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An Email from Vickie's Friend

Thu, 2013-04-18 04:44 -- tomjonez

The following email was sent to our colleague Vickie by a friend of her family when he was diagnosed with a serious medical challenge.  His comments below were written in response to the example of Vickie's husband Tim, who said that in life we must face facts and tackle them head-on.  Tim said this simply, by stating, "It is what it is." (the following is edited for use in the context of this blog):

Dear Vickie:

(Written Mar 24, 2013) You never know when something will happen that opens your eyes to the meaning of things you are told.

The Courage to See It Through

Wed, 2013-04-03 09:06 -- tomjonez

 

We have looked at several aspects of courage over the past few weeks, including the need for courage in leadership, the willingness to face and learn from failure, the essential need to develop a heart of courage, the value of friends who remind us to remain courageous, the direct correlation between Courage and Truth, and the courage to go first.

The Courage to Walk Away

Wed, 2013-03-13 10:10 -- tomjonez

 

The following is a response from last week’s Leadership Notes:

Stephanie writes: I had a problem recently that I've never had in the nearly six years I've been managing associations.  I took on the management of a property a number of years ago … I made the internal commitment to be in it for the long run to help the Board members … in the best possible way.

The Courage to Go First

Wed, 2013-03-06 12:01 -- tomjonez

 

We have looked at several aspects of courage over the past few weeks, including the need for courage in leadership, the willingness to face and learn from failure, the essential need to develop a heart of courage, the value of friends who remind us to remain courageous, and the direct correlation between Courage and Truth.

There is another point in time when courage is required:

The Courage to Face Our Failures

Tue, 2013-02-05 20:03 -- tomjonez

 

Last week we discussed three decision points in time when those in leadership must exhibit Courage. Certainly anyone who is vested with the responsibility to lead knows that courage is one of the main food-groups of the mantle they wear.

There is another point at which leaders need courage: it takes courage in leadership to face our failures.  And if we lead, we will have plenty of failures to face.

And yet failure is not something that we celebrate well in America.  Just ask the San Francisco 49ers.  Ouch...just had to bring that up...

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