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Jennifer M. Granholm

Sometimes leadership is planting trees under whose shade you'll never sit. It may not happen fully till after I'm gone. But I know that the steps we're taking are the right steps.

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Leadership often involves making decisions and efforts that benefit others in the future, even if the leader themselves never directly experiences the results. The speaker understands that the progress being made now may only be appreciated later, but is confident that the current actions are correct.

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