Study history and you will learn a lot. I love studying American history, European history, Native American history, Greek history, Roman history, and, especially, Biblical history and the history of the Jewish people. At present I’m reading a book titled, The Lions Gate,by Steven Pressfield. I love the way Pressfield writes. This book is a front line account of the Six Day War and will blow you away with the leadership lessons.
Here’s a taste of what you will find. The Jewish people are visionary, beyond hard working, and a great example of what I write about when it comes to being a high performer and one of the few. The more I study them, the more I love them. Here’s one of their hero’s, Joseph Trumpeldor, and a few of his thoughts regarding his big dream for his people back in 1916, well before they had a country to call their own. Check this out…
“We need men and women who are ready for everything, everything that the land of Israel will demand. A generation that will have no private interest or habits, but be like a simple iron bar, which can be shaped to anything that is needed for the national machine. Is a wheel missing? I am that wheel. Do we lack a nail, a screw, a flywheel? Take me. Must we dig? I am the spade. We need a soldier? I am that soldier. Policeman, doctor, lawyer, fireman? Take me. I will do everything. I have no faith, no philosophy, no feelings; I don’t even have a name. I am the pure ideal of service, prepared for anything. I am bound by no limits. I know only one command; to build.” When Trumpeldor was questioned that there are no people like this, his response is pure ccd magic.
“There shall be…”
Extrapolate your learning to you and the problems you see at this moment. I hope you’re as inspired as I am to just get after it and focusing on left foot, right foot, left foot, right foot – baby stepping your way forward. Thanks,Joseph, for being no ordinary Joe. Thanks, Joseph, for being one of the few. Thanks, Joseph, for sharing your big dream. And, there are…
BUILT TO LEAD 