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GREAT COMMUNICATION SECRETS OF GREAT LEADERS
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the store windows to attract your attention. See how the light-
ing and staging present the merchandise in the most appealing
fashion. Ask yourself if there is a way you can present your-
self more theatrically. Perhaps you could wear a new suit, a
funny tie, or a clown nose.
Have a conversation with an elementary school teacher about
6. Window-shop. Look at how the merchandisers have dressed
how he or she maintains attention when presenting a lesson.
You will be surprised at the variety of tools that teachers of
the very young use: pictures, songs, musical instruments, and
toys. One or two may be appropriate for your next presenta-
tion.
7. Visit the theater. Watch how actors add body movement to the
words as a means of bringing their characters alive.
MOTHER TERESA—A LIFE OF HEALING
She radiated holiness pure and simple. She was drawn to the poorest of the
poor, and as a result the world was drawn to her. She was Mother Teresa.
Founder of a religious order and a Nobel laureate, she lived as she died, in
Calcutta tending to those in need. One of the ways she was able to achieve
what she did—always for others—was through her unique ability to commu-
nicate. Through prayer, through meditation, through interviews, and through
her own writings, Mother Teresa demonstrated an ability to bring people to
her cause.

MACEDONIA TO INDIA
The facts of her life are straightforward. Born in Skopje in what is now
Macedonia, Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu was Albanian by heritage. She was
inspired to go to India after learning about it from missionaries who spoke
at her school. She joined an Irish order, the Sisters of Loreto, moved to
India, and became a school principal. Wanting to do more, she founded her
own order, the Missionaries of Charity, based on Franciscan principles of
service to those most in need. She founded her order with some fellow nuns
in 1948 with no funds to speak of. Upon her death nearly 40 years later, her
order had grown to include 4000 nuns and 120,000 lay workers treating the
disenfranchised who were suffering from leprosy or AIDS as well as hunger
and malnutrition in some 450 missions around the world.She also became a
citizen of India, demonstrating her solidarity with the people she served
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