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John Hope Bryant Mission Statement

"There is a difference between broke and being poor. Being broke is a temporary economic condition, but being poor is a disabling frame of mind and a depressed condition of your spirit, and you must vow to never, ever be poor again."
My vision for the poor, the under-served, and the wealthless of the world is to help them see themselves -- differently. We can do this by helping to expose, to educate, to empower, and ultimately to inspire them. To help them become "dreamers, with shovels in their own hands," quoting my friend Dr. Dorothy Height.
To see themselves for what and who they truly already are; rich in spirit. Assets, and not liabilities on the world's global balance sheet.
Because, I have seen, time and again, that given an informed choice, the poor do not want a hand out, but simply a hand up. They want the dignity that comes from doing for self.
That education is the ultimate poverty eradication tool, and when you know better, you tend to do better.
Moving from civil rights to silver rights. From integrating the lunch counter, to integrating the dollar too.
That low-wealth communities, the world over, represent future emerging markets waiting to be born. That one person can make a diference, and we are that one person. That we are all accountable and responsible for the world we live in, because it is literally the world we create. A little hope can make the difference.

September 04, 2010

September 03, 2010

Love Leadership Quote of the Day

"Courage is nothing more than your faith reaching through your fear, displaying itself as action in your life."

John Hope Bryant, author of LOVE LEADERSHIP: The New Way to Lead in a Fear-Based World, and founder, Operation HOPE

September 03, 2010 in John Hope Bryant Authored, Leadership, Love Leadership Book by Jossey-Bass, Love vs. Fear Based Leadership, Quotable | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

A Conversation on Leadership at USC from operationhopedotorg on Vimeo.

On December 2nd, James G. Ellis, Dean of the USC Marshall School of Business, moderates a panel titled "A Conversation on Leadership," which included Warren Bennis, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Business Administration, Founding Chairman of the USC Leadership Institute, author of the recently published The Essential Bennis and the forthcoming Still Surprised: A Memoir of a Life in Leadership; John Hope Bryant, founder of Operation HOPE and author of LOVE LEADERSHIP: The New Way to Lead in a Fear-Based World; and William G. George, Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School; former Chairman and CEO of Medtronic and author of four books including True North and his most recent 7 Lessons for Leading in Crisis.

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