Since the beginning of Rapidparts time, the first Friday of every month has been better known as “Cake Day”. The concept is quite simple – we celebrate and recognize the employees that have a birthday that month by having cake. Through the years, the cake has gotten quite bigger as we have grown (in some cases, literally!), but the process has always remained the same. Our world gets a bit rocked when we have to defer from the normal schedule, for instance when we close for the 4th of July that happens to fall on a Friday. Apparently, cake tastes different on Thursday?! Cake Day has become an integral part of our culture at Rapidparts!

Recently, I was strongly reminded of this. In the spirit of expense control, I decided to rank a few of our benefits and perks along with their corresponding annual cost to Rapidparts. Starting at the bottom of the list (where one could find “one cake per month for all employees”), I polled a group of colleagues and asked for their thoughts on what would happen if we potentially scaled back on a few of those little things. The response that I received was an astonishing, unanimous “there is no way you can take the cake out of Rapidparts!” I heard similar responses for the remainder of the little things on my list.

The point was well taken that little things make a huge impact! With that said, I challenge everyone to take a step back to become aware of all the little things you do in life and the corresponding impact they have on other people. The behavioral choices that you make every day have a critical impact on other people. Having this conscious awareness, the next step is challenging yourself in how to make better choices in each little thing you do.

And yes, we will continue to have our cake and eat it too!