Parents, Priests, and Generals employ a definable, repeatable method to develop in people the virtue that puts others ahead of self. We can learn from them as each of us fills that same role in the lives, systems, and institutions we inhabit.

Real and long-lasting change in the world is tantamount to developing in people the virtue that puts others ahead of self. This is the fulcrum – we are able to value others insofar as we define ourselves relative to something greater than ourselves.

We do it every day in all our walks of life. Business people, doctors, teachers, artists; with our policies, our priorities, the metrics we use, the stories we tell. We are all, and always, influencing those around us toward a relative value for self or others.