Leadership topic - Vision

As you move into this New Year, reflect on the power of Vision to guide you and others to greatness…and also simply making a difference for our world… like MLK Jr.

I obviously knew about Martin Luther King Jr, who we celebrated Monday. And, there was so much of his story as a young man that I didn’t know. Like his name not actually being that at least until he was 5.  Not until his Father confronted Nazi’s in person in Germany, reminding him of the power of the first Luther to stand up for his beliefs.

My own story had many parallels to his growing up – with the huge exception that he faced unbelievable hatred and fear almost every day. And, he would be damned if he let that be seen by others, let alone dissuade him from his Vision – once he caught it…

… and realized it had to be positive to make a difference. And that it laid in front him down the path his Father, Grandfather, and Great-Grandfather had blazed. So as much as he wanted to set his own path, that Vision eventually became the one that has changed all of us… if we stay true to it, and our own.  Each of us has the ability down there – it is just a matter of having the courage to dig for it.