Posted on 04/18/2007 7:38:17 PM PDT by KevinDavis
A group of bricklayers was working together on a project. The first worker was asked what he was doing. "Laying bricks." A second was queried and responded "building this wall here." The third was asked the same question. "Building a cathedral" was his response.
This classic story illustrates a simple but true point. The last bricklayer had a vision for what needed to be accomplished. His leader had given him something that the other two sorely lacked: an objective that placed all of his work into context and gave him a reason to move forward.
A concrete vision inspires men to reach beyond what they are normally capable of doing and accomplish tasks that in other contexts would be unthinkable. A vision is the mark of great leadership.
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HE HAS THE VISION THING, ALRIGHT. Those mired in class warfare since 1850 resent it.
Agreed....
To the red planet we go.
However, the astronauts spent fewer hours collectively than just one of the rovers; the money involved in just one manned mission to Mars, robotic surface probes with various kinds of sensors and experiments could study the entire planet.
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