Hi Pam, thank you for your very thoughtful comments.  I'm glad I waited a day to reflect on them because it took me a day to take it in and realize how insightful and interesting they are.  Most of us truly have been conditioned to believe that our value must be earned. That’s probably not apparent to most of us without deep reflection.  But what if we can all come to better appreciate how valuable each and every one of us is already and that we all have enormous passion, intellect and creativity that can be unleashed.  Unfortunately, there are far too few hierarchical leaders who think like that who can catalyze that type of thinking and behavior in their followers.

It is my belief that we can all become leaders right where we are at any level and start to impact and change our world.  We can all show up with our own unique value by recognizing we have the choice and the opportunity.  The only person stopping us is ourselves.  My journey over the past three years has been a journey in self-leadership, and it has completely transformed my world.  I truly believe it’s possible for all of us to take this journey and that is my message, and I believe a key to transforming our organizations.