Share your interactive ePaper on all platforms and on your website with our embed function. It is Labor Day weekendas I am writingthis message.
Forthose of us who liveup north, our year reallybegins on this holiday. It is the beginning offootball season. We cometo the hard reality that whatoutside work needs donewill have to get done soonto prepare for the winter—Iowa winters can be brutal. We look forward tothis time with hope and anticipation.
It does notneed to be earth shaking. Anything new opens themind. It can better prepare us for a problem or aquestion on a future job. For example, buy a metricruler and learn how to read it.
Check out a bookor some video from the AWCI library. Above all,attend a guild meeting and share experiences withothers in the craft. Ask questions; share your expertise. One new thing learned can translate into thousandsof dollars of increased income or improvedproductivity. Increased contacts can mean referralopportunities. It can mean finding someone who hasa specialized skill that might help you out someday. I received a call last week from someonewho thought we went out of business as we hadchanged our telephone number about four yearsago.
I told him our ad was in every issue of the varioustrade magazines. He has no idea ofanything going on in the industry or new productsfor his craft. While on the subject of change and innovation, wehave new personnel at AWCI. We welcome Ms. We look forward toher using these skills to promote membership, advertisingrevenue, and getting the word out aboutAWCI.
