{"id":1640,"date":"2013-11-03T18:53:18","date_gmt":"2013-11-03T23:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/?p=1640"},"modified":"2013-11-03T18:53:52","modified_gmt":"2013-11-03T23:53:52","slug":"three-minute-leadership-the-depth-of-caring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/2013\/11\/three-minute-leadership-the-depth-of-caring\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Minute Leadership: The Depth of Caring"},"content":{"rendered":"

To: The Great Leaders Who Have a Passion for Continuous Learning<\/span><\/p>\n

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A friend recently shared a YouTube video,\u00a0Leaders Care<\/a>.\u00a0 It\u2019s message is simple and powerful \u2013 caring conquers fear. Caring can change the world. The following are the words from the video.<\/span><\/div>\n
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One evening my wife and I were reading in bed.\u00a0 Our five year old daughter appeared at the door.\u00a0 She was upset. \u201c Honey, what\u2019s wrong?\u201d, we asked.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m afraid.\u201d She said.\u00a0 She explained that her two year old little brother was asleep on the couch and it was dark. She and her little brother were afraid of the dark.\u00a0 We tried to assure her it was okay. She left and didn\u2019t say a word. We didn\u2019t think too much about it and went back to our reading. Ten or fifteen minutes must have passed by. It was very quiet. My wife decided to check on our little girl to make sure she was okay. She couldn\u2019t find her upstairs so she decided to check downstairs. As she came down the stairs she saw something she would never forget.\u00a0 On the coach in that dark little room were out two little children sound asleep. Our daughter was by her brother\u2019s side laying over him. As she got closer she noticed our daughter had been crying.\u00a0 She had been protecting her little brother. She was able to overcome her fear because she cared more about him than what she was afraid of.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Being courageous doesn\u2019t mean you aren\u2019t afraid; it just means you care more about something else than what you fear. Leaders who care overcome their fears. Courageous leaders do what is right, not what is easiest. All because they care.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Leo Buscaglia wrote: \u201cToo often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.\u201d In all that they do, great leaders exercise these beautiful and gentle \u201crandom acts of caring.\u201d They instill self-worth, self-confidence and self-respect in those whom they serve.\u00a0 Doubts and fear vanish as they see and come to live the greatness that is theirs.\u00a0 In all that great leaders do, they remember the words of Margaret Mead, cultural anthropologist :\u201dNever believe that a few caring people can\u2019t change the world.\u00a0 For indeed, that\u2019s all who ever have.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
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Have a beautiful day and a magnificent week!!!<\/span><\/div>\n
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