What Are Your Blind Spots?: Conquering the 5 Misconceptions that Hold Leaders Back

Introduction

It was December 12, 1799, and George Washington, at 67 years of age, was just over 30 months into his retirement from being the first president of the United States of America. Never one to sit still, he was very involved supervising activities at Mount Vernon, his estate in Virginia. His property spread over more than 500 beautiful acres along the Potomac River. He spent most of that December day outside, and an entry in his diary that evening about the weather conditions read, “About 10:00 it began to snow, soon after it hailed, and then a settled rain.” The following day, he complained of a sore throat but went out again on his horse to mark trees that he wished to be cut. It was another cold day punctuated by heavy snow and ...