{"id":2193,"date":"2014-10-13T13:06:01","date_gmt":"2014-10-13T17:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/?p=2193"},"modified":"2014-10-13T13:06:01","modified_gmt":"2014-10-13T17:06:01","slug":"three-minute-leadership-thoughts-from-a-mountain-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/2014\/10\/three-minute-leadership-thoughts-from-a-mountain-top\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Minute Leadership: Thoughts from a Mountain Top"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To: the Great Leaders Who Have a Passion for Continuous Learning<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At a recent meeting I had the opportunity to hear and meet an extraordinary and inspirational woman,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paula_Franzese\">Paula Franzese<\/a>, who shared a wonderful learning for great leaders.\u00a0 She told the story of a monk who each morning made a difficult climb to the top of a mountain.\u00a0 When he reached its summit, he would sit in quiet meditation looking at the beauty, splendor and peace that surrounded him. Afterwards, he would assemble his cloak and gently descend the mountain to begin his daily work. One day, the monk was asked why he made his daily climb to the top of the mountain. The monk\u2019s eyes sparkled in quiet joy at the question, and in a soft voice responded: <em>\u201cI do this so that I can carry the mountain top with me under my cloak during my day.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The story of the monk\u2019s daily journey speaks to the simple preparation he makes each morning for the day before him. It is in those silent, precious moments that he validates, refreshes and renews his commitment to his life\u2019s purpose and meaning. He knows that the day that follows will be filled with those small steps, expressed in his daily activities, that are his chosen life\u2019s path. He wants to prepare for them that they are extraordinary in their realization.\u00a0 His reflection atop the mountain brings quiet and peace to his soul carrying him throughout his day, giving him perspective, focus and strength to make this day, as all his days, extraordinary.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Climb your mountain each morning. Find those precious moments of quiet reflection. Fill your heart, mind and spirit with treasures that will inspire and give meaning and purpose to all that you do during your day \u2013 treasures that reflect your dreams, values, passions and love of life.\u00a0 Give.\u00a0 If there are times that you are tempted to forgo you morning ascent, remember the words of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_W._Service\">Robert Service<\/a>, poet and writer: <em>\u201cIt isn&#8217;t the mountain ahead that wears you out; it&#8217;s the grain of sand in your shoe.\u201d<\/em> Cast that grain out, and climb to see the awesome beauty that your day will hold.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Have a beautiful day and a magnificent week!!!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mike<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/files\/2010\/08\/2a3c9c8.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1480\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/files\/2010\/08\/2a3c9c8-188x188.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/files\/2010\/08\/2a3c9c8-188x188.jpg 188w, http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/files\/2010\/08\/2a3c9c8-88x88.jpg 88w, http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/files\/2010\/08\/2a3c9c8.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To: the Great Leaders Who Have a Passion for Continuous Learning &nbsp; At a recent meeting I had the opportunity to hear and meet an extraordinary and inspirational woman,\u00a0Paula Franzese,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2395,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-three-minute-leadership"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2193"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2195,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2193\/revisions\/2195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}