Last Tuesday, I was the guest speaker in the graduate counseling class at the College of Education at the University of Memphis.
Larry has the mind of an engineer, the curiosity of a thousand cats, and the humility to keep learning - which is the chief characteristic of the true changemaker (Innovation leader)."
Innovation is the act of introducing something new. That means change, giving up the old ways. President Woodrow Wilson once said, “If you want to make enemies, try to change something.”
In my desk drawer, I maintain a folder marked 'Life Lessons.' When I'm reading a book, magazine, or newspaper article and notice a life lesson, I save that in this folder.
I maintain a 'People I'd like to meet' folder. Last Friday, I met Geoff Calkins, a talk show host on the local ESPN sports radio and columnist for the Daily Memphian newspaper.