Always Have A Game Plan

I'm a neurosurgeon, and the best morning routine I've found only consists of 3 simple steps

3. Planning

Starting your day without a set plan is like running a race with no idea of the route or destination: You might get there eventually, but you're going to be stressed, exhausted, and certainly lagging behind everyone else.

That's why the third element to my "triple threat" morning routine is consulting my day planner and making a list of everything I need to get done that day before it all has a chance of going sideways. Though most things have gone digital these days, I personally use a classic paper Franklin planner. There are benefits to keeping a paper day planner, including increased mindfulness and memory retention.

Mapping out your day before it begins each morning doesn't mean it won't go off course, but it will help keep you focused on your goals and give you a better shot of actually achieving them.

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A Job Skill That Needs To Be Emphasized More

Never take a problem to your boss until you have multiple solutions to it.

It may seem obvious to some but imagine the difference between an employee coming to you with a problem that you then have to figure out how to solve VS an employee coming to you with a problem they already have several solutions for and you simply need to choose (as the manager) which option you believe is best.

In my experience when most employees come across a problem they don’t know how to instantly solve they simply present it to their manager and wait for a response.

This does nothing other than concrete your managers opinion that you are unable to do their job and they subconsciously disqualify you from promotion, presenting them with multiple solutions to a problem however makes them feel they are in control whilst simultaneously considering you as an asset worthy of promotion or at the very least retention.

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This Was Money Well Spent

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And It's Going To Continue For A While

MLB attendance for the 2018 season thus far has been well below the Mendoza line. Boasting just 27,328 per game, attendance is down 6.6% from this date last year and 8.6% overall. You don’t have to be a sabermetrics savant to know that this is the baseball equivalent of an 11.50 ERA.

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Whom Ever Updated The PSA, Well Done

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This A Very Good Question

Have Sports Cars Become Relegated To "Side Chick" Status In The Automotive Industry?

In a conversation with a friend the other night he was proclaiming his love for trucks, and while I appreciate them I don't see the need to own or lust for one. In fact, I think that this love affair with SUVs and trucks will come to a screeching halt once oil prices spike again — and they will, in my humble opinion.

It was after I made this point he hit me with one of the funniest things I've ever heard. Essentially they said that trucks are the kings of the road, sedans and coupes are OVER, and only cars like the BMW M2 and Porsche 911 are exceptions because they are effectively "side chicks."

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Did You Know - Mazda Miata Edition

So The Word 'Miata' Actually Means Something

Leave it to MotorWeek host and OG American video-car-reviewer John Davis to set me straight: “...the name Miata means reward,” he says in the opening standup of the shakedown video that’s now about 27 years old.

Well, OK, this is John Davis we’re talking about, so he said it more like “Mi-hata.”

Pronunciation aside, every forum and other site I’ve looked at concurs with his definition and Miata.net seems to offer the most complete backstory:

Rod Bymaster, Mazda’s head of product planning and marketing for the Miata project back in the early days, claims his “biggest contribution to the project was to have found the word Miata in Webster’s Dictionary, which is defined as “reward in Old High German.”

I did drop Mazda a line to confirm it, and even though it’s Friday afternoon and the company’s communications staff is probably all out Miataing themselves by now, spokesman Jacob Brown hit me back and said “yup,” indeed, this is legit.
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