“No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or wants all the credit for doing it.”
– Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919)
In the final analysis, do we really care who gets the credit?
After the age of about three, does it really matter whether we get attention or whether we don’t?
If we’re seeking credit or attention, it usually means that confidence is lacking. That might sound harsh — and, I guess it sorta is, if attention and credit matter to you.
Difference makers reach a point where their confidence over-rides the need for credit or attention. And they stay near that point.
There was a time when priorities were skewed, and the focus — a theme for this week — was out of whack.
It’s been a long time since credit or attention mattered — and that fact coincides with the point that making a difference mattered more.
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