Wisdom from an 8-Year-Old

by Ron Carlson

And the dad had tried gamely to explain to his 8-year-old what running a business was all about

Why it’s so important


How it helps people.


And the daughter said, I’ll be right back.


5 minutes later, she returned with this drawing and said, this, this is what’s important to your business.


And the stunned adult was reminded of a journey taken long ago and forgotten to be remembered this day:


“You – you alone will have the stars as no one else has them…In one of the stars I shall be living. In one of them I shall be laughing. And so it will be as if all the stars were laughing, when you look at the sky at night…You – only you – will have stars that can laugh.”― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry,