“Don’t measure yourself by what you’ve accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability” – John Wooden

I enjoyed this blog post by dumblittleman.com about 10 lessons from Einstein.

“If you are a version of the shirtless dancing guy, all alone, remember the importance of nurturing your first few followers as equals, making everything clearly about the movement, not you.  Be public. Be easy to follow!  But the biggest lesson here – did you catch it?  Leadership is over-glorified.  Yes it started with the shirtless guy, and he’ll get all the credit, but you saw what really happened: It was the first follower that transformed a lone nut into a leader.  There is no movement without the first follower.  We’re told we all need to be leaders, but that would be really ineffective.  The best way to make a movement, if you really care, is to courageously follow and show others how to follow.”

We have probably all seen the classic Peanut’s cartoons where Lucy wants Charlie Brown to kick the football.  Poor Charlie Brown goes to kick the ball and Lucy takes it away making Charlie fall on his back and sigh.  We’ve all had people give up on us, or worse we have given up on ourselves.  So whether Lucy lives within us or is around us, never give up and always remember to keep on keeping on.

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” – Abraham Lincoln