can you deliver the massage to garcia
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Can you Deliver the massage to GarciaIwant youtobetheRowanoftheorganizationreadytoDeliveryour messagetoGarciawasan instruction given to me by a Superior officermany years agoI did notunderstand what he meant till I read the true story of realLieutenant Andrew SummersRowan by one !riter "ubbard in #$%%& 'fter () years I *now I can deliver the messageto GarciaYou may think that's arrogance on my part, but it's not.It's confidence. I knowthat if my seniorhanded me a letter and said, "Get this to Garcia." I could get it there. and thenext time I see them I am told, "I'm finished with that.What do you want me to do next,but that inspirational story that inspired me years bac* and how it is useful in todaycorporate world I wish to share "ubbard+s story told of an obscure but important event surrounding the #$%$ Spanish,'merican!ar& !ithtensionsmountingbetweenthe-nitedStatesandSpain.whichruled Cuba at the time/When war broke out between Spain & the UnitedStates,0resident 1c2inleysawstrategicvalueinestablishingrapport withCubanrebels should war with Spain ensue&Communication needed to be established posthastewithCubanleader General Garciatohelp 'merica&itwasverynecessarytocommunicatequicklywiththeleader of theInsurgents.Just beforedeclaring war, President McKinley was meeting with Colonel Arthur Wagner, head of the Bureauof Military ntelligence for the !nited States" #Where#, as$ed President McKinley, #canfind aman who will carry a message to %arcia Co'o(eration between the rebel forces in Cuba andthe !nited States was essential to the success of the cam(aign" t was )ital to *uic$lycommunicatewiththeleader of therebels, %eneral Cali+to%arcia, aCuban'bornCreole"%eneral %arcia was somewhere in the mountains of Cuba leading the rebel troo(s in their fightfor inde(endence" ,e was ahunted man by the S(anish army" -o one$newhis e+actwhereabouts" Garcia was somewhere in the mountain vastness of uba!no one knew where" #o mail nor telegraph message could reach him"$he %resident must secure his cooperation, and quickly" What to do&Colonel Wagner did not hesitate in his answer to the President" # ha)e a man ' a young officer,Lieutenant Andrew Summers .owan" f anybody can get a message to %arcia, .owancan"#3ieutenant 'ndrewRowanwas recommendedfor thetas*4 5Rowanwill findGarcia for you if anybody can&'nd so the Commander,in,Chief of the mostpowerfulnation handed this army officer a letter with instruction for it to be delivered to Garcia&Anhour later, Col" WagnerstoodbeforeLieutenant .owan" #/oungman,# saidthesu(eriorofficer,#youmust carryamessageto%eneral %arcia, whowill befoundsomewhereintheeastern (art of Cuba"""/ou must (lan and act for yourself" 0he tas$ is yours and yours only"# Col"Wagner then shoo$ .owan1s hand and re(eated, #%et that message to %arcia"# Without as$ingone *uestion, .owan left to find %arcia"'ow (the fellow by the name of )owan* took the letter, sealed it up inan oil!skin pouch,strapped itover his heart,in four days landed bynight o+ the coast of uba from an open boat, disappeared into the,ungle, &inthreeweekscameoutontheothersideof theIsland,having traversed a hostile country on foot, and delivered his letter toGarcia, are things I have no special desire now to tell in detail".owan deli)ered the message to %arcia and the res(onse got bac$ to McKinley without .owane)er as$ing, #Where is he& What does he loo$ li$e& Who are his contacts& ,ow doget there,e sim(ly too$ the orders and did what he was as$ed to do" s there a .owan among us& sthere somebody who can get a message to %arcia without ha)ing to do an interrogation of hisseniorofficerfirst&stheresomeonewhocanget the2obdonewithout needingtoha)ehisem(loyer hold his hand until the tas$ is com(leted& f not, the boss might as well do it himseBottom line: Rowan delivered the letter against all odds and did not ask Where ishe at?It is not boo*,learning young men need "ubbard e6horted nor instruction about thisor that but a stiffening of the vertebrae which will cause them to be loyal to a trust to actpromptly concentrate their energies7 8to9 do the thing : ;carry a message to GarciaD?3I@?R AB-R 1?SS'G? =B G'RCI'&Cow as* yourself're you the Rowan of your companyD#, 're you available for assignments any assignment without hesitationand adaptableto whatever tas* is at hand given by your boss(&'re your reliable& If your boss as*s you to get something done in a timely mannerhave it done by that deadline&Bften other deadlines must be met down the line so do notbe the wea* lin*&E&Can you figure out how to get it done on your own&=his is a fine line to wal* but themore you can do on your own the more burden you relieve from your superior& =hemore burden you relieve the more grateful your superior will be&F&Can you ta*e action&So often people get bogged down in the details that they becomeapoplectic and unable to even start a proGect& Bften times procrastination prevents eventhe first step from being ta*en which is most often the hardest step to ta*e& &H& 're you diligent& it will show your employer that you do not need constant hand,holding or someone loo*ing over your shoulder to ma*e sure that you are getting yourwor* doneI 're you a whinier always laying blames on others sidetrac*ing issues and raising minorissue Jdelays to big issues to cover your own faults or are you above that and Gust goabout completing a tas* in hand amidst all uncomfortable noise around you