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H.G. Wells<\/a>\u00a0wrote: \u201cLosing your way on a journey is unfortunate. But, losing your reason for the journey is a fate more cruel<\/em>.\u201d In their simple humanity, great leaders arrive at those moments in life when they question the \u201cwhy<\/em>\u201d of their journey. The joy they once experienced is somewhere lost, and the once driving satisfaction becomes depleted. It is, at these times, \u00a0that great leaders know to pause to revisit their purpose. What was it that brought them to this job? What was in it that filled their passion? What has changed that they feel as they do now? These questions open their door to a deep exploration to find again their purpose.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The answers to their questions help them again find their life\u2019s purpose \u2013 reason is again found in their routine, excitement in their challenges and satisfaction in their work. It was always there, only obscured by a momentary detour.\u00a0 On the other hand, their answers may open their eyes to new paths.\u00a0Erol Ozan<\/a>\u00a0writes: \u201cSome beautiful paths can\u2019t be discovered without getting lost<\/em>.\u201d\u00a0Lao Tzu<\/a>\u00a0tells us: \u201cNew beginnings are often disguised as painful endings<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Regardless of the outcome, the moment was grasped to revisit their life\u2019s purpose. This is beautifully captured in Pablo Picasso\u2019s words: \u201cThe meaning of life is to find your fit. The purpose of life is to give it away.<\/em>\u201d May you always remember\u00a0Jerry Buccino\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0gentle counsel: \u201cWhen you leave, you want to leave a pile of ashes that will remind people that you once burned a magnificent fire<\/em>.\u201d May your fire burn brightly and light the world! Life is so very good.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Have a beautiful day and a magnificent week!!!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mike<\/p>\n To: The Great Leaders Who Have a Passion for Continuous Learning John Grisham\u00a0writes: \u201cThe alarm would go off at 5, and I\u2019d jump into the shower. My office was… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4049,"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-2996","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\/2996","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\/4049"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2996"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2997,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2996\/revisions\/2997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/files\/2015\/09\/MIKE.jpg\")
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