Melinda French Gates's 1-Word Response to Her Divorce and Departure From the Gates Foundation Is a Lesson for Every Leader

I think the lesson here is pretty simple: Even when we don't get to choose our circumstances, we do get to choose our perspective. Too often, we allow our emotional response to a situation to dictate our perspective. We become consumed by anger or grief or disappointment, and that becomes our outlook. We let our emotions determine how we see our si... See more