Louis Mazzante & Jean Mazzante - Making Wise Decisions

Louis Mazzante, “Our actions speak more loudly than words.”


Louis and Jean Mazzante: Quick Leadership Wit and Wisdom


MAZZANTE ABOUT MAKING DECISIONS

William McKinley, the 25th U.S. President, once had to choose between two equally qualified men for a key job. He puzzled over the choice until he remembered a long-ago incident.

On a rainy night, McKinley had boarded a crowded streetcar. One of the men he was not considering had also been aboard, thought he didn’t see McKinley. Then an old woman carrying a basket of laundry struggled into the car, looking in vain for a seat. The job candidate pretended not to see her and kept his seat. McKinley gave up his seat to help her.

Remembering the episode, which he called “this little omission of kindness,” McKinley decided against the man on the streetcar. Our decisions – even the small, fleeting ones – tell a lot about us.

(Adapted from Presidential Anecdotes – Paul F. Boller, Jr. – Penguin Books)

Louis and Jean Mazzante are members of IBOAI

IBOAI, the official trade association of IBO’s, serves and protects the business interests of independent business owners. Leadership includes Jim Janz, Don Wilson, Billy Florence, Jody Victor.

Billy Florence leads Team DCI (Team Dream Chasers). Billy Florence owns Florence Enterprises. Fred Harteis owns Harties International and Harteis is past president of IBOAI.


Diamond Leader key words: Jody Victor Billy Florence, Fred Harteis, Brad Duncan, Ron Puryear, Don Wilson, Colombo DiSalvatore, Randy Haugen, Louis and Jean Mazzante, Orrin Woodward

© 2007 LOUIS MAZZANTE reprint permission to Billy Florence Team Dream Chasers site.