Brothers, what we do in life echoes in eternity.
– Maximus (Russell Crowe in Gladiator)
The work you are doing with your fraternity, organization, career, etc. may be interesting, compelling, invigorating, and inspiring.
However, would it pass the Historian Test?
However, would it pass the Historian Test?
I’ve been working with this idea of a “Historian Test” for a few years now as a way to measure the quality of my work at Kiwanis. Any organization can use it, and it’s really quite simple. The test is based on a very apparent, yet often forgotten notion: you are living through a moment of your organization’s history. How will this moment be described by those historians who will analyze it in the future?