{"id":1977,"date":"2014-04-06T13:32:34","date_gmt":"2014-04-06T17:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/?p=1977"},"modified":"2014-04-06T13:32:53","modified_gmt":"2014-04-06T17:32:53","slug":"three-minute-leadership-on-being-unusual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/2014\/04\/three-minute-leadership-on-being-unusual\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Minute leadership: On Being Unusual"},"content":{"rendered":"
Philip Humbert, author and motivational speaker, wrote:\u00a0 \u201cOne of the paradoxes of life is that being \u2018reasonable\u2019 often means settling for ordinary results, while success usually requires us to step outside our normal routines, be different and, sometimes, uncomfortable. Highly successful people are, by definition, unusual people.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
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This is the joy of great leadership: daring to challenge the status quo, seeing the world not as it is, but as it could be; pushing all boundaries in relentless pursuit of something greater that lies hidden within ourselves. This greatness will be discovered in being<\/i> more.\u00a0 Oscar Wilde,\u00a0 Irish writer and poet, wrote: \u201c\u2019Know Thyself\u2019 was written over the portal of the antique world. Over the portal of the new world, \u2018Be Thyself\u2019 shall be written.\u201d <\/span><\/div>\n
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On your magnificent journey remember always Socrates\u2019 gentle words: \u201cLet him who would move the world first move himself.\u201d\u00a0 There is only one, beautiful magnificent you. You are unique in all the universe.\u00a0 You are one of the world\u2019s most unusual people \u2013 extraordinary in your special gifts no one else possess.\u00a0 You are someone who can and will change the world.\u00a0 Live your life with magical exuberance and joy. And have fun doing it.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Have a beautiful day and a magnificent week!!!<\/span><\/div>\n
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Mike<\/span><\/div>\n
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