CHAPTER TEN
Not Yielding to What’s Easy
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
—Martin Luther King Jr.
An Expeditionary Leader’s sense of responsibility is anchored in the courage to stand up for something larger than oneself. Outward Bound founder Kurt Hahn modeled this courage in his own life when he openly challenged Hitler and the nationalism that was spreading across his home country of Germany. He didn’t take the easy way out; he stood up for what he believed in at his own peril. In fact, he was thrown in jail for it. Supporters of Hahn were eventually able to get him released and out of Nazi Germany. He then worked to get his ...
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