Years later’, I read the epitaph on Jackie Robinson’s tombstone: ‘A life is not important except in its impact on other lives.’ That sentiment captured the credo of the generation that raised me.
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Author
Jim Mattis
Former United States Secretary of Defense and co-author of the New York Times #1 bestseller, Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead.