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"During the fifteenth century, in a small village near Nuremberg, lived a family with 18 children. In order to put bread on the table for such offspring, the father and head of the family, working almost 18 hours a day in the gold mines, and anything else that came along.
Despite such poor conditions in which they lived, two of Albrecht Durer's children had a dream. They wanted to develop his talent for art, but they knew that their father never could send any of them to study at the Academy.
After many nights of quiet talks between the two reached an agreement. would toss a coin. The loser in the mines to pay for college when he won. After completing his studies, the winner would then pay studies that stay at home, with sales of his works, or as necessary.
coin released to air on Sunday to leave the Church. Albrechtt Durer won and went off to Nuremberg.
Albert then began the dangerous work in mines, where he remained for the next four years, financed his brother's studies, which from the outset was a sensation at the Academy.
Albrecht's etchings, his woodcuts, and his oils were far better than many of their teachers, and when he graduated, he was beginning to earn considerable fees for his commissioned works.
When the young artist returned to his village, the Durer family gathered for a festive dinner in his honor. After the memorable evening, Albrecht stood in their place of honor at the table, and proposed a toast to his beloved brother, who had sacrificed much for his ambition.
His final words were: "And now, my brother Albert, it's your turn. Now you can go to Nuremberg to pursue your dreams, I will take care of you." All eyes were full of expectation
into the corner of the table occupied by Albert, who had his face wet with tears, and moved from side to side head muttering over and over again: "No. .. no ... no ...".
Finally, Albert rose and wiped her tears. He looked for a moment to each of those loved ones and went after his brother, and putting his hand on the cheek of that he said softly:
"No, brother, I can not go to Nuremberg.
is too late for me . Look what four years of work in the mines have done to my hands. Every bone in my hand is broken at least once, and lately
arthritis in my right hand has advanced so much that I could hardly lift the cup during your toast ... much less be able to work with delicate lines compass or parchment and could not handle the pen or brush. No, brother ... for me it's too late. "
" A king was presented with two small falcons and falconry given to the teacher to train them. Turning
few months, the teacher informed the king that one of the hawks was fine but that the other did not know what was happening, he had not moved from the branch where you left from the day he arrived. Taking then the mission to members of the court, but nothing happened. The next day the window, the monarch could be observed, that the bird still remained motionless. Then decided to tell his people to offer a reward to the person who made the falcon fly, the next morning, he saw the hawk flying swiftly through the gardens. The king told his court, bring me the author of that miracle. His court quickly introduced him to a peasant. The king asked, * "You did the falcon fly? How did you do? Are you a magician? - Intimidated the farmer told the king, my king * was easy, just cut the branch, and the hawk flew, he realized that I had wings and took to flight. You know you have wings? You know you can fly? What you're holding? What you can not let go? What are you waiting to fly? You can not discover new oceans ................ Unless you have the courage to fly. We live within a comfort zone where we move and think, that's all there. Within this zone, this all we know, and everything we believe. Living our values, our fears and our limitations. Queen in that area, our past and our history. All the familiar, everyday and easy. It is our comfort zone and generally believe it is our only place, and way of life. We have dreams, we want results, we look for opportunities, but we are always willing to take risk, are not always willing to travel difficult roads. We are satisfied with what we have, we believe it is only possible, and learn to live from the resignation. Leadership is the ability that we acquire when we learn to expand our comfort zone. When we are willing to take risks, when we learn to walk a tightrope when we are willing to raise the rod to measure our potential. A true leader has self-confidence to stand alone, courage to make tough decisions, courage, to move towards the new with passion, and tender enough to listen to the needs of others. The man does not seek to be a leader, becomes a leader for the quality of their actions and the integrity of their attempts.
Leaders are like eagles do not fly in flocks ... Find them every so often and flying alone. REMEMBER .... Are more than conquerors in Christ Jesus! "