Have you ever been so focused on accomplishing the urgent that you completely miss the important?

Sadly, the holiday that's just around the corner often stands as an example of this.

As leaders, if we aren't careful, we can get so caught up in the food, the football,

and for leaders closing out Q4, that we completely miss the meaning of Thanksgiving.

Now don't get me wrong, I love food.

I love football.

And Q4, it's really important for your business.

But you and I both know that Thanksgiving is about so much more than that.

From the Ramsey Network, this is the Entre leadership podcast, where we help business leaders

grow themselves, their teams, and their profits.

I'm your host Alex Judd, and today our team wanted to create time for you to pause the

urgent so you can remember the important.

And every great leader knows that story is the most powerful vehicle for refocusing on

the things that matter most.

So today's conversation is with one of the great storytellers of our time, Stephen Mansfield.

As a speaker, author, and thought leader, Stephen has a gift for bringing history to life

and extracting principles that we can all put into action.

Today, he's going to give you a front row seat to the story of endurance, vision, and

belief that created what we now call Thanksgiving.

It's a fascinating story.

You know, just around the time of 1600s dawn, you had Elizabeth I, the famous Elizabeth

that we've seen the movies on and so on.

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