Mayday!

Congratulations, entrepreneurs.

You made it through the first trimester of the year.

It’s kind of fun that the second trimester starts on the beginning of a week.?

Not only that, but that May Day is the first day of said second trimester.

Have any of you ever participated in the May Pole dance, wrapping the colored ribbons around and around in a circle?

It’s a rite of spring that I’ve certainly heard of and read about, though I can’t say I’ve ever done it myself.

I always picture pretty little girls in brightly-colored dresses doing that, anyway.?I guess that’s from the kinds of books I’ve read?

I wonder if people will be celebrating with dances and picnics and such, seeing as it’s on a weekend and all of that.?

Mayday, as one word, has a significant separate meaning.?One that movie-goers have been hearing for generations, as a distress signal.

It is most commonly used in radio communication in nautical and aviation.

You know, the World War II flying ace takes a hit to his tail rudder, and cries, “Mayday, mayday!” into his hand set.

Have you ever asked yourself where the hell that came from??I have, and have blown it off as not that important, but I can now share something very cool with you.

It seems the English Royal Air Force (RAF) was looking for a substitute for the old Morse code signal SOS, because of all that sibilance spitting it’s way into people’s ears.?

There was a lot of air travel in the early 1920’s across the English Channel from both the English and French sides, and in 1923 they published an article in the London Times proposing the words “May-day” to solve the problem.

Ready for this??It’s the phonetic equivalent for the French word “m’aider.”?

Pronounced “may-day,” it means help me.

If you’re fluent in French, and suffered through that painstaking explanation, thank you.

If you didn’t know that until just now, though, isn’t that kind of cool?

A least a little bit cool, right?

Another fun fact: the United States officially adopted it as the radiotelegraphic distress signal per Article 19 resolution in 1927.?

Thank you for playing Eric’s trivia game today!

So…May Day.?Or Mayday.?What’s your flavor?

Are you reveling in all the glory of a progressing spring, the rebirth of nature today?

Or…maybe frantically and helplessly saying “may-day” over your first trimester situation?

It’s possible to do both, by the way.?You have to have a real life, folks.

That’s the whole point of striving for a successful business, in my most humble opinion.

To have the freedom to live, to love, to laugh.

To travel.?

To stop, and smell the sweet honeysuckle.?

I love the idea of looking at goals, maybe more than straight business financial performance in 3 equal chunks of 4 months each.?

You’ve got first quarter reporting, and you’ll soon know about April.

How did that size up?

Are your key performance indicators making you smile?

(“Wait…precious, what is key performance indicators?” in Gollum’s voice).

If you’ve been wondering if you could take your business to the next level with the right numbers guy.

If you wish you had information that could have helped you stop from making the last bad decision you made.

If you knew exactly how much of your money you could spend on yourself.

What would it be worth to you to have that kind of support in your “business corner”?

You don’t have to shout out “Mayday!” to get help.

Or to find out if these things are possible for you.

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Mayday could be a significant date on your calendar.

The day you decided to make a revolutionary change in your business.

We’d love to talk about it, no cost to you, and find out for sure.

Happy May Day, everybody!