Dear Residents & Friends,

Many of us remember the story of Snow White. In the story, there was a Queen who was very beautiful. Every morning, the mirror on the wall tells her so. She was very happy. Then on day, the mirror told her that she was not the most beautiful of all. There was competition from another beauty, called Snow White.

The news shocked and upset the queen. Her dream of everlasting happiness was shattered. She decided to do something aobut it. What choices did she have? First, she could try to put an end to the competition. Second, she would ignore the bad news. Third, she could improve hserself to do better.

The Queen tried to put an end ot the competition by killing Snow White. She also wanted to smash the mirror because it brought news that she did not want to hear. She thought that her plan would bring back the good old days. As we all know, her method did not work and she lost the contest in the end.

In real life, the same is happening, The good old days of strong, continuous growth with lifelong employment were beautiful. We all wished they could go on forever, But times have changed and the news is different.

In a interconnected world, we cannot stop competition elsewhere from challenging us. We do sourselves no good by ignoring th esigns and getting angry at the troublesome changes that come our way. Our best bet for the future is to strength our own capabilities. Time and tide waits for now man.

Instead of getting worked up, we must instead work ourselves up the skills, value and innovation laddders. When we have the skills and experience that fast-growing, fast-changing business need in this brave, new economy, we will increase our chances of making a good living.