Three weeks ago I flew to Atlanta to do a one-hour filmed interview with the Lance Armstrong Foundation on survivorship. They have a great organization which after only 2 years has an income of about 14 million dollars a year, and a huge staff of employees making things happen. (That's what being a world class athlete and international celebrity will do for a cause that you pick, sorry folks, you are stuck with me...till I can find that celebrity champion for OCF.) We planed further cooperation between the two foundations (OCF and LAF) in the area of life after cancer, which is the main focus of the LAF. He indeed is a gracious and highly committed individual. He said that the same guy has come in second place the last four times in France, and that was because that particular competitor only trains 6 months out of the year right before the race. Though Lance thinks this guy is a superior cyclist, Lance trains all year long, day in and day out. That is the difference in being number one and number two. Complete focus and commitment. That is also the way that he and others approach beating cancer, with complete focus and commitment to doing everything possible mentally and physically to win.

Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.