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May 2007 
A Leader Without Title
Robin Sharma
(Crossposted from Robin's Blog)
Flying to New York with my son for a special weekend together. We'll do the galleries, see a play and eat good food. NYC is one of my favorite places on the planet. Aching to get there.
As Cole reads "The Hardy Boys", I rifle through the newspapers. Just saw an article about Tristan Unsworth, an 11 year old boy who is now the hero of his small hometown in Canada. The other day, his snowboarding buddy was sitting next to him in class, sucking on a candy. Someone said something funny and the kids started to laugh, sending the candy down his windpipe. Everyone in the classroom was too stunned to do much. The boy's face started turning purple as he choked. He said he thought it was his day to die.
Tristan's grandmother had taught him the Heimlich maneuver a few years earlier. He rushed into action. Saved his friend's life. The school's principal said yesterday: "He's the most humble boy I've ever met in my entire life. He's the most wonderful boy."
A gentle reminder for you today: greatness inhabits each one of us - whether you are an entrepreneur in Moscow or a teacher in Tel Aviv or a student in Bogota or a manager in Dubai. Let's not forget that. Let's not cover up our brilliance. Let's not bury it so deep that we neglect the essence of who we are. Let's model Tristan. A Leader Without Title. At 11 years of age.
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