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Let’s Play the Alphabet Game!

In my series of blogs titled Keys to As, I posted 25 words beginning with the letter A. In the future, over a 50-week period, I’ll post 25 blogs, one for each of the remaining letters of the alphabet. The series will be titled Leadership ABCs.

To make it more interesting for you, let’s make it a game in which you participate. Every other week, I’ll post a blog that focuses on a particular letter of the alphabet. The first person with a U.S.A. mailing address who contacts me and identifies correctly the word I have chosen for that letter will receive a signed copy of Why It Matters: Reflections on Practical Leadership; it will include a recognition that the recipient is the prize winner for the letter.

There are three rules for the game: 1) you are limited to a single selection for the word; 2) you cannot contact me sooner than one week before the blog is posted on LinkedIn; and 3) entries are to be sent to me at johnaustinwhitejr@gmail.com, not my LinkedIn or University of Arkansas email addresses. You can’t send me a dictionary listing of every word in the English language.

To illustrate how the game is played, suppose my next posting is for the letter A. From previous LinkedIn postings, you know that among the 25 words in my Keys to As series, I claimed Attitude is the most important key. So, it shouldn’t be surprising that Attitude would be the winning choice among words beginning with the letter A.

The game begins with the letter B. Can you guess which B-word I think is the most important for effective leadership? If so, when the time comes, let me know!

When does the game begin? August 20, 2025. What is the earliest time and date for submission of entries for the word I’ve chosen that begins with B? 12:00 am, Eastern Daylight Time, August 13, 2025. What is the latest time and date for submission of entries for the B-word? 12:00 am, EDT, August 20, 2025.

What is the earliest you can submit your selection of the word beginning with C? 12:00 am, EDT, August 27, 2025. What is the latest time? 12:00 am, EDT, September 3, 2025.

The game will continue until a final posting on July 22, 2026, for the word beginning with Z. The earliest you can submit your selection of the word beginning with Z is 12:00 am, EDT, July 15, 2026. The latest submission for the Z-word is 12:00 am, EDT, July 22, 2026.

Again, only one entry is allowed for each letter; the first entry I receive that correctly identifies the word I have chosen for the letter in question will receive a signed copy of Why It Matters: Reflections on Practical Leadership, including recognition of being the winner for the particular letter.

I’m limiting all mailing to the U.S.A. Also, I’ll mail the books using the U. S. Postal Service’s media rate. Allow a week for receipt of your book!

Let preparations for the game begin!!!

 

 

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