Addendum to all men (and women) can rise above common

Every one of us has an obligation to help provide conditions and opportunities for others to rise above common.

Employers (or those with leadership positions in an organization) need to provide opportunities in the workplace.  Teachers have a similar obligation to provide an opportunity and to offer encouragement.  Parents  have multiple obligations.  Not only must we provide opportunities , but we must also help children our children to develop the desire to rise above common.   This does not mean that as parents we should "drive" our children to achieve...... quite the contrary.  We should only provide the environment and genuine encouragement.  Too often parents seem to push their chikdren into attempting to excel in many things, with the end result being that the children are probably doing "it" to please their parents ....not themselves