than you were yesterday.” Indeed George wanted to be
a better leader, a better person, a better husband, and a
better father. He wanted José to feel good about work-
ing for him and he wanted Jamie to see that he wasn’t
going to implode. George’s goal was to improve every
day, help his team improve, and hopefully deliver an in-
credible launch to the executives of the NRG Company.
He knew it was a long shot but hope and a desire to
change and succeed were all he had left. His team had
made great strides yesterday but he also knew they
would need a lot more to turn the impossible into the
possible and succeed on Friday. He knew something
was missing but he wasn’t sure what.
He pulled the rock Joy had given him out of his
pocket. Although he felt silly for carrying around a rock
in his pocket, everything else Joy had said made sense
so he figured she must have had a good reason for giv-
ing it to him. He looked at it and remembered what she
had said, “When you find the value in the rock you will
find the treasure in yourself and in others.” Maybe there
is a gem inside here or something like that, he thought.
Then he laughed at the crazy thought. No way. As if Joy
would give me a rock with a diamond inside it. I don’t
think so, he said to himself. But what value could possi-
bly be found in this rock, he wondered. Maybe it was
from an ancient civilization or something like that. Or
maybe the rock symbolizes strength. It certainly did
help me when I was having it out with Tom, he
thought. Or maybe it was from a special river. Or per-
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