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Author: David Daggett Created: 8/23/2007 4:22 AM
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There’s No Shortcut to Hard Work
By David Daggett on 8/20/2007 8:31 AM

There's No Shortcut to Hard Work      

Hard work usually ends up with positive results, and, as we all know, there is rarely a shortcut to hard work. The exciting thing about hard work is how good and rewarding it always feels when the results are reached and the benefits gained.                      

      This past weekend Doug Nauman and I went on a little bicycle ride that included a long climb up to about 3000 feet on the Blue Ridge Parkway. There was no easy way up. Above is a photo we took of ourselves using t ...

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Teamwork
By David Daggett on 8/14/2007 8:26 AM

Teamwork    

     In some of the reading I did this past week I came across an article defining Teamwork as a group working together in a way that the collective value of individuals’ contributions is greater than the total of each individual’s contribution. You may need to read that again and pay particular attention to where the apostrophe falls. Unfortunately, I don’t remember the source - fortunately, I do remember the message.

     This message is very consistent with our firm philosophy. Mike Lewis is fond of saying “none of us is as smart as all of us.” Each individual is important to us, and likewise each individual makes us all better.

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Commitment!
By David Daggett on 8/7/2007 8:26 AM

     Commitment!

     Commitment is a timeless virtue and is certainly valued by us at Lewis & Daggett. It seems that in the hustle bustle and ever changing modern society that commitment isn’t what it used to be. Perhaps that is why we tend to value it so much when we see it.

     We have discussed before how proud we are of our Lewis and Daggett team. We recently reflected on all of our folks who have been with us for more than 10 years - wow!  On top of that, we just had two long term folks celebrate 17 and 18 years with us. Pictured below are Ann Clifton (18 years) and Ken Haynes (17 years):

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