a negative attitude without realizing it, the short-term adrenalin increase can actually help us to step-up our drive & enthusiasm for our respective professions and generally increases productivity and/or sales… not to mention the long-term positive “successful accomplishment” influences on the team.

We’re in the middle of one such “boost” at one of the plants I’m working in, and although I wake up looking forward to going to work each morning with the same exhilaration a lot of us feel after making any positive change – it also makes it difficult to get much done around the home right now. A case in point: Continue Reading »

I’ve been around long enough to know that people generally aren’t in our lives for the whole term and I am fortunate enough in my professional career to currently be part of a team that’s led by a wealth of experience and practical knowledge unlike anything the average individual gets to experience – or chooses to notice – in their regular work-a-day life. One could say that I am in the right place at the right time.

Industry has always been improved upon by one generation standing on the shoulders of the previous, learning from their triumphs and mistakes and indebted to them for their efforts whatever the result. We can not get better by repeatedly re-inventing the proverbial wheel, nor will we contribute one iota to successive generations’ improvement by obliviously repeating the same thoughtless actions day after day, noticing only years or decades later that a lifetime has passed by and we’ve done nothing other than create an existence that did little more than “pay bills” for useless material possessions.

Times are few and far between, indeed, when one crosses paths with a single mentor who will pass down the benefit of their experiences to an open ear and possibly spare us a few of their struggles, but to be placed in the midst of a group of these individuals, all working towards a common goal, is an opportunity that far exceeds anything anyone could possibly hope for in a productive working career. It’s the stuff the best memories are made of.

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