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What has a Mesoamerican Step Pyramid got to do with this?
Today I want to talk about leadership, but I want to see if I can get you to come along with me and really examine what this means in Scouting.
Leadership in Scouting is based on discovery.
I have (what I hope is a great) analogy to share with you, and this one is a whopper! It’s a really complicated analogy, you may have to go back and listen to it again.
Imagine you discover an ancient pre-Columbian, Mesoamerican step pyramid in the forest. Wouldn’t that be something? You are out hiking and you stumble on this terrific structure, you climb all over the pyramid, wow, you can see a long way from the top. You devote yourself to studying the pyramid, and learn how to understand the symbols, and there’s a great message in those symbols that changes your life.
This is exciting, isn’t it? You want to share this incredible discovery so you run back to town and get a bunch of young people together and take them out to the pyramid…
You’ll have to listen to the podcast for the rest, I hope it works for you.
The Twain Effect [0:20]
Intro [1:40] (I discuss a question about Scoutmaster Conferences)
Scouting is Discovery [9:25]
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Scoutmaster Conferences in the Guide to Advancement
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Wow! Probably your best podcast ever! So many people need to hear this podcast.
Thanks Andy!
This may be one of the best episodes I’ve heard!
I love the analogy and it only clarified and energized me more than I already was. I played it several times to make sure I fully absorbed the message.
As I will be soon converting from an assistant scoutmaster to a scout master of a new unit, I will certainly keep this episode in mind with the youth I will be mentoring.
Keep up the great work sir and thanks for all you do to help us adults present this pier mid to the youth we serve.
Thanks for all you do to help us adults present this pyramid to the youth we serve.
Thanks so much Brent! You’ll be a great Scoutmaster, what fun eh?