It Couldn't Be Done
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Somebody said that it couldn't be done,
But, he with a chuckle replied
That "maybe it couldn't," but he would be one
Who wouldn't say so till he'd tried.
So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin
On his face. If he worried he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn't be done, and he did it.
Somebody scoffed: "Oh, you'll never do that;
At least no one has done it";
But he took off his coat and he took off his hat,
And the first thing we knew he'd begun it.
With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin,
Without any doubting or quiddit,
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn't be done, and he did it.
There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done,
There are thousands to prophesy failure;
There are thousands to point out to you one by one,
The dangers that wait to assail you.
But just buckle it in with a bit of a grin,
Just take off your coat and go to it;
Just start to sing as you tackle the thing
That "couldn't be done," and you'll
do it.
--Edgar A. Guest
"When Pigs Fly..."
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From the Introduction:
For centuries, philosophers have
contemplated the meaning of Life. One convenient metaphor is that Life
is a school, a never-ending series of lessons in the art of being Human.
By this measure, all learning is worthwhile; the knowledge gained in
the school of "hard knocks" is just as valuable as that gained from
brick-and-mortar institutions.
Of course, we can avoid the "knocks" for
ourselves by choosing to discover the truths revealed in the trials of
others. The core of such self-education is a good dose of classics.
However, even a constant
diet of Great Books is useless if we do not study in a way that helps us
to properly digest their Ideas!
Readers may be divided into four classes:
- Sponges, who absorb all that they read and return it in nearly the same state, only a little dirtied.
- Sand-glasses, who retain nothing and are content to get through a book for the sake of getting through the time.
- Strain-bags, who retain merely the dregs of what they read.
- Mogul diamonds, equally rare and valuable, who profit by what they read, and enable others to profit by it also.
~Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Getting Started
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by Rachel DeMille
You know, some people hear the principles of Leadership Education (TJEd "tee-jay-ed") articulated just once and think, "Right! That makes perfect sense!"
They are ready to just go for it.
If
this describes you, getting started is pretty simple: Make a list of
your personal classics, and pick one.
You know, the one you've been
waiting for just the right time to read?
Give yourself permission to
make your own education a priority, carry that book around with you, and
get through it--or should I say, get it through you.
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