37. DEVELOPING STAGE IVLEADERSHIP
KNOWLEDGE IS A FUNCTION OF BEING.– Aldous Huxley
I’ve thought about how to describe the values and qualities of character that form the foundation of Stage IV Leadership and decided that the best way to do this was to tell about a man I had the privilege to work with who was a clear exemplar of that stage: Admiral James Bond Stockdale. Jim Stockdale’s story also reflects the vital nature of the quality of preparation that is necessary to make one adequate to live in and operate from the Source.
When I met Admiral Stockdale in 1980, he was recently retired from serving as president of the Naval War College and was teaching philosophy at Stanford University. I invited him to join the Board of Trustees of the American ...
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