Part of inspiring others...

"Part of inspiring others, ..., is making human connections. When he was secretary of state, he said, he would sneak away from his security detail and go into the garage next to his building to engage with the workers there. When he asked them how they determined who got the best parking spots, the parking lot attendants put it simply: Those who drove into the lot and greeted the attendants with a friendly wave or smile in the morning got the choice spots. Those who did not take the time to treat the attendants like human beings got the less desirable spaces." Colin Powell. (ref: http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/march4/colin-powell-speaks-030409.html)