A View from The Prairie, 2025
January 2025
Leadership
Many people strive to be leaders, but lack leadership. Often, they think that the most important thing is to be loud and speaking often, even making up stuff. But leadership is first and foremost about moral authority - when others trust someone to make the next decision fairly and in a way that benefits the most people. Leadership involves vision, communication, and structuring things so that others can do more.
Once Rich - Staying Poor?
The ruins of Chaco Canyon are impressive. They show that in the 1100's, a vibrant and wealthy civilization flourished in northwest New Mexico centered on that canyon. Today it is a ruin. The only people living there are park employees. Mississippi was once the richest state in the Union. Today it isn't. Place after place has been wealthy and slid into a decline that can last hundreds of years.
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