PEGGY NOONAN: HOW TO FIND A GOOD LEADER?

PEGGY NOONAN: HOW TO FIND A GOOD LEADER?

IN PURSUIT OF THE TRUTH - HTTP://WWW.CINOPSBEGONEBLOGSPOT.COM - SAT. NOV.3/18

   
 "MS. GOODWIN ASKS QUESTIONS IN HER BOOK, "LEADERSHIP: IN TURBULENT TIMES"- "ARE LEADERS BORN OR MADE? WHERE DOES AMBITION COME FROM? HOW DOES DOES ADVERSITY AFFECT THE GROWTH OF LEADERSHIP?" ...

     
 LEADERS ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR PIVOTAL DECISIONS ... SHE TELLS ME A GOOD LEADER HAS "AN AMBITION FOR SELF THAT BECOMES AN AMBITION FOR SOMETHING LARGER."

    
  LEADERS REMIND US WE'RE CITIZENS, "PART OF THE AMERICAN STORY," NOT MERELY ANXIOUS SPECTATORS. "IN EVERY MOMENT OF OUR TURBULENT TIMES IT WASN'T JUST THE LEADER WHO WAS PRESENT IT WAS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE." ...

    
MR. BESCHLOSS: "A LEADER IS SOMEONE WHO FIRST OF ALL MEANS IT, AND YOU CAN TELL. HE SINCERELY HOLDS THE VIEWS HE ESPOUSES. HE IS SERIOUS. ADVANCING THEM IS HIS PROJECT AND PURPOSE...

  
  GREAT LEADERS ARE CAPABLE OF ARGUING FOR THE THINGS THEY BELIEVE IN. THEY CAN MAKE THE CASE. THEY CAN MAKE YOU THINK ALONG WITH THEM LOGICALLY FROM POINT A TO POINT B AND BEYOND...

   
 WHEN LEADERS RELY ON LOGIC AND FACT, VOTERS DO FEEL SOMETHING: GRATITUDE AT THE IMPLIED RESPECT, AND A FEELING OF WARMTH AT MEMBERSHIP IN A COMMUNITY OF THOUGHT AND BELIEF. ELOQUENCE IN POLITICAL LEADERS IS DESIRABLE BUT NOT NECESSARY...

  
  GOOD LEADERS LIVE IN THE REAL WORLD. THEY DON'T INSIST ON GRAND IDEOLOGIES THEY CAN SQUISH DOWN ON YOUR HEADS. THEY KNOW THE FACTS AND WORK WITHIN THEM. THEY RESPECT REALITY. A LEADER IS AWARE HE IS THE OBJECT OF MANY EYES....

   
 A LEADER ISN'T JUST TRYING TO SURVIVE FOR HIMSELF, TO HOLD ON TO POWER. YET A LEADER TRIES ALWAYS TO SURVIVE. GOOD LEADERS ARE SURVIVORS....

   
 A SERIOUS LEADER BOTHERS TO HAVE COMMAND OF THE FACTS. LEADERSHIP ISN'T ALL AIRY IMPULSES. IT'S KNOWING LOCAL AND NATIONAL FACTS BECAUSE YOU'VE STUDIED AND ABSORBED THEM. YOU DID THE WORK. A GOOD LEADER KNOWS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STUBBORNNESS AND PERSEVERANCE....

   
 A SHREWD LEADER KNOWS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STUBBORNNESS AND PERSEVERANCE...

A SHREWD LEADER KNOWS WHAT TIME IT IS. HE WATCHES EACH SIDE AND SEES WHAT TENDENCY IS COMING UP, AND GOING DOWN. IN A MOMENT HE SPIES OPENINGS...

   
 WHEN YOU, THE VOTER, AREN'T PRESENTED WITH CANDIDATES WHO LOOK LIKE REAL LEADERS, WHAT DO YOU DO? PICK THE CLOSEST TO THE IDEAL. FALL BACK ON THE PRACTICAL...

   
 MR. BESCHLOSS, IN AN EMAIL: "CHOOSE A CANDIDATE WHOSE VALUES AND HEART AND LIFE EXPERIENCE YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH, SO THAT YOU CAN FEEL CONFIDENT ABOUT THE VAST MAJORITY OF POLITICAL DECISIONS THEY WILL MAKE, IF ELECTED, THAT YOU WILL NEVER HEAR ABOUT."

GEORGE H. KUBECK

" HERE ARE OUR CHOICES: THE POLITICS OF ANGER AND DIVISION BY MAXINE WALTERS, SCHUMER, PELOSI, ANDREW CUOMO, NEWSOM, BERNIE SANDERS, ELIZABETH WARREN, KRISTINE GILLIBRAND, OR PRESIDENT TRUMP AND  HIS SUCCESSFUL ECONOMIC AND TRADITIONAL SOCIAL POLICIES FOR ALL AMERICANS."