Leadership & Influence

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Eilis Lacey’s Quiet Crossing: Why Belonging Arrives After Endurance

Leadership insight from “Brooklyn”: You have to think like an American. You’ll feel so homesick that you’ll want to die, and there’s nothing you can do about it apart from endure it. But you will, and it won’t kill you. And one day the sun will come out — you might not even notice straight away, it’ll be that faint. And then you’ll catch yourself thinking about something or someone who has no connection with the past. Someone who’s only yours. And you’ll realize that this is where your life is.

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From Migrant Fields to Mission Control: José Hernández’s Twelfth Try

Leadership insight from “A Million Miles Away”: I’ve applied 12 times, and yes sir, I’ve been on the verge of giving up after each and every rejection, but you know what, sir? Here I am. So you can turn me down again, but rest assured, I’ll be standing here again in a year.

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