Re: [Philmont]: Sage Advise

You know ­ years ago someone once told me that the motto of the US Army
Corps of Engineers was ³Improvise, Adapt and Overcome.² I don¹t know if
that¹s true or not and I really don¹t care. After a few high adventure
trips I decided that it¹s good advice for anyone. It¹s also a bit less
harsh than ³deal with it² when you say it to a teenager :P (Sorry John, had
to) though it means the same thing.

Now, flash forward from that high adventure trip twenty years. The person
who learned that lesson early in life will be doing well at whatever they
have chosen to do. I don¹t care what it is that they¹re doing ­ one of the
big buzz words in leadership and business right now is ³change management²
which basically means ³how well can you improvise, adapt and overcome?²
It¹s what¹s driving the ³new economy² and I guarentee that behind just about
every successful company, behind just about every successful film studio,
and behind just about every successful country even, there is a former kid
who was a scout.

Okay ­ before I get too much on a rant, I¹ll stop now.

Cheers

Mike

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Mike Bingley
Council Field Executive
Scouts Canada - Chinook Region
403-327-4647
888-321-4647 (Alberta and BC)
Experience High Adventure in the Canadian Rockies with Scouts Canada
http://www.chinook.scouts.ca/impeesa-x/
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