What coping with cancer taught me about letting go

Cancer taught Lain Hensley an important lesson: sometimes a business leader must let others carry the burden in order to make an impact that lasts

I was on my way to catch a 7am flight to Milwaukee, where I was scheduled to make a speech about leadership and life, when I felt a strange lump on the right side of my throat. I immediately knew that something was wrong.

An examination and two biopsies later, my wife and I learned that the lump was cancerous. During the long days of waiting for the results, I kept my cell phone and pen and paper close, in case the results of the test were complicated. I remember hearing the dreaded diagnosis over the phone and simply writing the word "cancer". When I hung up, the emotion hit me like a truck. I went into the shower and wept with disbelief.

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