The evening of March 6 we celebrated the best of the best in our Chamber. More than 50 companies were nominated for an award that would signify their hard work and dedication to success in their industry. Thirty of the 52 were selected as finalists and nine were selected as the winner in their segment of the economy.
I want to salute all 52 nominees because in addition to being a successful company, they also act as role models for others.
When reading the nominations, you begin to see a thread of dedication and devotion in each company.
Roger Babson, an American statistician, said, "Opportunities are greater today than ever before in history. Young people graduating from our schools have greater chances for health, happiness and prosperity than had the children of any previous generation. A little money does more today to set up a young man or woman in business than it ever has before. There is a greater demand today for people of character than at any time in the history of America. Industry, intelligence, imagination and persistence are great goldmines."
Babson is right. All of our nominees have these thoughts running through their veins.
Another thought from the past that is true today is one by Col. R.I. Rees:
"Formal education is but an incident in the lifetime of an individual. Most of us who have given the subject any study have come to realize that education is a continuous process ending only when ambition comes to a halt."
These men and women from our nominated companies are all educated, but are still learning every day from others around them.
Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else. I have learned something every day of my life and will never stop opening my mind to new things.
Our board Chairman John Osborne put it best in his column this month, "Embrace change or be left behind."
Congratulations to all of our nominees, finalists and Best of the Best.
Remember the day you quit learning you quit earning.
I want to salute all 52 nominees because in addition to being a successful company, they also act as role models for others.
When reading the nominations, you begin to see a thread of dedication and devotion in each company.
Roger Babson, an American statistician, said, "Opportunities are greater today than ever before in history. Young people graduating from our schools have greater chances for health, happiness and prosperity than had the children of any previous generation. A little money does more today to set up a young man or woman in business than it ever has before. There is a greater demand today for people of character than at any time in the history of America. Industry, intelligence, imagination and persistence are great goldmines."
Babson is right. All of our nominees have these thoughts running through their veins.
Another thought from the past that is true today is one by Col. R.I. Rees:
"Formal education is but an incident in the lifetime of an individual. Most of us who have given the subject any study have come to realize that education is a continuous process ending only when ambition comes to a halt."
These men and women from our nominated companies are all educated, but are still learning every day from others around them.
Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else. I have learned something every day of my life and will never stop opening my mind to new things.
Our board Chairman John Osborne put it best in his column this month, "Embrace change or be left behind."
Congratulations to all of our nominees, finalists and Best of the Best.
Remember the day you quit learning you quit earning.