Today is National “Monkey Around Day”. Its is a day to just goof off and do whatever comes to mind. Maybe you have a wild idea that you’ve always wanted to try but were afraid to. Today’s the perfect opportunity to be brave and safely have some fun.
In This Issue: Productivity | MTP Elite Fiber Cables | The Difference Between Cat5e, Cat6, and Cat6a | News to Start Your Day
The CK Daily – Productivity
Good Morning and Happy Tuesday! Hope everyone is staying cool as the temperatures are heating up this week (at least here in Georgia)! Over the weekend I was listening to a podcast and one of the topics they were discussing was productivity. It’s funny to me how this is one topic that has been discussed countless times, yet we never seem to be satisfied so it will continue to be a hot topic forever. With so many of us feeling like we’ve got more things on our to-do list than time to get it all done, we’re always looking for new productivity “hacks” to help us better manage our time and get more done. Admittedly, a lot of the advice can sound like “noise” at this point, but at the risk of contributing to the noise, I wanted to share an interesting idea that was discussed on the podcast. They were making the point that what we can accomplish in a 24 hour day now is drastically different than what we could accomplish in a 24 hour day 20-30 years ago. With technological advances such as e-mail, cell phones, and the internet, we can communicate in a moments notice and conduct business at lightning fast paces. The guest on this particular podcast said “it’s almost like we can accomplish 3 days worth of work in a single 24 hour cycle”. As such, he breaks his 24 hour days up into what he calls “mini days”. It’s simply a mental game, but for example, he will consider 6:00AM – 12:00PM to be a “mini day”. He’ll have goals and things to accomplish that day and he stays laser focused on them. Then he’ll start his next “mini day” with different goals. Essentially, he feels like he is living 3 days in the same time span that the rest of us are living 1 day which, in his words, allows him to “run circles around everyone else”. The reality is that we all have the same 24 hours to work with, but I can see how mentally breaking it up the way he has done and essentially working in sprints could help with productivity. I thought it was an interesting concept so figured I’d share in case anyone was interested in testing it out! Have a great week!
Rebecca
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Learning Center Article – The Difference Between Cat5e, Cat6, and Cat6a
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Today’s News to Start Your Day:
- Travelers and “Scooby Doo” fans eager to relive the magic of the movie adaptation can book a stay in the Mystery Machine thanks to Airbnb, which has turned the iconic mini bus into a mini home. Celebrating the 20th anniversary of Scooby-Doo: The Movie, Matthew Lillard, who played Shaggy in the movie is now playing Airbnb host of The Mystery Machine, which has never before been available to the public overnight.
- Ohio’s Republican governor, Mike DeWine, signed a bill into law yesterday making it a whole lot easier for the state’s teachers to carry guns at school. The law cuts the amount of required training from 700 hours to just 24 hours. DeWine said legislators have been working on the bill since last year, but the recent school shooting in Uvalde, TX, “increased the urgency to enact it.”
- Amazon is launching drone delivery…finally. Nine years after Jeff Bezos first floated the concept on 60 Minutes, Amazon announced that its first drone delivery service would go live in the town of Lockeford, CA, later this year. The company’s once-hyped drone program has been agonizingly slow to lift off, beset by safety concerns, technical snags, and high employee turnover within the unit. And it’s not a done deal yet—the FAA still has to approve the service before the flying robots start dropping off packages in backyards.
- Today on #FlagDay we recognize the symbol of freedom, hope, and opportunity that the American flag represents—and honor those who have sacrificed and protected those values for the past 240 years.