Chairman's Award -- is the bar too high now?

[gvarndell]

Originally Posted by kjolana1124

In the hotel in Atlanta, when our Chairman's presenters were going over our presentation, we seemed to get off task a lot. A few times I tried to get us back into focus, to which they responded "We're not going to win anyway, why does it matter?"

And this is what I'm preparing myself for -- to help inspire kids who I fear may be intimidated by the enormity of the Miss Daisy win.
As I sat and listened to what Daisy had done, where they did it, etc., I was humbled.
I felt like -- jeesh, these guys are akin to a global conglomerate and we're just a bunch of hayseeds on a beer budget from Western Maryland.
Kids are extremely competitive.
They don't like pursuing unattainable goals.

Clearly, keeping them focused on the ideals rather than the award is the right thing to do -- as all responders have pointed out.
I hope nobody read anything other that into my post.
I am awe of Daisy and I want our kids to be inspired by them -- not intimidated.