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SHOP OPS
DALE

SALAMACHA

2017: YEAR IN REVIEW

is co-owner of Media 1/
Wrap This (Longwood, FL).
Contact him at
dale@media1signs.com.

Take time to get in the "now."
don't know about you guys,
but just yesterday, I was
telling my partners that
2017 was the fastest year
I've experienced in my entire life.
How can it be over already? I mean,
it just started a couple of months
ago! Don't you agree? Everyone I talk
to is experiencing the same feeling.
Well, everyone except my 13-year-old
daughter, who claims eighth grade
is putting a hold on her and she ain't
never getting out!
This idea of time perception is a
subject I've given considerable thought
to lately, especially since my father
passed away a few years back. Since

I

then, I've contemplated life a lot more
than I ever had before. And now I
realize it wasn't "a few years back." It
was actually seven years this Christmas.
(Thanks for those reminders, Facebook.) But how can that be? It sure
doesn't feel like it was that long ago!
TIME FLIES, EXPLAINED
A Scientific American article cited
a 2005 study of 499 participants,
examining the subjective passage of
time across a lifespan. The results
revealed that people between the ages
of 20-59 experienced "time pressure,"
the notion that time is speeding by,
and that they can't finish all they

Media 1/Wrap This had a great 2017, and so did Amazon, whose sign shown
here was one of many projects we did last year.
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want to do in the time allotted. The
article cited that people in this age
range are most likely embroiled in
professional and family duties, resulting in that feeling of not being able
to keep up with life's demands. Stress.
Gotta get this done, that done, etc. Time
slips away quickly when we're focused
on everything we have to get done.
The article concluded that by taking
time to slow down, to distract yourself
from the everyday, you can begin to
appreciate the "now" we all live in. And
that is the focus of this article. Now
is the perfect time to break away from
the ordinary day of your work life and
reflect on last year - and the future.
PLANNING MEETING
My partners Rick Ream, Damon
Coppola and I have a planning meeting
every year. We even pass out a written
worksheet a few days before, so we'll
all come prepared. These meetings
have a two-fold purpose. First, we
discuss the past year and then, the
future. We ask pinpoint questions
regarding our successes and our
failures. Celebrate what we did great,
reflect on what we didn't do so great.
What made us profit, and what didn't?
What about equipment we added
to our force, etc.? Discussing these
last-year items gives us the perfect
springboard for the next round of
questions, which all focus on our future
as a company and as owners. Where
do we see Media 1/Wrap This next
year? Five years from now? Ten
years? What equipment do we want



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Signs of the Times - January 2018
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From the Editor
St Update
At Large
Tech Review
Leds + Lighting
Vehicles + Vinyl
Shop Ops
Strike a Pose
Reflected Glory
Channel Your Energy
First Impression
Strictly Commercial: Brushing Up
New Products
Advertising Index
Last Look
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