well,I'm gonna give john the last word here today,but I hope you all had a good conference and that,uh,
thank you.
I I thought it was great and uh,it's,it's such a great company that uh,it uh,it makes me more excited to see it in action uh,than living it.So,um,you know,even though I know what's going on to see you all here together and see you acting together as a group,it's uh,it's really heartening in terms of what our opportunity is and what we've done
the,you know,the three legs of the stool,uh,
makes sense to me because the legs aren't there,you fall over
and,
you know,our company is really a balanced company and all of the things we do have to be done together.And uh,and I think you'll see that we're on that path,We're doing that and we focused on it.Technology is gonna change,Markets are gonna change,regulatory environments are gonna change,but our strategy remains fixed and it's successful.Um,so with that,um,thank you and john,what do you think?
You know,um,it's amazing how good the future looks when you're getting ready to leave.
I'll be around a little while,
but I would say that,uh,to all of you,it's,it's been my honor and pleasure really to uh,to work with you for,
Um,probably 10 years now.I was thinking about
our management conference in Kohler
Wisconsin.So we've gone from bathtubs to beaches and,you know,it's not a bad gig.
Um,
Tom asked me if I had any pearls of wisdom and I said,you know,you've known me for 30 years,you know the answer to that,but I tried to make something up actually,I think there's four legs to the stool,although if if it has four legs,it's not a stool,right,it's a chair or a table.I was going to tell a story about studebakers,you know when I was a kid,my dad always bought you studebakers and he was convinced that you could take a tire off
and it would stay
steady
and that it was so well built,but we always had used studebakers and
I never saw the tire off and I'm not sure he was right,but I don't think it works,I don't think it works.
So I like the three legged stool,
I think there is a 4th leg and it has to do with execution really good execution
makes a company,you can have great ideas,but if you can't execute,
um you're not gonna have success,and I think execution is mostly about leadership,
all of you,people in the room.
Um and I want to leave you with this thought that the effective leadership,in my opinion,having looked at it for a long time,
it's 60%
respect from your peers and from the people that work for you,60% respect,there's a lot that goes into respect,um but 60% 30% inspiration that if you can inspire people to,um,
To do what needs to be done in in a magnificent way.Uh,that's a big deal.And that leaves 10% for admiration.
I don't think admiration buys you a lot.Obviously,most people confuse admiration and like as the same thing and they're not,they're,they're different.
Sometimes people spend too much time trying to be liked
Um,when being admired is a lot more complex and I'll leave you with that thought again.I'll just say it again.It's,it's been my honor to work with you tom for all these years and with all of you for the last 10 anyway.So thank you very much.
My honor too.
Yeah.So we're all better people because of john and we have a better company because of jOHN.So thank you,john all the best and have a great trip home,a safe trip home
and we'll see you out in the field well,I'm gonna give john the last word here today,but I hope you all had a good conference and that,uh,
and we'll see you out in the field