www.insideHALTON.com · OAKVILLE BEAVER Friday, June 29, 2012 · 12 Leadership is finding a way to add value to every day Continued from page 11 and who makes everyone around them shine brighter, he said, will prove far more rewarding. Dudley told numerous stories during his presentation including one where he bought a grocery store cashier chocolates because it seemed she was having a bad day. The gesture was so appreciated it brought the woman to tears. Dudley also told a story where he was brought to tears by the kindness of a stranger. The story dated back to his university days when he and his classmates had attempted to raise $20,000 for Shinerama: Students Fighting Cystic Fibrosis through a charity car wash. An inconvenient hurricane hampered the event, but through determination and unorthodox fundraising techniques the group still managed to raise $18,000. Dudley's elation over the fundraiser being salvaged quickly disappeared, however, when the only thing mentioned in the local newspaper was that the students were $2,000 short of their goal. In the end, a stranger who had been watching the group's desperate work chipped in the "We're lowering the bar in life to make it easier, but it doesn't make it better." Drew Dudley, Motivational speaker and Nuance Leadership Inc. founder last $2,000, telling Dudley she felt better there were people like him in the world. "You want to know what leadership is? It's telling the people who made your life better that they made your life better. Leadership is finding a way to add value everyday... and it's nothing beyond that," said Dudley. "Somehow I think it is scary to believe that we can be that powerful. It's frightening to think we could have that kind of impact everyday. As long as we keep leadership bigger than us and beyond us, as long as we keep leadership about changing the world what we are doing is giving ourselves an excuse not to expect it from ourselves and each other every day. We're lowering the bar in life to make it easier, but it doesn't make it better." Oakville Travel Show European Engineering Combined With Traditional Workmanship DeNure Tours Abbey Park H.S. students in Top 20 Two Abbey Park High School students earned top 20 spots at this year's COIN Competition, hosted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario. The two students were Yu Yang Zheng and Adnan Khan. The recent competition is held to give high school students considering a career as a chartered accountant an opportunity to compete, have fun and win cash prizes. Top 20 earners received $100 and are invited to attend an Honour Roll luncheon in Toronto. Wednesday July 18th at 9:00am Holiday Inn, 590 Argus Road Join us for a coffee and learn more about our Caribbean cruises and our unique winter packages to Florida & Myrtle Beach. These stay-put holidays include transportation and accommodation, and have on-site representatives to coordinate activities and local shuttle transportation. Our representatives from Florida & Myrtle Beach will be on hand at the show, and you can also take a tour of our deluxe coach. Please call to let us know you are coming so that we have coffee and a place for you. RSVP to 1-866-967-9909 or email us at: info@denuretours.com 905.849.0266 "Building on the Brightest Ideas Around Glass"