http://www.aspirekc.com/Blog/2007/10/22/do-you-celebrate-success/ Bigger, Better, Business Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:07:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.aspirekc.com/Blog/2007/10/22/do-you-celebrate-success/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Adam Sonnhalter Sat, 03 Nov 2007 11:17:27 +0000 http://www.aspirekc.com/Blog/2007/10/22/do-you-celebrate-success/#comment-33 Boy you've really hit a chord with me this month Shawn. I just had an experience with this success thing this past week. I'm part of a networking group called Business Network International (BNI) and one of our members mentioned almost under her breath to the group that she was going to be celebrating her 13th anniversary in business this month. Another member who presented that morning handed out a postcard that highlighted the fact that they were celebrating their 20th year in business, but she made no verbal mention of this. So later in the meeting I stood up and encouraged everyone to give a round of applause to both of our members who were celebrating anniversaries because, to your point, us business owners don't spend enough time celebrating the positive. I'm sure you've seen all the same stats that I have. Any business that has been around for at least 10 years is in the top 10% from a survival standpoint when compared to the million other businesses that started the same time they did. What could be better to celebrate! -Adam Boy you’ve really hit a chord with me this month Shawn. I just had an experience with this success thing this past week. I’m part of a networking group called Business Network International (BNI) and one of our members mentioned almost under her breath to the group that she was going to be celebrating her 13th anniversary in business this month. Another member who presented that morning handed out a postcard that highlighted the fact that they were celebrating their 20th year in business, but she made no verbal mention of this. So later in the meeting I stood up and encouraged everyone to give a round of applause to both of our members who were celebrating anniversaries because, to your point, us business owners don’t spend enough time celebrating the positive.
I’m sure you’ve seen all the same stats that I have. Any business that has been around for at least 10 years is in the top 10% from a survival standpoint when compared to the million other businesses that started the same time they did. What could be better to celebrate!
-Adam

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