Leading From Within or Without?
Ten years ago my wife and I made it a priority to travel to different parts of the country to experience the different subcultures of the US. This, of course, was when we had two incomes and no kids. Times have changed. But I still reminisce through our many pictures of the rich experiences we had together.
One of my favorite trips was to the Northeast. We traveled around Maine and then made our way down the coast landing in Boston. I had a very specific mission while in Boston: find a particular park bench in the Boston Public Garden. It was this same bench that made an appearance in a movie I saw in college, Good Will Hunting. In one of the more moving scenes in the film, Sean (Robin Williams), a psychologist and college professor, is sitting on the park bench talking to Will (Matt Damon), a troubled orphan from South Boston. Will is an interesting character. He lived a troubled childhood in the slums and fighting was his favorite recreational activity. But Will is also a genius. Whether it’s history, art, or mathematics, his knowledge seems to know no bounds.