Watch Tom Foster on Chris Comeaux’s Anatomy of Leadership.
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People embark on the path to accomplishment for a number of reasons. Fame and fortune are seductive ends to the journey. Others compete for the sake of competition, to beat an opponent, to win the game. Nothing like a mark in the WIN column. It feels good.
But others pursue accomplishment because they are drawn to achievement as a worthy goal, that without that effort, life would otherwise feel empty. This could be more than the pursuit of meaning in life, this could be the pursuit of experience in life.
Tom:
Remember in Pat Murray’s talk on leadership he tells us that leaders come in one of two packages: the “scorekeepers” and those of us with a “purpose”. While in the in-charge position four times the board sold the company to cashing their stock and I was the one with my team who had made it successful, but we got left holding the bag. I was not on the board except one time. We miss Pat and his words of wisdom.
Rich Jacobs
TEC/Vistage chair 1999-2015