To: The Great Leaders Who Have a Passion for Continuous Learning<\/p>\n
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Vincent Lombardi, legendary American football coach said: \u201cAll right Mister, let me tell you what winning means\u2026 you\u2019re willing to go longer, work harder, give more than anyone else.\u201d Newt Gingrich, politician and statesman, tells us: \u201cPerseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.\u201d Perseverance is one of the magnificent hallmarks of great leaders \u2013 the drive to continuously and passionately embrace their dreams, to pursue what others think is impossible, to challenge and stretch themselves to find within themselves the depth, breadth and richness of all who they are and can be.<\/p>\n
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Oscar Pistorius, the \u201cBlade Runner\u201d of the 2012 Olympic Games is a magnificent role-model of perseverance and passion for life. Pistorius\u2019 legs were amputated below the knee shortly after his birth. Since then has worn prosthetic legs. This has not prevented him from engaging his love of sports as a youth, from rugby, to tennis, to wrestling and boxing. Nor did it prevent him from becoming a runner, a sprinter of the 100m, 200m, and 400m events, and an Olympian representing South Africa. At the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, he was the first ever amputee to compete at the Olympic Games. In a recent Nike commercial his words capture his perseverance and passion:<\/p>\n
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\u201cThey told me that I would never walk, that I would never compete with other kids. It wasn\u2019t in me to play water polo. They told me I\u2019d never make the team. They told me the choir was working out next Tuesday. That motocross wasn\u2019t for me people like me. And that a man without legs can\u2019t run. Anything else you want to tell me?\u201d<\/p>\n
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It is this beautiful and exciting passion that fires the souls of great leaders to persevere and see beyond limits that, at first, seem impassable. Cheryl Richardson, author, wrote: \u201cBe bold and daring and fearless and unconventional. Go on. Rock the damn boat. The wave you create might just change the world.\u2026\u201d As the Nike slogan says: \u201cJust do it!\u201d And have fun doing it. Life is so very beautiful.<\/p>\n
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Have a beautiful day and a magnificent week!!!<\/p>\n
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Mike<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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