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SUCCESSFUL CLUB
My View of a Successful Club
by Cathy French. ACG, ALB
What is Success?
Success = Doing the right things at the right
Time!!
Success can mean feeling that tingle of
excitement about what you do—sticking with it
through the hard times no matter what happens.
Success is GRIT—the power of passion and
perseverance. Isaac Alex Phiri defined his ideas
of success as follows:
I cannot really give one specific meaning of success, of the clubs I would be visiting.
but I would say success is simply:
1. reach to a place where your dreams were
pointing to
2. when you get what you really wanted
3. when you triumph over your adversaries,
obstacles and barriers of life.
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To all the above, success cannot be a when, but it
has to be something within you.
Here’s a story about Symantec, a club I
considered a Successful Club in the 2015-2016
year. It is a corporate club in the Springfield/
Eugene area. I was their Area Director. I was
immediately impressed when Club President,
Paula Whipple, reached out to me to introduce
herself before I was even familiar with the names
Paula let me know about the corporate club,
how the members were excited to meet me, and
the routine I needed to follow when I visited.
Before I arrived, I had a background on some
of the members, what the clubs’ goals were, and
where they were at that time. I have to say, this
was the easiest visit I could plan.