{"id":2746,"date":"2015-01-21T06:24:42","date_gmt":"2015-01-21T04:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=2746"},"modified":"2015-01-21T06:24:42","modified_gmt":"2015-01-21T04:24:42","slug":"laying-the-groundwork-for-the-success-of-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=2746","title":{"rendered":"LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR THE SUCCESS OF OTHERS"},"content":{"rendered":"<table width=\"1103\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"368\">At the beginning of the new year, 1828, Eugene reflected on his situation of having been condemned to humdrum administration work in Marseille for a fifth year already. Realizing that the years were passing he shared some of his downheartedness with Fr. Court\u00e8s.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Moreover how can I deal with all these routine details which absorb half and often the whole of my days! Dear Court\u00e8s, I am at the end of my tether while death comes near as I approach old age.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He was about to turn 48 \u2013 which seemed to have been a rather advanced age in those days! Giving in to a good dose of southern emotionalism he paints a gloomy picture of his prospects and abilities! Consequently, he charges the younger Oblates to keep running with the ideals he had given them.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>When I shall be free, I will no longer be able to act. While waiting for the good God to deliver you from the nonentity of the man that I have become, act, you others, on my behalf. May the work of the Lord be accomplished&#8230;&#8230;<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Letter to Hippolyte Court\u00e8s, 2 January 1828, EO VII n 289<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Little did he realize, in his gloom and doom, that he had another 33 years of dynamic life-giving years ahead of him, where he would accomplish extraordinary work for God!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUltimately, leadership is not about glorious crowning acts. It&#8217;s about keeping your team focused on a goal and motivated to do their best to achieve it, especially when the stakes are high and the consequences really matter. It is about laying the groundwork for others&#8217; success, and then standing back and letting them shine.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Chris Hadfield<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the beginning of the new year, 1828, Eugene reflected on his situation of having been condemned to humdrum administration work in Marseille for a fifth year already. Realizing that the years were passing he shared some of his downheartedness &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=2746\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[79],"class_list":["post-2746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-letters","tag-service"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2746\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}