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Involve
In Elizabethan times you might never have noticed someone slipping a coin into your beer. When you found it at the bottom of the glass it was too late. You had inadvertently accepted the ‘Queen’s shilling’ and consequently been legally enrolled in Her Majesty’s Navy. But it is not easy to force someone to be involved so that they readily accept what others want them to do. Most press-ganged victims made poor sailors and deserted as soon as they could.
Press gangs merely highlight the real difference between involvement and full-hearted engagement and commitment when people choose to give of their best. As Martina Navratilova, the ...
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