David Irvine

I spent this past weekend being a part of a board retreat in Boston with a wonderful group of leaders. Board members generally don’t get the credit they deserve in an organization – it goes to the front-line people who do the work.  But, that’s not why they’re there. They are there because they want to contribute – to be of service. Service for service sake, while great for soul, is also an exercise in ego reduction. Those who live a life of service understand that if you are to give a little light, you sometimes have to endure a little burning. But in the end, service – without recognition or material reward – provides the best remuneration: self-respect, the result of doing the right thing rather what’s easy, comfortable, or convenient.