Presidential Perspective by Brandon Schindele, Superintendent Edina Country Club
The end of the calendar year is upon us and with that the Holiday Season. If you are like me it is also a time of reflection as you spend more time at home with loved ones than you do in July. The MEGA Seminar was held on December 5th and 6th at Medina Golf and Country Club and, new this year, was a “Key Note” speaker.
remains an incredibly positive individual and looks at each day as a gift because he experienced first hand losing two of his best friends in that same explosion.
John Kriesel gave an inspirational talk about his journey from the time he was 17 to the present day and his time in the National Guard serving our country. If you don’t know John’s story or are not familiar with him on Twitter, then I would suggest it is worth taking a little time to learn about him and his outlook on life. In a nutshell, he was injured by an IED in Iraq and had to have both of his legs amputated around the knees. Through that adversity he
Understanding that we have our own individual journeys and challenges that occur in our personal lives as well as our professional lives I think this is a great time of year to really reflect on keeping things in perspective as we re-charge the batteries for next year. I would be hard-pressed to say that any of us had as bad as of day as John especially when I think the quote that I can’t seem to get out of my head and Matt Cavanaugh repeating it the next
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Up until that day, he states that his worst day was the day the Vikings lost in the NFC Championship to the Atlanta Falcons, which now, in the comparison, really is not a big deal.