The HOBY Experience

This is my fifth (I think, it could be 6th) year to speak at the HOBY Texas North Leadership Seminar. This event easily is one of my favorite of the year.

HOBY is an all volunteer organization focused on building leadership skills for high school sophomores. The HOBY ambassadors (one per school) attend the Leadership Seminar each Spring and get the chance to learn, create, and build communication, teamwork and leadership skills. Speakers come from business, media, politics, law to talk to the students.

The HOBY story is a great one. It all started with a television actor who spent some time with Dr. Albert Schweitzer.

If you ever doubt the future of our country or doubt the spirit, energy, creativity and leadership of today's kids, I encourage you to volunteer with your local HOBY chapter. Meet some of the HOBY ambassadors. I guarantee you will be inspired and impressed. These kids are amazing, and the HOBY experience is truly rewarding.

If you are interested in HOBY, please visit http://www.hoby.org/. There are chapters across the country (and many chapters in other countries). If you live in North Texas, visit http://www.hobytexasnorth.org/.

To all my HOBY friends, thank you again for another great experience. Outstanding!

John Spence Article in Change This

A friend and fellow speaker recently posted a "manifesto" on the Change This web site. If you have never visited the site, I encourage you to take a look. Authors, experts, speakers and others submit proposals for their "manifestos" on a certain topic. If the article is accepted, the "manifesto" is published on the site.

Here is what John wrote about his article:

"It overviews what I believe are the six most important things every company MUST focus on to achieve and sustain success. I read more than 160,000 pages in order to develop the ideas I put forth in the 16 pages of this manifesto — so there are likely at least a few good ideas in there for you to steal."

Here is the link to John's "manifesto": http://www.changethis.com/46.01.AchievingExcellence

Until the next post, don't forget to Bunny, Bunny, Bunny today.