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TODAY, I WILL BE A GLADIATOR. I will wear courage on my sleeve
even at the thought of failing or of being beaten by a better opponent because
there is no real victory in fear.
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TODAY, I WILL BE A CHAMPION. I will rise when I stumble because
champions are measured not by the number of times they fall, but the number
of times they are able to stand and dust themselves off, ready to face another
strike of the blade.
Do you have what it takes
to step into the arena?
T
his year’s keynote speaker and Daring Greatly author Brené Brown
(page 34) asked this powerful question during the opening General
Session at the 2016 ISPA Conference & Expo. In reference to
former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt’s famous “Citizenship in
a Republic” speech, she spoke of how the credit belongs, not to the critic, but
to the man who is actually in the arena, who greatly dares and strives valiantly
because he believes he is fighting a worthy cause.
Nothing, indeed, inspires a man to fight and rise up after a fall than knowing
one’s purpose in life’s everyday battle. Simon Sinek—who also spoke at this
year’s General Session (page 38)—offers a simple advice: Start with why. He
said true leaders not only offer a circle of safety to those in their charge, but also
makes them feel they are contributing to a bigger purpose beyond themselves.
It’s not going to be an easy fight, even those with a heart of a hero would
sometimes falter at the thought of defeat. But singer-songwriter and this year’s
closing General Session keynote speaker John Ondrasik (page 36) wrote in his
hit song “Superman”: “Even heroes have the right to bleed.”
Yes, today I choose to no longer be a spectator. Will you do the same? Will
you have the courage to step into the arena, even at the thought of having your
face marred by blood and sweat?
—MAE MAÑACAP-JOHNSON, EDITOR
@ISPAPULSEEDITOR
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November 2016
WE’RE STILL PUMPED
about this year’s
ISPA Conference & Expo.
What was your favorite ISPA
Conference moment? Shall we
pop a bottle of red wine and have
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