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In the Toyota Arena at the York Expo Center on the York Fairgrounds. Feb 8-10, 2008

We will have a booth staged displaying some of the many materials we work with as well as information on past projects we’ve completed. If you or anyone you know is considering a remodeling project in 2008, this is an ideal time to talk with us and set an appointment.

For more information on the show, visit: www.yorkhomeshow.com

If you can’t wait for the show, you can always contact us for an appointment to see our showroom anytime.

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What a Success!

There was quite a turn out to our project during this years Parade of Homes. We would like to thank the Horn’s, again. We cannot say enough good about them as friends and clients. They were outstanding with everyone coming through. We would also like to thank all of those who made our first foray into the Parade a successful one. It has been a pleasure meeting new clientele and working with them on their future projects. Look for us to be parading another project in 2008.

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Fill in those dark rooms with natural daylight with Solatube, the Miracle Skylight.

Professionally installed quickly with little mess.

Provides natural light from Dawn until Dusk.

They can be equipped with a dimmer for those times you don’t need the daylight.

Performance Comparison
Light Source	Watts	Lumens
Incandescent	100	1200
48” Fluorescent	40	2300
10” Solatube	0	up to 3750
Incandescent and fluorescent lumens will decrease over the life of the lamp.

Contact Home Remedies, Inc. for more details on filling your rooms with natural daylight using Solatube, the Miracle Skyight!

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COACH’S CORNERwith Dr. David Greisler

Advice is cheap … especially bad advice. To be effective in today’s market, we must replace misguided advice with better counsel and sharper thinking.

In the last issue of the Home Remedies newsletter, we began debunking eight flawed axioms drawn from the worst advice we have received across our years in business. Unlearning these misguided axioms will free you from ‘disinformation prisons’ …. and that will accelerate both your personal development and business advancement.

We began this series in the last issue of Home Remedies Quarterly Blurb by debunking the misguided piece of advice, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” The point … “If it ain’t broke, make it better!” The market will applaud you.

In this issue we address another pithy phrase that floats around business, namely,

“Do more with less.”

The constant repetition of this mantra is an inverted replay of the ‘more with more’ disasters that characterized business in the 1970s and 1980s. In fact, ‘more with less’ has become dangerous in our age of cost-containment, reengineering, and global competition as it lets us avoid making tough choices. To cast off ‘more with less’ thinking,

1. say ‘no’ to business situations that might be enticing but are outside your area of core competence;
2. be an actively reflective practitioner that focuses on the ‘critical few’ strategic issues in your business, correspondingly jettisoning the relentless and unforgiving distractions of the ‘trivial many’;
3. improve your internal processes by simplifying your business practices thus eliminating the organizational cancers of complexity and rework.

Regulatory scrutiny and the hyper-competitive pressures in the market cause us to reel in organizational slack. Superior leaders are biting the bullet and making strategic choices to ‘do less with less’ or to ‘do less with more.’ In so doing, organizations avoid the disasters arising from an oversupply of tasks and from the naïve assumption that all those tasks must be done.

A return to clear thinking, rich dialogue and enhanced positive personal discipline will help wither the ‘more with less’ vine that strangles us. The result will be a sustainable pace, improved efficiency and effectiveness ... and more joy in your vocation.

Dr. David Greisler holds an undergraduate degree from Johns Hopkins University, Master’s degrees from George Washington University and the University of Southern California, and a Doctorate in Public Administration from the University of Southern California. He is currently a Professor of Business at York College of Pennsylvania teaching in the areas of business strategy and operations management. Look for his column each Quarterly Blurb.