Dear Next Generation: ‘Great Men and Women Don’t Just Flare Into Existence, They Are Made’

Dear Next Generation: ‘Great Men and Women Don’t Just Flare Into Existence, They Are Made’
Dear Next Generation, an advice column from readers to young people. Photo by Shutterstock
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My late father gave me this pithy advice while in college, and it has stuck with me some 70 years: “Don’t tell me about your I.Q. Show me your ‘I did!’”

Christopher J. Hoey Florida