As you read through the narrative of how Virtuous Leadership expert Alex Havard came to find his mission through the contemplation of his own story, ask yourself: What is my story? What is my talent? What is the cultural or social challenge I am called to respond to with passion and dedication? Reflect on your story. Contemplate it. Recognize that your story is your strength. And write it down. " In my Virtuous Leadership classes I always call on my students to discover their own essence in order to identify a mission. And to help determine what that is, I ask them to write the story of their lives to that point. I suggest that in the writing they will begin to see themselves for who they are, to develop a concept of self, and, in the process, discern a mission— the thing they were born to do." - Alexandre Havard