A speaker reflects on servant leadership through his mother's example, sharing an Indian parable about entering life with clenched fists and leaving with open hands. The core message: focus on people, not power or control.
My closing comments to you, why do I focus on people so much? I'll get through this without getting too sentimental, but actually I won't, who am I kidding? That's a picture of my mom. That's me as a, I don't know, 6-month-old, 9-month-old. I believe my mom, and she died when I was 15, just before I came here, and she was the, best example of a servant leader I have ever seen. People often hear servant leader and they think, oh, that's kind of soft, you know, back to the soft-hard thing. That's so soft. Like, well, actually, the best servant leaders, I believe, if you want to look for a great example of a servant leader, go look to your parents. Parents are extraordinary servant leaders. They push you to be the absolute best that you can be, right? They help you. They do everything they can to help you with your journey, right? And boy, let me tell you, they hold us accountable. Everybody remember being a kid, not doing it, not achieving what you could have? They hold you accountable. It's not about being soft. They're great servant leaders. And you know that they care about you. They know that they love us. And so servant leadership, to me, for me, was embodied by my mom. And so I just, I saw the impact that's had on me in my entire life. I live my entire life every day to try to make her proud. And so you're like, well, that's a pretty good example of somebody who had a big impact on somebody. How do I have an impact on somebody else like that? Well, that's what she did. So maybe if I act in the same way with others, I'll have an impact too. And she had this great parable, this old Indian parable that she told my brother and I when we were little. And it went something like, when we are babies, We all enter this world with our fists clenched, kicking and screaming and crying. And when we pass, when we die, we leave this world with our hands open, at peace. What we carry into this world in our hands clenched in our fists as babies is a unique and special gift that is to each of us uniquely. And the purpose of our lives is to go and determine what that gift is and then give of that gift. To others, and then when you are done giving, your time will come and you will move on. And the soul of that parable that I always love so much is about— it's about giving, and it's about giving to others. Focus on people. That's it. That's my one message. I hope you remember it. Focus on people. Thanks.
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