About 20 years ago I visited St. Cyprian's Episcopal Church in Detroit. I found that the members were in a meeting and meandered my way to the sanctuary. The priest had seen me and asked one of the parishioners come greet me and act as pilot.

This gentlemen is older than me, and while we were talking made the statement that he wished that he had come to where he currently was, in his faith journey, much earlier. He was not proud of some of his past actions. My response at the time was that the important thing was that he had arrived at where he was.

This morning, as the memory popped up and my mental response was "It is possible that the path you took was necessary for you to arrive at where you currently are."

Lead By Example, Dwight Eisenhower

 I am currently reading "How Ike Lead" and am continually surprised by how timely the book is.

One of Eisenhower's core beliefs was "Praise in public. Chew in private." If he could not think of any positive to say about someone, which was seldom, he would not say anything at all. His justification for doing so was that when you call someone out in public it publicly diminishes them leaving resentment behind. That person will then be moved to act against you being less likely to work with you on a common goal.

Along with this he did not care who got the credit when things succeeded. In fact allowing others to take the bow will result in their being more amenable to working with you.