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...eccentric mentorship, the struggle to beat the odds, and the protracted suspense. However, its multicultural cast creates an entertaining mélange of perspectives, which are typically reserved for dinner table discussion. The uplifting message of “Akeelah and the Bee,” hails from Nelson Mandela??s often repeated words, “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.” It can be applied to anyone—young or old, rich or poor, black or white?...
...first grade annually. In this system, losing a biochemical engineer is a huge blow to the economy. Developing nations need to soften this effect by setting up vocational training institutes teaching modern skills such as computer programming, accounting, and hardware maintenance so as to harness this workforce. Nelson Mandela??s proposal of setting up AU-run regional universities all over Africa would do this and more. The universities would be an avenue by which expatriates could contribute, either by teaching there or by funding them. Furthermore, the colleges will be hubs for teaching and research...
...knows who the Gandhi or Mandela??of the AIDS movement is?” he said at the conclusion of his remarks. “Maybe it’s someone in this room. But God knows, we have to find that person...
Loeb mingled historical story-telling with his discussion of recent events. He reminded his listeners of Nelson Mandela??s limited means of keeping hope alive during his 27-year captivity, when he and fellow prisoners continued with such small acts of hope as passing from cell to cell a forbidden scrap of newspaper that an absent-minded guard had dropped on the floor. Or Rosa Parks’ long-time involvement in local civil rights projects long before her famous refusal to move to the back...
...research my book, Confidence, I analyzed the waxing and waning of confidence in dozens of organizations in various stages of success, decline, or turnaround—including Gillette, the BBC, and Nelson Mandela??s South Africa—to understand how leaders create the conditions for high performance. I studied 21 college and professional sports teams with long winning streaks or losing streaks, looking at what happened before and after pivotal games. I tested hypotheses about differences between perpetual winners and habitual losers through surveys of 1200 business leaders and 1500 high school athletes and coaches. It became...