Input-free Mornings

Before 10 a.m., no email, no social media, no news, no scrolling, no content consumption—just quiet and creativity.

Protein for Breakfast

Breakfast is composed of a hearty portion of protein to stay focused and satiated throughout the early part of the day.

Keep Your Phone in Its Place

When you’re home, keep your phone in a designated spot, not next to you. If you need your phone, you go to it. Don’t keep it within reach where you’ll be tempted to pick it up unnecessarily.

Consistent Wake and Sleep Times

Wake up at the same time every morning. Go to bed at the same time every night. Set alarms for both times. Consistency improves your quality of sleep and overall level of energy.

Choose Groceries Wisely

Don’t purchase foods with inflammatory seed oils in the ingredient list or more than three grams of sugar per serving.

Set up Before Bed

Before bed, take no more than 10 minutes to set the coffee maker, tidy your home, and lay out your clothes.

Standing Appointments

Go on a date with your spouse every Friday night. Visit your extended family every other weekend. Set standing appointments with the most important people in your life.

Move Your Body

Go to the gym five times a week. Go for a walk outside every day.

Two-minute Rule

If a task will take two minutes or less to complete, do it immediately.

Gratitude

Make a list of at least five things you’re grateful for each day.

Declutter

Each day, donate, recycle, or dispose of one item that is no longer loved or needed in your home. Keep a donation receptacle for this purpose.

Read

Read at least one page of a book each day.

Desk Reset

Before leaving or closing out your work for the day, take five minutes or less to tidy and reset your desk for the next day.

Listen While You Work

Listen to an educational audiobook or podcast while performing mundane and routine tasks like folding laundry, tidying up, or emptying the dishwasher.

Our new Kia building will begin construction starting June 23rd. As a reminder, keep your speed at 10MPH while in your own car, company car, inventory car, golf cart or customers car. We will have additional trucks and cars here during the construction phase, so please be aware of your surroundings at all times to avoid and prevent any accidents.

This is exciting new phase for our company expanding our Kia franchise. Construction will take up to a year to complete.

1. Loyalty: Stand for More Than Yourself

Loyalty is the cornerstone of relationships. In business, it keeps your team together. In crisis, it ensures that no one gets left behind.

2. Duty: Do the Right Thing, Especially When It’s Hard

In life, duty means honoring your responsibilities—deadlines, promises, and personal goals. It’s the quiet grit behind every major success.

3. Respect: Strength Wears Humility

Respect isn’t weakness; it’s strength under control. In a polarized world, respect is a rare commodity. Master it, and you become a leader others naturally follow.

4. Selfless Service: Put Mission First

Every major innovation, social movement, and business breakthrough was built by someone who believed in something bigger than themselves. Want to be remembered? Serve something that will outlast you.

5. Honor: Live by a Code

Living with honor means choosing the harder right over the easier wrong. It’s leading without shortcuts and speaking the truth when it’s unpopular.

6. Integrity: Do What’s Right, Always

In any career or relationship, integrity builds credibility. Lose it, and even the sharpest skills won’t save you.

Warren Buffett once said: “In looking for people to hire, look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if they don’t have the first, the other two will kill you.”

7. Personal Courage: Face Fear With Purpose

Every time you speak up, step forward, or stand alone, you’re exercising personal courage. Build that muscle, and no challenge can own you.

You don’t need a uniform to live like a soldier. But you do need the will to live with purpose.

1. Freeze your credit:
Even if you’re not worried about identity theft, a credit freeze keeps crooks from opening accounts in your name.

2. Use call filtering apps:
Try tools like Hiya, Nomorobo or your carrier’s spam call protection. And never answer unknown numbers, voicemail is your friend.

3. Get a password manager:
Weak passwords make you easy prey. Use a manager like NordPass to generate and store secure logins.*

4. Talk about scams with loved ones:
The people most at risk often don’t think they’re at risk. Share this with your spouse, parents, grandparents and neighbors.

5. Don’t trust caller ID:
Scammers spoof numbers from banks, hospitals, even relatives. If something feels off, hang up and call the official number directly.

Try Orb.net. It’s a free, easy-to-use, excellent tool that checks if your device is the issue or if the internet itself is slowing things down. You’ll see exactly how your connection is performing in real time, including local vs. remote speed tests. 

Try the bounce test. Find a flat, solid surface like a countertop or hardcover book. Hold the AA or AAA battery vertically and drop it from about 8 inches (20 cm).

If it clunks and tumbles? Still got juice. If it bounces, It’s dead. 

Discharged batteries have a different internal structure that makes them springier. 

Cant find your cursor? Shake it. If your mouse pointer disappears, especially on large or dual monitors, just shake your mouse back and forth quickly.

On Macs, the pointer automatically grows larger, so you can spot it.

On Windows, turn on a similar setting: Go to Settings > Devices > Mouse > Additional mouse options > Pointer Options tab, then check “Show location of pointer when I press the CTRL key.” 

Now, tap the Ctrl key anytime you lose the pointer, and watch it appear with a ripple.

If you’ve ever moved, changed jobs or had a relative pass away, sit up and pay attention. Look up your name and others you know.

Go to MissingMoney.com, a free site backed by the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators. Type in your name and any states you’ve lived in. 

If there’s a match, you can usually file a claim right then and there. Just be ready to upload proof of identity. A driver’s license or utility bill will do.

If your state isn’t listed there, check Unclaimed.org. It links you directly to every state’s own unclaimed property site.

For your 401(k):

Check the National Registry of Unclaimed Retirement Benefits to see if your money’s ghosting you. If you left a job and forgot to roll over your 401(k), your money might be sitting in a holding account. 

Savings bonds, IRS refunds and VA life insurance:
Unclaimed tax refund? Go to IRS.gov/refunds.
Matured savings bond? Check TreasuryHunt.gov.
VA life insurance benefits? Search insurance.va.gov.

Happy Friday!

I’m excited to share that we’ll be having our Company Picnic on Sunday, July 27th at Bonnet Springs Park from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM.

There will be food, drinks, games, and tons of fun for everyone to enjoy!

Please see the attached flyer for all the details. Don’t forget to scan the QR code to RSVP so we can plan accordingly.

I hope everyone can make it – it’s going to be a great time!

Please review the attached map for updated employee parking instructions.

Due to upcoming construction, Effective Immediately, all employees must park  in the yellow highlighted area only shown on the map. The green highlighted area is designated for overflow parking only. Parking is on a first come, first serve basis.

Parking in unauthorized areas is strictly prohibited.
Any vehicle parked outside the designated zones is subject to towing without prior notice.

This policy applies to everyone—including:

• Chevy Sales & Service
• Kia Sales & Service
• Pre-Owned Sales
• Body Shop
• BDC Sales & Service
• Detail
• Finance
• Managers

We appreciate your cooperation and understanding as we work through these changes.