Many leaders ascend rungs quickly, mistaking momentum for meaning. Covey reminds us to pause and examine the wall itself. Principle-centered vision begins with conscience: What is the highest aim we must serve? When that question governs strategy, activity transforms from frantic busyness into intentional progress. Speed matters only after significance is settled.

Next comes alignment: values, roles, systems, and habits must point in the same direction or friction wastes potential. Covey’s weekly planning matrix, anchored in Quadrant II, forces leaders to invest first in relationship building, renewal, and long-range preparation. By scheduling big-rock priorities before pebbles, we honor natural laws of effectiveness instead of calendar tyranny.

Finally, measurement completes the loop. Instead of tallying emails answered, track meaningful trust created, teams developed, and customers uplifted. Reflection each evening adjusts the ladder one rung at a time toward true north. When leaders routinely realign purpose, priority, and performance, organizations gain both moral authority and durable, visible, widespread results in the compounding interest of disciplined integrity.

Schedule big-rock priorities first, align tasks with core values, and review progress honestly before bedtime tonight.

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Tradepoint Atlantic quietly closed on 15 acres along U.S. Route 1 in Savage last Friday, launching a $100 million overhaul dubbed Tradepoint at Savage Crossing. Crews will strip a disused 1970s distribution shell and pour deep foundations this month, replacing it with three Class A flex warehouses totaling 500,000 square feet. County officials hailed the project as the corridor’s largest investment in decades, leveraged by new Live-Where-You-Work abatements.

Clayco will raise tilt-up walls, set 36-foot clear heights, and pre-wire docks for future automation, while Vulcan digs for a 5-megawatt substation feeding roof solar arrays expected to offset thirty percent of site power. Demolition rubble will be crushed on-site and reused, diverting roughly 8,400 tons from landfill.

Tradepoint predicts 300 union craft jobs at peak and 500 permanent logistics roles when tenants arrive in late 2027. Analysts say the hub will absorb e-commerce overflow from the Port of Baltimore and catalyze additional infill between Savage and Jessup, strengthening Maryland’s industrial crescent.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says its Detroit District has cleared the final design on a $15 million overhaul of Sebewaing, Michigan’s sagging south-bank levee, allowing bids by July 1. After years of anxious waiting, crews already draped a turbidity curtain and staged sandbags while engineers prepared for heavy sheet-piling rigs.

The plan calls for 2,300 feet of eroded earthen berm to be swapped for interlocking steel walls mirroring the sturdier north bank. A wider stop-log gate near First Street will speed storm closures. Mobilization begins in September, pauses for winter, and finishes next spring an eighteen-month build made possible by design-build authority. Work unfolds beside Lake Huron’s shoreline.

Funding blends federal risk-reduction cash, a Michigan Clean Water loan, and a five-percent local match. Although the Corps rates the stretch “low life-safety risk,” ice-jam breaches have repeatedly soaked nearby basements and businesses. Residents plan a waterfront party when the last sheet locks, hoping the sugar-beet economy can finally grow without flood anxiety.

Atlanta-based Vista Residential Partners broke ground Monday on Williams Ranch Vista, a 375-unit garden-style community planned for Fort Bend County, about 28 miles southwest of Houston. The project marks the developer’s first foray into Texas and kicks off within the larger Williams Ranch mixed-use district neighboring Rosenberg.

Spanning 18.2 acres, the site will host one- and two-bedroom apartments wrapped around a resort-style pool, dog park, fitness studio, and concierge-style clubhouse with coffee bar and package lockers. Financing partners include Parse Capital, Andreessen Horowitz’s real-estate fund, BOK Financial, and the Rosenberg Housing Authority, reflecting a public-private push to expand regional housing supply.

Vertical construction is scheduled through early 2027, with first move-ins expected in late 2026 as crews sequence buildings to shorten delivery timelines. Vista says its Houston debut answers surging demand from petrochemical and logistics hires flocking to Fort Bend, a county that added more than 20,000 residents last year despite elevated mortgage rates. Rents will be published in early 2026.

Introduction
Good morning, Team! Today's toolbox talk covers safe manual handling of glass. Glass is fragile, sharp, and heavy improper handling poses risks of severe cuts and injuries.

Why It Matters
Incorrect glass handling can cause deep cuts, lacerations, and muscle strains. Proper methods protect your safety and prevent damage.

Strategies for Safe Glass Handling

Discussion Questions

Conclusion
Proper handling prevents injuries when working with glass. Always use PPE, the right equipment, and clear teamwork.

Handle safely and avoid injuries!