There is no substitute for victory. – Douglas MacArthur When my brother, Ashley, decided to run for city council he made a goal to visit every home in his town to meet his neighbors and would-be constituents. Quite a grand endeavor when you live in a city of over 54,000 people. He began to walk […]
How would you cap off a long-term leadership development program? Hold a special dinner? Give an inspiring speech? That’s what one of the world’s greatest leaders did. But first, before the dinner and before the speech, he dressed himself like a slave and washed his students’ dirty feet. Whether you’re a believing Christian or not,
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I was in my mid-twenties when Michelangelo’s Pietà first captivated me. There in Vatican City, nestled in the heart of Rome, I walked into St. Peter’s Basilica and there it was. It drew me in slowly, then proceeded to mesmerize my soul with every exquisite detail. The folds of fabric, the veins on his feet
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In 1909, an American businessman became disoriented in a dense London fog. As he stood under a street light trying to find his way, a boy emerged out of the mist and asked if he could be of help. “You certainly can,” replied the American. He shared the business he was trying to find and
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By December 23rd, 1944 entire US Divisions were still retreating as the German Army continued to advance through the Ardennes Forest in a last-ditch effort to win World War II. On that frigid morning 65 years ago, a sergeant in a retreating tank destroyer spotted a bedraggled paratrooper chipping a foxhole out of the frozen
