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Author Lee Burns: Be kind; Say hello, Pass along a smile, It has an impact, It matters, It helps
Be kind. People are all doing the best they can with the information they have. It can be a tough world. Open doors for them. Say hello. Pass along a smile. It has an impact. It matters. It helps.
As part of my series about the leadership lessons of accomplished business leaders, I had the pleasure of interviewing Lee Burns.
With a voracious curiosity, fueled in part by an IQ in the top .03% of the planet, this rough and tumble Texan was riding horses solo by the time he was 5, calling the cattle home with his grandfather. In his early twenties, finally a full-grown cowboy, he switched to riding bulls. Raised in a very strict religious home, Lee felt much of his reach for life being greatly restricted. And when those bonds were broken, he rode for the hills and all that life had to offer — on both the good and bad sides of the road.
From drug addict and dealer, to adrenaline junkie (jumping from airplanes and topping out motorcycles at over 165mph), to spiritual seeker — the former firefighter/paramedic and rookie firefighter of the year has faced the heat of the inferno and learned the true value of…