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Mon May 12/2008
Be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of someone else. (Judy Garland)
Denver Drivers Learn How to Boost Fuel Economy 12 May 2008 at 6:41am
Around 400 Denver residents, including the city's mayor, are part of an experiment to see if drivers can be trained to drive "greener." A device in their cars will track whether they have bad driving habits that increase fuel consumption, thus contributing more to greenhouse gas emissions. Soros: Financial Crisis Stems from 'Super-Bubble' 11 May 2008 at 10:01pm
The current financial turmoil is "the most serious crisis of our lifetime," and its roots stretch back decades, George Soros says. The financier blames what he calls a "super-bubble" fueled by strange financial instruments and massive American debt held overseas. W.Va. Demographics Favorable to Clinton 11 May 2008 at 7:44am
West Virginia holds its Democratic presidential primary on Tuesday. Recent polls show Hillary Clinton with a wide lead over Barack Obama. Anna Sale of West Virginia Public Broadcasting talks with Liane Hansen about the upcoming primary.
Leading Is
Doing
“If your actions inspire others to dream
more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” -- John Quincy Adams
This is a truly interesting definition of “leader.” From Adams’ point of view, deciding whether someone is a
leader is based on analyzing his (or her) actions. The definition doesn’t
preclude using other criteria or approaches; but those included in the
definition are sufficient to identify a leader, according to Adams.
To find a leader using Adams’
definition, qualities such as charisma, personality, intelligence, compassion,
decisiveness, or similar traits are not relevant since only “actions” are
pertinent. Further, only actions that inspire others are of immediate interest.
This means that one can only designate someone as a leader by first identifying
at least one other person who was inspired by the actions of the person being
designated. What’s more, the person needs to have been inspired “to dream more,
learn more, do more and become more.”
Setting aside the problem with being sure what “dream more” and
“become more” actually mean and how one can identify these events (or
processes) in other people, both have to be present, along with “learn more”
and “do more.” The point is that all four outcomes need to be present and attributable,
through inspiration, to the actions of the person being designated as a leader.
The task now is to identify leaders. It doesn’t seem appropriate
to include parents or other close relatives since they already have a special
designation and classifying them as “leaders” tends to trivialize their roles
and status. The same point may also hold for teachers and other personal
mentors. Given those exclusions, identify actions of others that have inspired
you to dream more, learn more, do more and become more. Make a list, with the
action on the left and the inspirational person’s name on the right. Keep in
mind that the action needs to have inspired you to dream, learn, do, and
become. When you finish your personal list, make another list including actions
that have inspired people you know to dream, learn, do, and become. Combining
the two lists gives you your “leaders I know about” list.
When using the suggested list making procedure, it seems likely
that most people would be personally aware of very few leaders, using Adams’ definition. Now repeat the list making procedure,
only including actions that are currently inspiring you or others to dream
today, learn today, do today, and become today. Do you have a leader in your
life today? Most people probably don’t, at least not one who is alive and
working in their town.
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