A Message to Garcia
by Elbert Hubbard
The 1899 essay: Rowan is told to carry a message to Garcia and simply does it, without asking where Garcia is. A hymn to initiative and reliability, printed in the tens of millions. Ten minutes long.
Read it if…
you want a short classic on initiative to share with a team.
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Skip it if…
you dislike moralising; it moralises.
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Three things you will actually use
- Take the message without asking how.
- Reliability is rare and therefore valuable.
- Initiative is a form of loyalty.
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Read it; it takes ten minutes.
Our verdict
Initiative, in ten minutes.
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