I’ve taken a bit of time to work with the Boy Scouts, the Air Force Association, and the Red Cross. These organizations spend a considerable amount of time just on recruiting, and sometimes they still grow slowly.
I was wondering if there were books on volunteer leadership? I’ve read (and own) many books on military and corporate leadership, and a few on church leadership.
If there aren’t any such books. . . maybe I’d better get started writing!? I sense a possible market!
My friend Jim wrote an inspiring essay about immigration. The nucleus of his thesis (in my own humble opinion) is very close to my personal belief that people drive the world to wealth. I don’t think I could have said it any better. It’s not just America benefitting from immigration. South Korea and to some extent Western Europe have benefitted from the influx.
I do think immigrants should learn English. I also think Americans should learn at least one other language. Spanish serves well in most of the US, but I think we’d better start learning Mandarin, because the Chinese seem to be catching on to this whole market economy thing, allowing their citizens to drive them to wealth as well. And I certainly have grave reservations about the nature of much of the Middle Eastern immigration into Europe, although I did meet many who adjusted well to Germany.