CELEBRATE AMERICA

As business owners, leaders, managers and executives, it is time that we CELEBRATE our great country and be thankful for the opportunity to engage in this wonderful free enterprise system that allows us to set our goals, work our plans and achieve from our commitment the bounty of our labor. Thank you for your commitment to business success and to your community at large.  As citizens of the business community and the community at large, it is imperative that we foster a spirit of community and business co-operation and teamwork that strenthens the values of our community, our state, our nation and the world.  Only then will we be able to truly enjoy the benefits of freedom,  and foster a viable future for ourselves and others.

I found a great poem from an unknown source that allows us to gain the spirit of the sacrifice that was delivered so that we might enjoy the freedoms of today.  It also has a warning for all if needed actions are not taken.  Its meaning has much for all of us to not only commit to follow but to pass along to the next generation. It is entitled:

"ONLY THE DEAD WILL BE FREE"

If we lose in our struggle for freedom;

It we fail at the task we must do;

If we shrink form the turmoil of conflict,

or quit --ere the battle is through...

If we heed not the plight of the vanquished;

If we turn from the brunt of the clash;

If we barter our souls, in our folly,

For the yoke--and the goad--and the leash. 

It is we, who will envy the fallen

Should we bow to the tyrant's decree...

--Only our dead will find solace;

And only our dead will be Free!

In bondage, our loved ones will cower;

Abject and despised and depraved:

Our faith and tenets "Verboten"--

Our hopes and our children enslaved!

"Old Glory" will be but a mem'ry

As we mourn by Liberty's bier;

A once proud and resolute Nation,

Degraded and cringing in fear:

Our Shrines will be crumbled and broken,

And the slaver will scoff at our plea...

--Only our dead will be Victors:

And only our dead will be Free!

Celebrate this Fourth of July as you are able with friends, family, business associates, clients and the community.  Reflect upon freedom and all that is possible in our great land.  Thank you again for your commitment to business excellence!  You are appreciated!

Watch for our upcoming series on the "5 Frequent Roadblocks To Success."  For information about how we might partner together and help you better lead in your business, more effectively reach your goals and better manage stress in the process, contact me:  herman@thinkbigcoachingandtraining.com or give us a call direct:

843-879-3740  or directly to my website:  www.thinkbigcoachingandtraining.com