Winning a Stevie Award. What are We Really Celebrating Anyway?
This week I have been in New York attending the 20th Annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business. The Stevie® Awards for Women in Business are the world’s premier business awards for female entrepreneurs, executives, employees, and the organisations they run. It is like the Academy Awards for business.
I am so delighted to share my results from the Stevie Awards:
I am celebrating. I am enjoying the moment. I am making the most of it. I am basking in the warmth of knowing that I earned these awards. And yes, I am telling the world, because not only are these awards an endorsement of the work that I do, not only are they recognition of being among the best in a world-class group of peers, they are so much more.
Most overnight successes take more than overnight.
For me, these Stevie Awards are so much more than a quick win. They are also a recognition and acknowledgement of:
➤ hard work
➤ focused effort
➤ clarity of purpose
➤ vision for the future
➤ strategic thinking
➤ highs
➤ lows
➤ long hours
➤ burning the candle at both ends
➤ consistency
➤ persistence
➤ insistence
➤ perseverance
➤ fails
➤ wins
➤ lessons
➤ progress
➤ obstacles
➤ challenges
➤ stumbling blocks
➤ naysayers
➤ falls
➤ brick walls
➤ collaboration
➤ innovation
➤ learning
➤ commitment
➤ dedication
➤ determination
➤ tenacity
➤ resilience
➤ contribution
➤ impact
➤ influence
➤ decision-making
➤ courage
➤ action taking
➤ follow through
➤ wrong turns
➤ disappointments
➤ sustained effort
➤ staying the course
➤ colleagues
➤ friends
➤ clients
➤ coaches
➤ mentors
➤ teamwork
➤ stretch
➤ growth mindset
➤ opportunity
➤ trial and error
➤ mistakes
➤ slow progress
➤ acceleration
➤ leaps and bounds
➤ twists and turns, fun, excitement
➤ faith
➤ empowerment
➤ credibility
➤ authority
➤ mastery
➤ being global
➤ endorsement
➤ validation
➤ confirmation
➤ importance
➤ possibility
➤ the future
➤ making a difference
➤ legacy
➤ helping others
➤ leadership
➤ creating the future
People ask me what does winning a Stevie Award mean?
So very much more than standing on a stage and receiving applause.
Have you ever achieved a significant milestone and wanted to acknowledge it to yourself, to recognise yourself, to take a moment to soak it all in, because it has been so much more than just that moment in time?
I’d love to know your thoughts.
