President's Message
You Have to Fail to Win!
Life is not without its failures, mistakes and regrets. As a first year associate at AGG, I had been asked to draft a document. When the partner reviewed my work, he drew a picture something like this one.
However, in his picture, my arrow went flying off to the side missing the tree entirely! We laughed, but it was clearly a Failure! He then instructed me what I had done wrong and made me redo the work. I was asked to do work I had never done before, many times outside my comfort zone, and do it perfectly because that was the standard at AGG. I learned how to do the work the right way through a series of mistakes and failures. I’ll bet you have too. Our failures may in fact make us great. John Wooden won 11 National Basketball Titles in 12 years, but won no national title for the 16 years prior to the first championship. That’s right,16 years of what he called “preparation.” Michael Jordan missed 9000 shots in his career. Tom Brady threw an interception in this year’s Super Bowl on the first pass play! Taking risks and accepting failure as a requirement of learning is essential to our success.
This week, Mark McGraw, sales coach and owner of Sandler Training, will share ideas on improving the quality of our lives by stepping outside of our comfort zones along with proven strategies to take smart risks. Don’t miss it!
President Becky
P.S. This week we have the opportunity to read to Kindergartners. Reading opens the world to the reader and is a basis for success throughout our lives. Share the joy of reading on Friday or Monday! Sign up for our Read Across America project and receive a free Be THE Voice t-shirt!
READERS: Pick up your Book and T-shirt at Rotary on Thursday!
This Week's Speaker
Help People - Make Money - Have Fun is Mark McGraw's motto. For over 25 years Mark has been coaching business owners, salespeople and leaders on how to get more out of their business and life. Sixteen years ago he stepped out of his comfort zone and left corporate America and crossed into a new world as an entrepreneur and business owner. Mark's primary business is Sandler Training, a sales and customer service training company in Atlanta. In 2017 his peers acknowledged him with the "David H. Sandler" award which is a lifetime achievement award for his business.
Charity Spotlight
Roswell Historical Society
Mission:
To collect, preserve, share, and promote the history of the city of Roswell and its environs.
Fast Facts:
- Established in 1971, RHS is Roswell’s oldest historic preservation organization.
- Over the last forty years, RHS has collected considerable holdings of historically significant materials and artifacts which are recorded and preserved at the Research Library and Archives.
- The RHS Research Library and Archives houses collections of manuscripts, maps, books, audio/visual material, visual arts, photographs, newspapers, pamphlets, residence and family files, textiles, and artifacts related to Roswell and its environs.
- Since 2015, RHS has raised funds to purchase wreaths as part of the Wreaths Across America Program to be placed on 240 veterans' graves in four cemeteries: Lebanon Baptist, Pleasant Hill, Mount Oliver, and Old Roswell Cemetery.
- RHS is committed to preserving and restoring the historic cemeteries of Roswell. Efforts to date include:
- 131 monuments have been professionally restored
- Over 950 monuments have been properly and safely cleaned
- Over 74 organizations have volunteered their time, or donated funds or professional talents
- To share Roswell’s history, RHS is developing biographies and showcasing them during “Beyond My Stone,” an interactive tour featuring notable Roswell citizens buried at Old Roswell Cemetery.
- RHS is working to preserve the Hembree Farm, circa. 1835, which includes a portion of the original Hembree farmstead, one of the oldest in north Fulton County.
- The RHS Markers program has placed 34 historic markers around Roswell on properties that have been identified as having historic significance.
Find out more:
www.roswellhistoricalsociety.org
Read Across America
Can you find an extra 20 minutes to spare for kids?
You are invited to read to classrooms at local elementary schools in celebration of Read Across America Day. This is normally celebrated on March 2nd, Dr. Seuss's Birthday. Since the 2nd falls on a Saturday this year, we will be reading to classes on the 1st and 4th. Readers will receive a copy of The Invisible Boy by Trudie Ludwig. It is a beautiful book about kindness. After you read the book to the class you can leave it for the students to enjoy, as a donation from the Rotary Club of Roswell. Roswell's kindergarten and preK students will be so excited to see you visit their classrooms and read this special book! Have fun Reading Across Roswell!
Please sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F49AAAD22A3FA7-read
Readers will also receive a free Be THE Voice t-shirt to reinforce the message of the book!
23rd Annual Roswell Rotary Relays
Volunteers Needed!
The 23rd Annual Roswell Rotary Relays will be held on Saturday, March 16th at Roswell High School.As the sponsor of the Relays. our Rotary Club provides volunteers to help run the events during the day long competition as well as staff our coach’s hospitality room. I would like to encourage everyone to please consider giving some of your time to help with this great event. The Relays start at 9:00 AM and usually finishes around 5:00. Our greatest need is for volunteers in the morning to cover both sessions of the field events, usually until around 1:00. Our hospitality committee needs help from around 10:00 to 3:00. We also have positions that we need to cover in the afternoon during the running events.If you can come early and stay all day that would be great, but even if you can only volunteer for a few hours any help is greatly appreciated.
Stacy Sims is coordinating the volunteers again this year, please stop by the sign up table at our Thursday meeting and we will sign you up to help. If you have any questions or want to volunteer please contact Stacy at stacysims74@gmail.com or you can text Stacy at 770-883-8809.
Thank you,
Bruce Smith, Chairman
Roswell Rotary Relays
TIME TO REGISTER!
DISTRICT CONFERENCE AT SANDESTIN!
The Rotary Bandit is racing to SanDestin arriving April 25 - 28, 2019 singing:
- We are Sandestin bound and down, loaded up and truckin',
- We're gonna do what they say can't be done.
- We've got a long way to go and a short time to get there.
- We are Sandestin bound, just watch ol' "Rotary Bandit" run.
District Conference registration is now open.
Be sure to get your Adult Big Wheel Team together for Thursday night! The First 5 Teams from Roswell Rotary will be FREE! See Michael Gould to sign-up your team!
Click Here to Register.
See you there for Adult Spring Break!
Roswell Rotarians Supporting Important Causes!
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