Every day we make it, we'll make it the best we can

his week I'm on the road in Nashville, working at the IndustryWeek Best Plants Conference.  It's a gathering of manufacturing leaders who are striving for continuous improvement in their manufacturing facilities.  As part of the conference we offer plant tours, and today I was the tour captain of a journey to Lynchburg, Tennessee to visit the Jack Daniel's distillery.

One of my favorite takeaways from today's tour (other than the whiskey tasting) was the culture the company pursues.  Jack Daniel himself uttered these words about the company's Tennessee whiskey: "Every day we make it, we'll make it the best we can."

Every day you come to work, are you doing your best at your job?  Are you going out of your way to put the best possible ingredients into your work, like Jack Daniel's puts into their whiskey?  It's a simple concept, but sometimes when we get lost in the daily grind, we need a reminder.