Dividends & Interest: Drawing on Leadership
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That was pretty much the extent of my awareness of David—until he found out through a third party that I was a frustrated cartoonist. From that day on he saw me as one of his inner circle, and that was an interesting place to be. David required me to provide a regular output of cartoon drafts. He was the ultimate encouraging coach. He always found something he liked about my amateurish attempts and made me feel good about the work I had done. He might have added a line here or suggested a different background there, but always with a light touch, and he never tried to alter my idea for a cartoon. He also challenged me to do better and kept talking about my stack of scribblings as my portfolio. After David critiqued my work I always felt motivated to do more.