Leaders Make Change

I started run­ning again.  (Please don’t inform me of the over / under on how many days until I quit.)   Any­how, I decided to com­bine my love for books with my need to exer­cise in an effort to make the most of each run.  I have loaded up some audio books onto my ipod, and now can run and learn at the same time.  I hope that my thirst for knowl­edge will help to off­set my love for sleep — and sub­se­quent reluc­tance to drag my butt out of bed, lace up my asics, and get after it.

This week, while pound­ing the pave­ment at the crack of dawn,  I am lis­ten­ing to the audio ver­sion of one of my favorite books  — Tribes by Seth Godin.  A quote from that book stuck with me all day today.  “Man­agers make wid­gets, Lead­ers make change.”  I love it.  I am work­ing on becom­ing an effec­tive leader.   Just like run­ning… it is not easy work, but I know I am bet­ter off for doing it.   You?

Comments

  1. Rich Toronto says:

    Hi David,

    You are a great leader who brings about many pos­i­tive changes! Thanks for your com­ments, and for all you do for the Day­ton community.

    Rich

  2. davidebowman says:

    Thanks Rich.

  3. Jim Coe says:

    Thanks David–
    Seth pro­vides me daily with his inspi­ra­tional vit­a­mins, and I’d judge his bat­ting aver­age to be up there with the leg­endary Ted Williams.
    Another gem from TRIBES…to paint the pic­ture you want to see of your world and lead your tribe towards the real­iza­tion of this vision.

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