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A Daily Dose of the American Dream
by Alan C. ElliottJanuary 28
Language of Leaders" Language, as well as the faculty of speech, was the immediate gift of God. " : Noah Webster
Leaders often speak in an emotional language filled with adjectives that conjure up feelings of pride, self-esteem, loyalty, and determination. Often, it doesn't matter that what they say is beyond normal rational limits. It is the "feel" that counts. Kennedy stirred our emotion with statements such as "Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and success of liberty." Earlier patriots had spoken emotional words, like Patrick Henry's "Give me liberty or give me death."
As England reeled from Hitler's successes in Europe, many expected Britain to fall. British Prime Minister Chamberlain kept repeating the lifeless phrase, "We will seek peace in our time." The bombs were falling, and he had no word to stir the people to action. Then, a leader took the helm. Winston Churchill filled hearts with hope, pride and confidence with his words, "We shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets . . . and if the British Empire . . . last for a thousand years, men will say, `This was their finest hour!'" Most historians agree that England would have fallen without the leadership of Churchill. Leaders arouse emotion. They can make the implementation of a new brake shoe seem like the premier advancement of the decade. They evoke feelings of pride in work and make workers feel good about what they produce. They raise a person's self-esteem, and reward hard work with a sense of accomplish ment. They make hard work fun.
CONSIDER THIS: What encouraging words can you say to instill pride and excitement in those you lead?
This story is adapted from A Daily Dose of the American Dream, by Alan Elliott, published by Rutledge Hill Press. The book contains 366 stories, one for each day of the year.
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