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great minds discuss ideas ; average minds discuss events ; small minds discuss people . . PYIC. eleanor roosevelt . . there are no problems we cannot solve together , and very few we can solv e by ourselves . presidential youth inaugural conference. january 17-21, 2oo9.
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great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. PYIC eleanorroosevelt. there are no problems we cannot solve together, and very few we can solve by ourselves. presidential youth inaugural conference. january 17-21, 2oo9 lyndonjohnson.
saturday 1/17/09 on the day of my arrival i listened to two amazing women speak! lisa ling and doriskearnsgoodwin. Doris is a Pulitzer Prize winner. She gave us an insight to our U.S. heritage, mainly focusing on President Lincoln and President Johnson. Lisa Ling currently works for National Geographic and Oprah Winfrey. Her speech was about her life, and her accomplishments she’s made. She is a true example that everyone is capable of achieving their dream.
sunday 1/18/09 On my second day in d.c. I went to see General Colin Powell and Archbishop Desmond Tutu speak in the morning. They were both very fun to listen to and had great messages in their speeches. leadership is solving problems. the day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. they have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. either case is a failure of leadership. do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world. colinpowell. desmond tutu.
sunday evening. After listening to Desmond Tutu and Colin Powell, we went to the presidential inaugural opening celebration and after leaving the Mall we went to see Erik Weihenmayer, the first blind man to climb Everst. people get trapped into thinking about just one way of doing things erikweihenmayer.
monday 1/19/09 Monday morning I spent at University of Maryland. I had the chance to listen to the Creative Coalition speak and also Al Gore, Former Vice President and Novel Peace Prize Winner. no matter how hard the loss, defeat might serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out. al gore.
monday evening. Monday evening after listening to Al Gore speak, I went on river cruise aboard the Spirit Of Mt. Vernon. After the cruise I attended two plays, the first performed by the Reduced Shakespeare Company and the second by Capitol Steps. leadership and learning are indispensible to each other. john f. kennedy.
tuesday morning. and in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. it’s the life in your years. abelincoln. Tuesday morning was a historic morning. Our first African-American president was sworn into office. I went to the Mall and listened to some of the ceremonies before the swearing in. Then I traveled to the Nationals ballpark and watched President Obama get sworn in.
tuesday evening. Tuesday was my last official day in D.C. And in the last slide…that’s right that is Chris Daughtry. We had our own private gala at the National Air and Space Museum in D.C. and it was an absolute blast! (: if your leadership inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader. john quincyadams.
