From the Editor
Get Busy
Luis Ayala
It seems to me that it was only a couple of months ago that I was recapping 2020 and now I find myself doing the exact thing for 2021!
It has been said that time flies when you are having fun, and this year has surely flown by, but it was not exactly all fun and games! Pandemic-related challenges are still out there, mutating and reverberating while many of us try to adjust.
I’ve found that the best way to remain sane during these insane times has been to “get busy” planning, preparing, reviewing, adjusting, learning, etc.
American business icon Dale Carnegie once wrote:
"Inaction breeds doubt and fear.
Action breeds confidence and courage.
If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it.
Go out and get busy."
As a result of “getting busy,” we have been able to develop new product lines, to improve processes at our Distilled Spirits Plant and to offer products to our clients at more competitive prices than we thought possible.
“Getting busy” also applies to life at home: find a room or closet that needs organizing, find a tree that needs pruning, find things that are not as useful to you but that could be useful to other people.
And if you run out of things to get busy with, you can always try getting busy helping other people get busy! Many people around us (especially the young professionals with little experience facing pandemic-scale problems) could really use a guiding light or a sounding board.
2021 presented us with a lot of opportunities to learn, adjust and grow. I hope this was the case with you and those around you. If not, don’t despair, as Carnegie said “go out and get busy.”
Cheers!
Luis Ayala,
Editor and Publisher
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