Light Spreads..................just like good ideas
Greatness is catching. Success spreads. Good things rub off. Light spreads and others see. Maybe this book is really about excellence. Thoreau sort of summed up one view of excellence when he said "I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
A number of years ago I was managing a large company. The owner came in and gave me Jim Collins book, "Good to Great". I was hesitant to put the time into the book mostly because I had sort of worn out reading business books. Even so it was a good book. I suppose it was suppose to help me make the company I worked for better that motivated the owner to give me the book. Recently I was given this book for Christmas by someone in my family. Again I hesitated for the same reasons. The difference in the books is that Southwest always has been a great company. The owners didn't pass around books but he really did put people first and had a fierce loyalty to his employees. It was exciting to read this story because it celebrated doing the right things for the right reasons.
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