Worth it.

Sure, low cost is a fine way to grab attention, but more and more often, it's precisely the wrong sort of attention from the wrong people.

I'd much rather work with someone who says, "what have you got that's expensive... but worth it?" Not because that person is about to pay money, but because that person is focused on "worth it."

Golf Clubs

There is an old story about a Scotsman who engaged in a golf match with a well-dressed stranger. No one introduced himself. They just agreed to play together, settled on a small wager, and started playing.

As fate or skill would have it, the Scotsman won, and it was time to pay up. The stranger said, "I have no money, but I am the King of England. Ask for whatever you want."

The Scotsman looked at his worn out driver and said: "I'd like a new golf club." The stranger said: "I'll send it in a month."

A month later the King’s horseman came delivering an envelope. The Scotsman opened it. It wasn't a driver. It was the deed to a new 18-hole golf course and a note telling him he could claim it any time he wished.

What does this have to do with you? The One who made you is willing to do more for you than you can ask or think.

1+1=3

Many individual contributors strive to work independently. Some believe that if they remain solo performers, their contributions will be more likely to be noticed. They may be thinking of some educational experience where they stood out because their effort was acknowledged with high grades and test scores. If so, they fail to see that the main purpose of an organization is to create more value by working together than everyone can produce by working outside the company on their own.

Declaration of Arbroath - April 6, 1320

‘It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.’

Extract from the Declaration of Arbroath, 1320.

The Declaration of Arbroath is without doubt the most famous document in Scottish history. Like the American Declaration of Independence, which is partially based on it, it is seen by many as the founding document of the Scottish nation. It was drafted on the 6th April 1320 - a day the United States of America has declared to be Tartan Day. 

Tartan Day was observed on April 6, 1997, for the first time in U.S. history.  Then in 1998, National Tartan Day was officially enacted on a permanent basis when the U.S. Senate passed Senate Resolution 155 recognizing April 6th as National Tartan Day. This was followed by companion bill House Resolution 41 which was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on March 9, 2005. 

Americans of Scottish descent have played a vibrant and influential role in the development of this country.  

Tartan Day is a day that will be observed so long as there are Scots who care about their heritage.

See more at www.tartanday.org