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Balloon Ride

Have you ever taken a hot air balloon ride? I haven't but I hear you can see for miles on clear days and it is a fun and exhilarating experience. I would like to tell you about two leadership styles that I came up with based on the following story. This story is not my own I found it on-line and unfortunately I do not remember where I found it. I took a hot air balloon ride and there I was floating over the landscape and enjoying the scenery when I realized I was lost. Fortunately I saw a man on the ground so I reduced my height so I could speak to him. I got closer to him and I shout "Excuse me, can you tell me where I am?" The man on the ground replies "You're in a hot air balloon hovering thirty feet above this field." "You must work in Information Technology." I reply back to him. "I do," says the man "How did you know?" "Well," I said back, "everything you told me is technically correct, but it...