FOREWORD:THREE TRUTHS ABOUT TALENT

Jim Kouzes

As I was reading Take Charge of Your Talent, I was reminded of something Melissa Poe Hood said about the work she had done in leading Kids For a Clean Environment (Kids F.A.C.E.), an organization she started when she was a fourth grader in Nashville, Tennessee. In accepting the Women of Distinction Award from the American Association of University Women and the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators twenty years after her initial efforts, Melissa offered this advice:

Change does not begin with someone else. Change begins in your own backyard, no matter your age or your size. I had no idea that one simple action could change my life so much. Most journeys start this way, with simple ...

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