#WhiteHouse March 21
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March 2026 marks the 75th consecutive month that Jeff Neelon, Jaclyn Donovan, and I have completed a 30-Day Coach4aday Challenge. For this milestone month, we’ve chosen to focus on teaching. Each day for 30 days, we will share one lesson, principle, or insight gained from the previous 74 challenges—calling it the 30-Day Coach4aday Teach It Challenge. For each of us we believe that our own personal growth increases when we share it.
Just got finished reading a book called The Gatekeepers about a number of leaders who served as Chief of Staff in the WHITE HOUSE
That book reminded me that there were lots of people who served and worked at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave in Washington DC. One of those roles is the President’s Butler.
“Teach It” 30 Day Challenge Guidelines
In past challenges, we invited others to join us, though participation has been limited. This month, the three of us will return to January 2020—the very beginning—and move forward to the present, reflecting along the way and sharing a life lesson or insight from any month with one another.
Here is how we will do it.
- Identify the principle, insight, or lesson from a previous 30-Day Challenge-identify the Challenge also.
- Teach that lesson to each of us.
- Share the conversation by posting on social media with the hashtag #Coach4adayChallenge
Day 21-Eugene Allen story of working at the White House
In 2013 there was a film released titled “The Butler“. It can best be described as drama/documentary based loosely on the life of Eugene Allen who worked in the White House as a butler for many years. He got to serve 8 US Presidents.
f you are looking for a star-studded cast of actors in a film, The Butler has it. Jane Fonda, Robin Williams, John Cusack, Oprah Winfree, Cuba Gooding Jr, and Forest Whitaker all are fantastic. Glad I watched it.
More importantly, it reminds us that anyone can embody dignity, patience, and quiet strength in the face of systemic injustice. Both the film about a butler and the book about Chiefs of Staff illustrate that true leadership exists across many roles. At its core, leadership is less about position and more about a commitment to serving others.
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