“History has shown us that character counts. Character above all.” — David McCullough, 2008
What a thrill ride it’s been lately!
In business, having multiple crises in a row can wear a team down; in the news industry, it is the fuel that runs the engine.
As we continue to chart the timelessness of human nature, particularly about leaders, the last few weeks’s entries have been almost prescient, sticking the landing with yesterday’s announcement from President Biden. More on that in a moment.
Last week, I bemoaned how exhausting it is to live in extraordinary times 1(albeit something every generation has a claim to), and then provided a guide to surviving uncertainty.2
The week before, the topic was ambition3: how to take pride in …
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