Comments on: A Day For Hope and Optimism http://vanamburggroup.com/blogs/a-day-for-hope-and-optimism/ The VanAmburg Group Blog - Marketing Tech Mindshifts Wed, 04 May 2011 14:22:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: JudyBerg http://vanamburggroup.com/blogs/a-day-for-hope-and-optimism/comment-page-1/#comment-196 JudyBerg Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:43:56 +0000 http://vanamburggroup.com/blogs/?p=2795#comment-196 I couldn't agree more, Nick - in some ways, perhaps, Obama's legacy is already achieved. I got to thinking this when someone raised the unthinkable- that this President may suffer the same ends as Lincoln, Kennedy etc... but as I thought about that, it occurred to me, should that happen, he has already performed the enabling role you talk about - because I do not think anyone in this leadership role could take the nation back to where they were - FEAR instead of HOPE. I read this quote somewhere a long time ago...not sure who said it... but it has been a guide for me in all the management roles I have held - "Of great leaders they will say, "We did it ourselves." I couldn't agree more, Nick – in some ways, perhaps, Obama's legacy is already achieved. I got to thinking this when someone raised the unthinkable- that this President may suffer the same ends as Lincoln, Kennedy etc… but as I thought about that, it occurred to me, should that happen, he has already performed the enabling role you talk about – because I do not think anyone in this leadership role could take the nation back to where they were – FEAR instead of HOPE.

I read this quote somewhere a long time ago…not sure who said it… but it has been a guide for me in all the management roles I have held – "Of great leaders they will say, "We did it ourselves."

]]> By: NickCorsi http://vanamburggroup.com/blogs/a-day-for-hope-and-optimism/comment-page-1/#comment-185 NickCorsi Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:50:09 +0000 http://vanamburggroup.com/blogs/?p=2795#comment-185 Good leaders are enablers. Throughout this campaign I have held fast to the idea that Barrack Obama is an inspiration to the some of the most devastated people in America, and the World over for that matter. Although I would never trivialize the importance of policy choice and Congressional interface, enabling a population to forget fear and push forward is what will bring them out of this dismal state. Bringing ourselves out of a depressed mode does not come via the act of sitting back and waiting for control to be taken, but by taking the initiative and working the problems. Good leaders are enablers. Throughout this campaign I have held fast to the idea that Barrack Obama is an inspiration to the some of the most devastated people in America, and the World over for that matter. Although I would never trivialize the importance of policy choice and Congressional interface, enabling a population to forget fear and push forward is what will bring them out of this dismal state. Bringing ourselves out of a depressed mode does not come via the act of sitting back and waiting for control to be taken, but by taking the initiative and working the problems.

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