When I was teaching at NATO some years ago, one of my students was a 4 star general with 4 tours of Afghanistan behind him. One day I brought in 'If' for us to do together and he smiled and said: 'Ah yes, my father gave this to me when I was 8 years old and it is now framed in my office.
I LOVE this Rudyard Kipling Poem. I have striven to live by it. My only wish is that when I die, someone will be able to say of me ... He achieved this!
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