Leadership Stories
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The Olympic Gold Medalist Who Lied his Way into the Battle of Britain
Billy Fiske had two Olympic golds and an American passport that made him illegal in the RAF. He talked his way in anyway.
The Pilot Who Led a War From a Wheelchair (Douglas Bader, UK)
He lost both legs, flew in the Battle of Britain, and kept escaping as a prisoner. Douglas Bader's lesson: standards beat circumstances.