A few days ago I was called to give a conference at a university, the subject was open, so I decided to choose excellence. I can tell you that I'm quite enjoying working on this, which is why I want to share a little of what it will be about.
Someone wrote: "Excellence is achieved when someone is more interested in what others believe is necessary to be interested, when someone risks more than others think they should risk, when someone dreams more than others think is possible to dream and when someone expects more than others expect. "
This made me think of Doña Chuyita Montoya, who has a business of selling cemitas, corycos, pies and all kinds of typical desserts of this region(Sinaloa, Mexico.) Since I can remember, this lady was selling desserts in her home. The whole town knows about her business, The Cemitas of Avenida Carranza. They are very popular, why? This good woman has dedicated her entire life to her business.
This afternoon I visited her and she told me her story in a nutshell. She is 82 years old, gets up at three o'clock to work hard preparing delicious desserts and she serves her customers with a nice smile upon her lips.
I think no one could contradict me. Her cemitas and other desserts taste like heaven (super delicious)
This leads me to think and say as Martin Luther King would say, "If a person dedicates his/her life to sweeping streets, he should sweep like Michelangelo sculpted, like Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare composed poetry. So later people can say, he was a great street-sweeper!"
The world needs people like her! Doña Chuyita practiced excellence because she has been more interested in her business than other sellers of bread have, she has risked more, working overtime despite her age, and she has dreamed and expected more than others!
She is definitely a real example of excellence. A thousand congratulations, Chuyita!! We love you and wish you all the blessings!
Have a great week!
DoraLic.
Someone wrote: "Excellence is achieved when someone is more interested in what others believe is necessary to be interested, when someone risks more than others think they should risk, when someone dreams more than others think is possible to dream and when someone expects more than others expect. "
This made me think of Doña Chuyita Montoya, who has a business of selling cemitas, corycos, pies and all kinds of typical desserts of this region(Sinaloa, Mexico.) Since I can remember, this lady was selling desserts in her home. The whole town knows about her business, The Cemitas of Avenida Carranza. They are very popular, why? This good woman has dedicated her entire life to her business.
This afternoon I visited her and she told me her story in a nutshell. She is 82 years old, gets up at three o'clock to work hard preparing delicious desserts and she serves her customers with a nice smile upon her lips.
I think no one could contradict me. Her cemitas and other desserts taste like heaven (super delicious)
This leads me to think and say as Martin Luther King would say, "If a person dedicates his/her life to sweeping streets, he should sweep like Michelangelo sculpted, like Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare composed poetry. So later people can say, he was a great street-sweeper!"
The world needs people like her! Doña Chuyita practiced excellence because she has been more interested in her business than other sellers of bread have, she has risked more, working overtime despite her age, and she has dreamed and expected more than others!
She is definitely a real example of excellence. A thousand congratulations, Chuyita!! We love you and wish you all the blessings!
Have a great week!
DoraLic.
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