The world around us
The events of this weekend — the Chilean earthquake, tsunamis in the Pacific, and the Winter Olympics, have given us all several examples on different levels of what it means to be a real leader. The no-nonsense approach to the tsunami threats in Hawaii were a prime example of calm and coordination within local government. The speed with which the Chilean government reacted to the earthquake today and the ways that they used lessons from the past to be safer this time mark the huge difference between the experience in Haiti and the one in Chile. The matter-of-fact acceptance of judges’ decisions and the spirit to move on to the next contest has been demonstrated repeatedly within the Olympics whether that judge is the weather, conditions, or a person. All of these hold large lessons in clear communication, leadership, effectiveness, accountability, and responsibility. It is a time to be proud of being a person involved in this planet.
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