Wild Inklings

Inspiration

Been reading lately about organizations, big and small, that have appointed chief inspiration officers.

Not a bad idea.

Inspiration officers can perform varied functions. They might publish motivating bulletins or post enthusiastic blogs. Or design team-building programs. Or they might not have formal duties; they might just walk around and praise folks every once in a while. 

Inspiration officers can't hurt. And they might boost employee and business success.

Ben Franklin

 

Ben Franklin's birthday is today. 

This guy was pure energy. 

Among other things, he was a statesman, inventor, optician, printer, scientist, farmer, electrician, politician, writer, philanthropist, business owner, soldier, philosopher, abolitionist, salesman, wide-ranging traveler, educator, librarian, musician, diplomat, unionist, and sailor. 

If there's one person in history I'd like to meet, it would be Ben Franklin. 

But in the absence of meeting him, he's a great inspiration, don't you think? 

Today is also Martin Luther King Jr's birthday. Wonder what a meeting of those two minds would have been like.