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April,
2006 Welcome
to Leadership Hand™, a monthly e-newsletter To ensure receipt, please white-list our address by adding "Info@" plus our domain name to your e-mail address book. 1. Honor Your Dragons In my home I have a rubbing I made years ago in the bowels of the magnificent National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. I'd chosen a textured black paper for the background, and silver, gold, and bronze crayons for the relief. I framed it in a deeply carved, gilt frame, and it is stunning, the whole of it drawing your eye to the story it tells. The rubbing is of Saint Margaret, standing tall, head titled slightly down--humble--carrying her scepter as she walks. At her feet trails a massive dragon carrying the folds of her dress in its mouth. The story, or at least part of it, is that Margaret met the devil in the form of a dragon. It had swallowed her, but she escaped safely. We've all had our dragons--a difficult struggle (maybe several) that unfolded over years, or a swiftly moving catastrophe that left us singed and scorched. Here's the key question: How do you view your dragon once the fight is over? Perhaps your view resonates with mine: that your dragon probably caused you to take an even more fulfilling path than the one you were on. Holding this view is similar to my premise that mistakes are critical--in fact, essential--to success (Essential Mistakes [March 2006]) and that difficult situations may actually help rather than hinder you (Stumbling Blocks to Stepping Stone [July and August 2005]). If you view your dragon with bitterness or regret, though, you're still engaged in the fight. Signs of smoke that even slightly resemble the dragon remind you of being burned. But I ask you:
What do you love about your life Here's to Honoring
Your Dragons, Beth Hand © Copyright 2007, Beth Hand. Beth Hand, MBA helps leaders increase their effectiveness and satisfaction, now and for the future. She can be reached at (+1) 703.820.8074 or via her website www.leadershiphand.com. 2. Reprint Permission This is a copyrighted publication. You are welcome to reprint an issue on a non-exclusive basis provided you:
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now?
Can you trace it back to your encounter with the dragon's fiery
breath and how that shaped what you now love? I bet you can and
when you do, you'll begin to behold a beautiful, strong, and powerful
animal that you vanquished, one that's now carrying the folds of
your old clothing as you move forward into life.|
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