Socrates Says

The question that most of you thought of when during the afternoon discussion between the supervisor and the technician the technician says he is not going to finish all the work that you gave him to do today is “why not.” That is not the right question. You are all thinking like production managers from […]

Many ask the question “how can I get technicians to be more efficient with their labor hours”. I suggest that having proper supervision is the best way to get each and every technician to be more efficient. Imagine if you will that you had one good supervisor for every eight shop technicians. (I know that […]

Sleeism #6 What would you do when no one is looking? That is morals and that is character. All of us have a darker side. Variable shades of grey perhaps. The true test of character is what you do when no one is looking. How do you stack up? The time is now.  

A fall into a ditch makes you wise. Chinese Proverb Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass. It is about learning to dance in the rain I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying. Michael Jordan

April fool’s day has long been a fun day for me. I suppose that shows – what kind of fool I am (sic). Over the years I have had several penguins in the backyard when we lived in Montreal.  Flamingo’s in the front yard in Edmonton. You get the drift. I am not at home […]

Sleeism # 5 Man is like the turtle…. You have to stick your neck out in order to get ahead This is similar to some of the quotes in our Friday Filosophy today. No guts no glory. If you don’t try who can you blame but yourself. The course starts with the first step. There […]