2014

Hello all,

"2014"

Happy New Year to everyone! Attached is our master events calendar for 2014, please save the dates in your calendars. I would like to thank all of you for being a part of our office in 2013, it was quite the year and 2014 is going to be that much better. Our first sales meeting for the year will be this Friday 1/10, 11:15 at Lakewood Country Club. The theme for the meeting will be the production numbers for the offices and goals for 2014. In the February sales meeting we will be giving out individual awards, the numbers for both are very impressive. Look forward to seeing everyone on Friday.

Enjoy the coffee,

Joe  

INSPIRATION FOR TODAY:

 

"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat."

 

- Theodore Roosevelt

 

TOUGH LESSONS!

 

In an old "Peanuts" cartoon, Sally is making a list while Charlie Brown looks on. Sally says, "I'm making a list of all the things I've learned in life . . ." In the next panel she continues with, "Well, actually, I'm making two lists." Charlie questions, "Why is one list longer than the other?" Holding up the much longer list, Sally explains, "These are the things I've learned the hard way!"

 

It's easy to chuckle a little at the part about "learning things the hard way," isn't it? We've all done that. There's really a more revealing message in this simple cartoon.

 

The short list of things we've learned generally contains lessons that required no effort, or lessons we learned passively, while just listening or observing. For instance, we learned simple courtesies from our first grade teacher. We learned historical names and dates from our history teacher. We learned to tie knots from our scout leader. Our parents taught us to share. The list goes on.

 

The important list, the one that's much longer, contains the things we've learned from experience. These lessons are endless, and no matter how trifling the lesson, we learned one every time we took action. We dared to try a two-wheel bicycle and crashed - several times. We tried out for the school play - and made fools of ourselves in front of friends.

 

By attempting - at the possible expense of our pride, our self-esteem, or our physical well-being - we either succeeded or failed (and learned a lesson). It is our actions that produce results and teach us those valuable lessons. Teddy Roosevelt said it right: "Far better to dare mighty things . . ."