You’ve probably heard the ridiculous story about the man who was refused entry into a fancy dinner club because he wasn’t wearing a tie. The doorman sent him away with instructions to return if, and only if, he had a tie wrapped around his neck.

The fellow rummaged through his car, but couldn’t find a necktie. However, he did find a pair of jumper cables in the trunk. He decided to fashion a necktie from those jumper cables.

He returned to the door of the club. The doorman saw those jumper cables around the man’s neck and realized that technically they could serve as a tie. So he said, “Well, I guess you can come in.” Then he added, “Just don’t start anything.”

Bad joke, but here is where we want to begin today’s message the people in history who have most impacted our lives were people…