Leadership demands intentional choices. When you prioritize what matters, you reduce noise and amplify outcomes. Clarity turns effort into progress and prevents busywork from stealing the day. Setting boundaries is not selfish; it protects focus and energy for the pursuits that actually move teams forward.

Define your essential outcomes for the quarter and limit goals to the vital few. Translate them into daily actions you can finish. Say yes to the work only you can do, and delegate or delete the rest. Protect deep work on your calendar, and review progress weekly to course correct early.

Model essentialism in every meeting. Start with purpose, decide quickly, and leave with owners and deadlines captured in writing. Celebrate progress and learning, not constant availability. When your calendar mirrors your priorities, trust grows, pace quickens, and results compound across the team.

For ninety days, define essentials, protect daily focus, delegate nonessentials, and review weekly to align actions with purpose and results.

Progress grows where purpose meets performance. AGCO advances agriculture by designing machines and precision technology that help farms do more with less. From intelligent tractors to connected planters and harvesters, the focus is simple and demanding: deliver dependable power, accurate placement, and real-time insight so every pass creates value. The result is greater yields, lower waste, and confidence when the weather tests resolve.

Farmer First is more than a motto. It is how teams listen to growers, build open systems, and turn complex data into simple decisions. Service partners stand shoulder to shoulder through planting windows and harvest rush, reducing downtime and sharpening every input. With training, parts support, and proactive diagnostics, people and machines work as one to keep seasons on track.

The future of food depends on resilient operations. By pairing engineering excellence with sustainability goals, AGCO helps producers conserve soil, save fuel, and protect each acre. When farmers have clarity and control, communities are fed, businesses thrive, and stewardship endures. Start where you are, learn from each field, and scale what works. Progress is a practice, and it begins today.

AGCO accelerates farmer success with dependable machines, precision technology, support networks, and sustainability, turning daily decisions into lasting, resilient progress.

This week in Brooklyn, crews began installing center-running bus lanes on Flatbush Avenue, starting between Livingston and State Streets. The design shifts buses away from curb conflicts and includes camera enforcement after striping and signage are in place. Two blocks should finish within two weeks, weather permitting, with further segments following.

Center running lanes separate buses from turning cars and loading zones, reducing friction at busy intersections. Dedicated space and fewer merges raise person throughput and reliability. On similar corridors, NYC DOT measured bus speed increases up to 43 percent after installation.

Construction proceeds in stages: paint lanes, uncover signs, adjust signals, then add boarding islands next year to protect riders and calm traffic. Expect short-term lane shifts and directed turns to keep vehicles moving while work zones are active. The aim is faster buses, safer crossings, and steadier travel for everyone.

Watch crews, obey markings, and respect bus-only lanes; camera enforcement and work keep traffic moving and improve rider safety.

Beginning October 1, California’s AB 130 temporarily limits new residential building-standard changes. Until June 1, 2031, state adopters and local governments generally cannot introduce fresh residential code amendments, aiming to reduce patchwork requirements and speed housing delivery.

Specified exceptions remain: emergency health and safety measures, home-hardening provisions, single-stair study items, adaptive reuse and water-efficiency work, incorporation of the latest model codes, and federal accessibility updates. Localities may keep substantially equivalent amendments already in effect by September 20, 2025.

For builders, this week’s takeaway is clarity. Projects should reference statewide standards without city-by-city reach-code add-ons, unless an exception applies. Confirm which local amendments survive, update specs and energy models, and align schedules to avoid surprises as permit reviews pivot.

Map surviving amendments, design to statewide code, document exceptions, and coordinate with officials before bidding to minimize redesigns and delays.

Good morning, Team!

Today, we are covering the safe use of angle grinders, cutoff wheels, and bench grinders.

Why It Matters

Wheel failures, kickback, and flying fragments can cause eye injuries, deep cuts, and fires. Sparks travel far and may ignite hidden combustibles.

Strategies for Safe Grinding and Cutting

Discussion Questions

Conclusion

Correct wheel choice, solid guarding, and controlled technique prevent injuries and fires.

Choose it, guard it, grind smart!