< Previous20 JANUARY 2021HIGH-PERFORMANCE HVAC TODAY Did You Know ... The NCI website is one of the most amazing tools members have? No mat- ter if you are a new member or an ex- isting one, when is the last time you went to nationalcomfortinstitute.com , logged in, and explored? The “NCI Dashboard” is your table of contents to everything your member- ship provides: ● The latest information on NCI’s annual conference (NCI Summit) ● The Member Rewards Training Incentive Partner Program (TIPP) ● NCI Training and Event schedules ● NCI Online University ● NCI Webinar Archive ● PowerPack ● I-NCI ● Article Library ● NCI Online Store ... and so much more. Each of these categories on your dash- board leads you to pages that explain what they are and how you can take ad- vantage of their features and benefits. New to the NCI training arsenal is the Distance Learning Program — an out- growth of live, in-person training cus- tomized for use over the Internet. It in- cludes both self-directed and live online classes that range from NCI’s founda- tional HVAC System Performance class, “Airflow Testing and Diagnostics,” and “Performance-Based Selling,” to recerti- fication for a number of other NCI certi- fications. This is perfect during the pandemic to keep your teams up-to-date on their training and certifications when in-class- room training is not available in your area. Schedules of these classes go out to members each week. The team at NCI work continuously to bring you new training classes as well as upgrading existing ones to keep your personnel up-to-speed on the latest ad- vances in High-Performance HVAC test- ing, diagnostics, and more. By the way, the NCI website also links you to our National Balancing Council page for those of you in the commercial testing and balancing marketplace, as well as a consumer site that includes a “Find-A-Contractor” locator listing NCI members at the top. Learn more by visiting the website today. And remem- ber, if you have any questions about the site, your member- ship, or anything NCI-related, you can call our Customer Care line at 800-633- 7058. If It’s January, It’s PowerPack Time Welcome to 2021 and the first Power- Pack of the new year. Hopefully, you and your team made good use of the De- cember PowerPack and are now ready to start this year right. These tools include access to some of National Comfort Institute’s (NCI) record- ed webinars, online training, and down- loads. Be sure to share them with your team during the month of January. Please Note: Some of the tools in- cluded in the PowerPack each month may not be normally accessible with your membership subscription pack- age. However, you will be able to access these tools through this PowerPack por- tal during the current month. So without further ado, here is what the January 2021 PowerPack includes: ■ Achieve Your Goals Through Delegation (Webinar) ■ Six Steps to Achieving Your Goals (Online Training) ■ The HVAC Industry Needs a Return to Craftsmanship (Article) ■ Strategic Planning and SWOT Analysis Worksheet (Download) ■ Estimating R-Value Chart (Download) . Don’t waste a minute! Access these tools and remember to share them with your entire team. The January PowerPack can be found at ncilink.com/PwrPak. If you have any questions, or if you have any difficulty accessing these tools, be sure to contact your Customer Care team at 800-633-7058. NCI MEMBER UPDATE “THE NCI WEBSITE IS ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING TOOLS NEW AND EXISTING MEMBERS HAVE ACCESS TO. SEE IT AT NATIONALCOMFORTINSTITUTE.COM.JANUARY 2021 21HVACTODAY.COM HVAC SMART MART Advertiser Index HIGH-PERFORMANCE HVAC TODAYHVAC TODAY TM AD INDEX To Subscribe to High-Performance HVAC Today: ONLINE: Visit HVACToday.com/subscribe for a FREE digital subscription. PRINT: 1 year/$72; single copy $7. Canada: 1 year/$92; single copy $9. Payable in advance with U.S. funds. Prepaid subscriptions may be sent to: High-Performance HVAC Today, PO Box 147, Avon Lake, OH 44012. Phone: 440-949-1850; toll free 800-633-7058; or visit HVACToday.com/subscribe to order online. Publisher Dominick Guarino Editor-in-Chief and Associate Publisher Mike Weil Art Director Connie Conklin Online Development Director Brian Roseman Circulation Manager Andrea Begany-Garsed Go to ncilink.com/ContactMe with your comments and questions. 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Eliminate things you have stored up but haven’t looked at or used in several years – you probably never will. 5. Reduce Distractions. If you find yourself getting distracted a lot, and becoming frustrat- ed about not getting things done quickly enough, maybe it’s time to try something different. This might include letting phones go to voice- mail, turning off text and instant messaging, clos- ing your door, and removing as many distractions as possible. Try this for a month. Make it a hab- it, and you will wonder how you were ever able to get anything done before. 6. See Your Commitments Through. It’s very easy to get excited about a new project, focus a bunch of energy on it, then halfway through see another “shiny object,” and start on that. Before you know it you have a bunch of unfinished proj- ects. How frustrating is that? If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone. That doesn’t mean you can’t have multiple projects go- ing on at the same time. Most people don’t have the luxury of just doing one thing at a time. Try this: As you complete a step in a project, immedi- ately schedule the next step. With your project “timelines” all on one page, you can see when a project is slipping, and make a decision to put it on hold, or slow down on the others so you can get it back on track. Read four more 2021 resolutions by going to the web-version of this editorial at ncilink.com/Resolutions E ach year millions of people make resolu- tions on what they will start or stop doing in the new year. One key to successfully keeping a resolution is making it specific and measurable. If you are still working on yours, below are 10 ideas for commitments you can make in your pro- fessional and personal life – many apply to both! These are meant as suggestions, so don’t feel like you have to tackle every one of them. If any appeal to you, add them to any other resolutions you want to make, and write them all down. Make sure you create measurable objectives. 1. Take Better Care of Yourself. Are you spending enough time taking care of your health? Without good health, none of your other resolu- tions matter. Most of us struggle with this area, whether it’s weight gain, poor eating, lack of exercise, poor sleep, smoking, alcohol consumption – or other unhealthy behaviors. If any of these hit home, take a good hard look at which ones are affecting you the most, and make a specific, written commitment to make changes to get yourself on the path to physical wellness. 2. Feed Your Brain. Do you spend enough time learning? When was the last time you read or listened to a good book that brought you new knowledge? Maybe it’s time to commit to read- ing at least one edifying book a month, or perhaps start with one a quarter. What’s important is your commitment to a number and follow through. 3. Improve Your Work/Life Balance. Most professionals spend too many hours working and not enough time living their lives outside of work. Sound familiar? One way to break this cycle is to commit specific blocks of time for activities out- side of work. They can be structured, like new hobbies, sports, or other interests, or as simple as cooking a meal from scratch every week, reading a book, or new activities with your spouse or loved ones. Maybe Dominick Guarino is publisher of High-Performance HVAC Today magazine and CEO of National Comfort Institute, Inc. He can be reached at ncilink.com/ContactMe ONE MORE THING... By Dominick Guarino What Are Your New Year’s Resolutions?Next >