To:\u00a0 The Great Leaders Who Have a Passion for Continuous Learning<\/p>\n
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In the movie, Letters to Juliet<\/em>, we find this enchanting thought: “\u2019What\u2019 and \u2018If\u2019 are two words as non-threatening as words can be. But put them together side-by-side and they have the power to haunt you for the rest of your life: What if? What if? What if?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cWhat if\u2019s\u201d in the lives of great leaders are the beginnings of dreams and visions, the seeds of infinite possibilities, the nourishment of challenges and risks that will stretch them to explore their undiscovered, extraordinary greatness.\u00a0 They provide pause for quiet reflection – of what could have been or what could be \u2013 and inspire new insights and learning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n What are the important \u201cwhat if\u2019s\u201d in your life (professional and personal) at this moment? Some that come to mind may be:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n What if\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n I stopped doing those things that don\u2019t have the value-add needed by my current priorities?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n I reshaped my life and chose to follow a different path?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n I bring more balance to my own life? How will that change things?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n (Name a person) had not entered my life?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n I could be more than I ever dreamed I could be?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Our \u201cwhat if\u2019s\u201d are the fiery embers and inspirations that push us to find those incredible and beautiful gifts within ourselves.\u00a0 Socrates, Greek philosopher, said: \u201cThe unexamined life is not worth living.\u201d\u00a0 He also counseled: \u201c\u201cLet him that would move the world, first move himself.\u201d Find the full richness and beauty in yourself.\u00a0 To the last \u201cwhat if\u201d above, remember the words from Josh Groban\u2019s song, Believe<\/em>: \u201cYou have everything you need\u2026 if you just believe.\u201d\u00a0 Grab every moment and enjoy the excitement and fun of your magnificent journey.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Have a beautiful day and an incredible week!!!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Mike<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" To:\u00a0 The Great Leaders Who Have a Passion for Continuous Learning In the movie, Letters to Juliet, we find this enchanting thought: “\u2019What\u2019 and \u2018If\u2019 are two words as… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"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":[85,43,86],"class_list":["post-466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-three-minute-leadership","tag-letters-to-juliet","tag-reflection","tag-what-if"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466","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\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=466"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":468,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466\/revisions\/468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}