[MG100] special edition: please read and support article about Marshall in The Atlantic
Good afternoon!
A couple of days ago, an excellent article written by John Dickerson was published in The Atlantic
The Questions That Will Get Me Through the Pandemic
An unexpected routine has helped me regain a sense of control during an uncertain time.
John Dickerson is an amazing author and a great guy! He is a contributor to The Atlantic magazine and one the anchors on CBS 60 Minutes. John recently interviewed Marshall to gain his insights on what he had learned about leadership from the great people that he has coached - which was included in his new book, The Hardest Job in the World: The American Presidency. He just wrote a brilliant article about the interview and how it has impacted his life.
In the article, Dickerson reminds us how Marshall's Daily Questions remain current and important in our new pandemic times. I would also like to call out how he draws the connection that Benjamin Franklin, like Marshall uses the same organizational scheme: questions:
Franklin's wisdom was built by more than just the accretion of years. He worked at it. In his autobiography, written at a much earlier age, he outlined the personal organizational scheme he employed to make himself a better person. Its central feature? Questions. “What good shall I do this day?” he asked himself in the morning. And at the end, like Goldsmith, he asked, “What good have I done to-day?”