Honor, Courage and Commitment

I just completed leading a Leadership Boot Camp experience in Charlotte. Once again I learned as much from the participants as they learned from me.
Dr. Perry Martini co-facilitated the Boot Camp with me. What a great American! Here’s a man who’s already put in over 30 years of uniformed service. He’s seved his country, raised a great family and lives to serve God. He’s financially secure. By all accounts he could be spending his days enjoying well-deserved leisure travel, fishing and golfing.
Instead he’s traveling our country, spending hours on end at businesses and in hotel conference rooms helping folks become better leaders. He’s doing this because he beli eves in our country and what we stand for. You can hear his passion for our country in his voice. You can see it when his eyes well up as he tells his family’s story.
His story (read it in My Father’s Compass: Leadership Lessons for an Immigrant Son) expemplifies the American Dream. It is a moving story of hope, vision, heritage, leadership lessons, and what it truly means to be an American. It was a real pleasure to have Perry attend this Leadership Boot Camp in Charlotte.
Other participants were just as inspiring. One attendee traveled thousands of miles despite physical difficulties brought on by a recent kidney transplant. Another attendee came to the Boot Camp determined to take her organization to a higher level. She demonstrated an indominatble, can-do spirit despite a recent, tragic personal loss. Yet another brought his entire family up from Georgia, combining his vacation time with an opportunity to improve his leadership .
Wow! It was a real privilege for me to be a part of these folk’s life journey. The Navy’s motto is “Honor, Courage, Commitment”. Our Boot Camp attendees demonstrated all of these traits, and I am certain our country will benefit greatly from their leadership.