![]() The point is not whether or not people obtain goals or get promoted. That whole "if a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it does it still make a sound" theory is not applicable here. "but this past UTA was so busy," or "I meant to make it but the important part is that they got promoted right?" Those 27 promotes worked long and hard to obtain their goal and get a promotion and yet there were very few of their peers, families, and co-workers in the audience to recognize them. It is so important to visually (and audibly) recognize people for their accomplishments. There were many people missing in the audience that day, people who should have been there to share in the joyous occasion with these Airmen. But that clapping was not as loud as I had hoped it would be. ![]() ![]() We may stop for a moment to listen for that internal clapping the self-tap on the back, but for 27 members of the wing, the base recognition ceremony brought that internal clapping out externally into the open during a ceremony at the Navy auditorium Sept. When a person accomplishes a long-sought after goal of making the next rank, we tend to start focusing on what is needed to progress to the subsequent rank or position, and we forget about that other old saying "stop and smell the roses". We rely not only our skills to make it, but also on our supervisors, families and our mentors to assist us though out our careers. Paul IAP ARS - Have you ever heard the old saying "it's lonely at the top" if that is true why do we work so hard to get there? We spend years preparing and working our way up to the top even though we hear how tough it is at the top. ![]()
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