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UPCOMING EVENTS

May 5

ABA Luncheon

11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Acworth Community Center 4361 Cherokee St. Speaker: Herschel Walker

May 10, 24 Morning Jolt 8-9 a.m. The Cowan Historic Mill 4271 Southside Drive Networking event focusing on exchanging referrals. May 12 Alive After Five 5:30-7:30 p.m. 1885 Grill 4438 Cherokee St.

May 19 Women’s Networking Lunch 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. The Fountain 4843 N. Main St.

June 2 ABA Luncheon 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Acworth Community Center 4361 Cherokee St.

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BY DALE HOEFLINGER

This past month, I’ve been reminded of a story about a little boy who saw a butterfly struggling to get out of its cocoon. He felt sorry for it because it was working so hard and not making very much progress. It would move, flex, stretch and struggle, but the cocoon was barely budging. Finally, the boy had had enough and decided to help the struggling creature. He found two small twigs and gently pulled the cocoon open, far enough for the butterfly to escape. With a large smile and a sense of accomplishment, the boy stood back to watch the butterfly leave the cocoon and fly away. 02

Do you know what happened to the butterfly? It did leave the cocoon, but after a few short flaps of its wings, it fell to the ground and died. The problem was, the butterfly needed to TEXT BOX struggle against the cocoon to build up that last bit of strength needed to fly away and have a full and successful life. Sometimes in business, it can seem like we are struggling, moving, stretching and pushing with very little movement. This often happens during the final stages of the long and tedious journey toward growth and change. And, just like the TEXT BOX Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud butterfly, change in business takes strength and endurance. We need strength to do things differently than we always have done them, and we need endurance to stay the course when there seems to be very little movement happening. These final periods of change and growth are arguably the hardest, especially when you already have done so much work to get to this point. My reason for telling you this is to encourage you to keep going, keep striving and keep pushing. Those last few steps are Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad always the hardest, but you can do it, and it will be worth it. Back to the boy in the story. What should he have done to minim veniam, quis nostrud help the butterfly? He should have cheered it on, encouraged it to keep going and celebrated with it when it succeeded.

Do you need some encouragers and people to help you celebrate your successes? Come join me at one of the Acworth Business Association events. They are full of people ready and willing to help in any way they can. This spring, let’s maximize our momentum by gaining the strength and endurance to change and push forward. 02

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Dale Hoeflinger is a financial advisor with Wells Fargo Advisors TEXT BOX and the president of the Acworth Business Association. He grew up in Michigan, but is happy to call Acworth home. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud