Great post from one of my favorite people on the planet.
In his book Xealots, Dave Gibbons reflects on the nature of true success as a leader:
Charlotte’s Web is a wonderful little children’s story by author E. B. White about a spider named Charlotte who lives in a barn just above the stall of a pig named Wilbur. Wilbur is worried that once he grows fat enough, the farmer is going to turn him into bacon. It’s a valid concern.
Charlotte and Wilbur develop a close friendship, and as Wilbur grows larger, Charlotte uses all of her resources to try to rescue Wilbur. She writes messages in her web to convince the farm’s owners that Wilbur is a pig worth saving. The story builds to the final chapter titled “The Moment of Triumph.”
So what was Charlotte’s moment of triumph?
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http://kurtamiller.wordpress.com/2012/09/22/a-lesson-from-charlottes-web/