Being a veterinarian, I had been called to examine a ten-year-old Irish Wolfhound named Belker. The dog's owners, Ron, his wife Lisa , and their little boy Shane, were all very attached to Belker, and they were hoping for a miracle.

I examined Belker and found he was dying of cancer. I told the family we couldn't do anything for Belker, and offered to perform the euthanasia procedure for the old dog in their home.

"You cannot give away what you do not own...anymore than you can come from where you have not been." This quote by Larry Wilson, founder of Wilson Learning and Pecos River Learning, is one of the pillars of my work in conversational leadership.

We can potentially learn at least one, if not several lessons, every day!

Where do we learn these lessons you may ask?  Here are three ideal places where lessons are learned daily.