Text Box: Happy Holidays! I hope you had a great Thanksgiving and enjoy this month’s issue! Ernie

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Text Box: See you next issue! Ernie ernest@ealewisconsulting.com

Text Box: Sometimes you wonder if anyone thinks about the consequences...   Thanks to Dave in Columbus, OH!

Text Box: Fun Stuff   Strange Facts -During your lifetime, you'll eat about 60,000 pounds of food, that's the weight of about 6 elephants! -Some ribbon worms will eat themselves if they cant find any food! -Dolphins sleep with one eye open! -The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9000 years old! -In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces! -There are more plastic flamingos in the U.S, than real ones!   -About 3000 years ago, most Egyptians died by the time they were 30! -More people use blue toothbrushes, than red ones! -A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h.! -Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, every time you breathe!    -A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h.! -Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, every time you breathe! -There are over 58 million dogs in the U.S! -Dogs and cats consume over $11 billion worth of pet food a year! -Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails! -Humans blink over 10,000,000 times a year!   -In the year 2000, Pope John Paul II was named an "Honorary Harlem Globetrotter."! -Every second, Americans collectively eat one hundred pounds of chocolate -A fetus develops fingerprints at eighteen weeks! -The fear of vegetables is called Lachanophobia!.. More fears... -There are approximately fifty Bibles sold each minute across the world! -Every year, kids in North America spend close to half a billion dollars on chewing gum!   -In Tokyo, a bicycle is faster than a car for most trips of less than 50 minutes! -There are 18 different animal shapes in the Animal Crackers cookie zoo! -Should there be a crash, Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane as a precaution! -Your body is creating and killing 15 million red blood cells per second! -The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card! -There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos!   -There is one slot machine in Las Vegas for every eight inhabitants!   Source: strangefacts.com

Text Box: United States Small Business Profile Data According to the November issue of e-News for Small Businesses from the United States IRS, the latest small business data compiled in the U.S. Small Business Administration's United States Small Business Profile shows there were 1.9 million net new jobs.   The profile also shows that: · In 2006, the nation had an estimated 26.8 million small businesses, of which 6.1 million were employer firms. · Small businesses employed 50.9 percent of the nation’s non-farm private workforce in 2004. · America had 1.1 million Asian-owned firms, 1.2 million Black-owned firms, 1.6 million Hispanic-owned firms, 201,400 Native American-owned firms, and 28,900 Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander-owned firms in 2002. · Women-owned firms totaled 6.5 million and generated $940.8 billion in revenues in 2002.

Text Box: Test Your Creativity!   How many triangles can you find of any size in this diagram?                       * Answer at the bottom!

Text Box: In This Issue: a) United States Small Business Profile Data b) Holiday Activity Tips c) Notable Quote: Ralph Waldo Emerson d) Brain Teaser: Test Your Creativity! e) 6 Steps for Effective Decision Making f) Helpful Tip: Need copyright protection? g) Fun Stuff  - Strange Facts

Text Box: On Thanksgiving   “I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and new.”   -Ralph Waldo Emerson   From Quote Land at http://www.quoteland.com

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Text Box: "In simplest terms, a leader is one who knows where he wants to go, and gets up, and goes." -John Erskine, The Complete Life

Text Box: Holiday Activity Tips Including employees in the planning of your holiday events is a great team building experience and can improve relationships and communication.   To build team spirit, inclusiveness, and to help stay politically correct, here are a few useful tips for the holidays: · Include employees in the planning of holiday activities. · Let all activities be voluntary. · Be aware of allergies and religious needs when it comes to food. · If sending holiday greeting cards, be aware of employees’ religious beliefs and send appropriate cards.