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 Daily, dedicate, equip and prepare yourself to thrive. - Larry VanBuskirk
Larry VanBuskirk recently compared the leadership calling to ‘serve and protect’ to an intrepid sheep-dog, working for the Shepard to protect and direct the flock.
Larry VanBuskirk greeted the enthusiastic crowd of business people with, “Welcome to sheep-dog school!” VanBuskirk continued, “If you want to be a sheep dog and walk the warrior’s path, you must make a conscious and moral decision every day to dedicate, equip and prepare yourself to thrive in that toxic moment when the wolf comes knocking at the door.”
“This business of being a sheep or a sheep dog isn’t a yes or no dichotomy. It’s a matter of degrees. It’s a continuum. On one end is the head-in-the-sand sheep and on the other hand is the ultimate warrior. Few people exist completely on one end of the spectrum or the other. Most of us live somewhere in between.
(Audio excerpt Learning from Larry VanBuskirk. Click here.)
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 Communist Poland fell because of courageous individuals willing to stand for truth. – Orrin Woodward
“I love reading history," states Orrin Woodward. “Courage says, 'What if I make a stand? ' I was reading some things on the Solidarity movement over in Poland--very interesting stuff that was going on at that time. You can see that the Communist Polish regime were saying, this Solidarity movement is run by a a couple of top guys like Lech Walesa and some of the others. If they (Solidarity) say they are going to go on strike we’ll just go and take a couple of their leaders to prison and this whole thing will fall apart. "
click here to listen to Leadership of Lech Walesa from Orrin Woodward
“So Solidarity finally said 'We’ve had enough of this Communist regime telling us when we can work, when we can—controlling our whole life.' It was terrible over there in Poland. "
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Leadership Principals And Strategies That Win
 Best selling author, Chris Brady recently observed to an enthusiastic crowd of thousands, “Every time I think I know what a leader is I haven’t quite captured it yet. Like I get close and I think I’ve got it figured out and there’s always something more.
"Every time I think I’ve captured what a leader is, there’s just a little bit more about what I think, oh, there’s so much more to learn... The more I learn the more I find out I don’t know..."
Chris Brady leadership's ripple effect excerpt. Click the audio link.
"And then you get some of our leaders on this team. I mean, they read and study and mentor. I mean, they are smart individuals and they’ll tell you, you know I don’t know that much.
"At first you think its false humility and then you find out no, the more you learn the more you realize how big the gap is having knowledge captured. It’s like trying to run down a three-legged turkey. |
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