FIRST OF ALL, A BELATED HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL
As much as there is to criticize in our country these past few years, one question silences most of the criticism and focuses us on the real task ahead.
What other country would you rather live in? Is there anywhere else on earth that you think is better--overall--than the USA?
If that question caused you to pause and think hard, I need to say no more--except that our road ahead remains one that we must persevere to "revitalize, and "re-unify" the majority in our country. If, as many claim, this past election was dominated (and won) by the less informed--then our job is to change the voting population by sharing more, better and more desirable information, and positions with them. If, as the next piece says, "the devil is at work in our country" (as it must have been 47 years ago when this was recorded--then our job is to "exorcise the devils."
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FOR ANY COUNTRY, ANY ORGANIZATION OR ANY ENTERPRISE TO BE GREAT TAKES GREAT LEADERSHIP--AT ALL LEVELS--AND NOT ONLY BY WORDS BUT BY DEEDS
Please help by sharing your thoughts on how to proceed. I am attaching a few worthy ones for your consideration… please read them and respond with YOUR thoughts…
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WHY I MISS PAUL HARVEY--SOME THINGS ARE TRULY TIMELESS….
This was done 47 years ago. April 3, 1965. An amazing prediction. Do you remember the famous ABC radio commentator Paul Harvey?Millions of Americans listened to his programs which were broadcast over 1,200 radio stations nationwide.When you listen to this, remember the commentary was broadcast 47 years ago on April 3, 1965.It's short...less than three minutes. You will be amazed. And perhaps more than a little concerned!http://stg.do/9LDc
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UPDATE ON THE COUNTDOWN ON ROADMAP TO PROFITABLE GROWTH: down to only a few weeks left…
I have the interior content in front of me, with only a few minor corrections needed. The cover design is done and approved, and thus I should receive a printed draft copy of the book this coming week. I will then input the final round of corrections--and voila' ---a week or two later, a corrected book will appear for my approval at which time it will go up on amazon.com for sale, and the Kindle edition will follow a few weeks after that. Since the delays in production will cause it to mostly miss the Christmas gift giving season and then the Holidays come--the "official launch" will be moved out a few weeks.I will keep everyone posted on the actual availability date, so that IF it is available to buy before Christmas--you'll hear about it.
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THERE'S NO NEED FOR ME TO REWRITE SEVERAL OF THESE PIECES, SINCE THEY ARE "RIGHT ON."
The challenges come not from getting agreement from many parts of the GOP-although that is not trivial. The challenge comes from getting the further right parts of the party to come back toward the center. The Tea Party, the Religious Right, the Rush Limbaugh followers all have (I think) good motives, and sincere desires to make America better. The problem is that unless we can build our own (GOP) coalition of "center-right" voters who will elect our candidates--their positions will continue to be the minority outcry--constantly struggling against elected officials like Barack Obama, Harry Reid, et. al.
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My goal, therefore needs to be bringing this message to all those who are "further right"…and hoping to convince them that we need to form a new coalition with the Republican party, which represents enough of us to win national elections (without compromising--too much--our values and core principles!) Ironically, if MItt Romney had not been forced to tack so far right to win the nomination, and had been able to run on the moderate positions he embodied, he would have been much more likely to win. Perhaps he failed to deliver on the promise of his candidacy, but he was a genuinely good man, and far more qualified than Obama to be president. But that doesn't matter--does it? He lost the election. Now we, and the nation, must endure four more years of Obama's creeping socialism and imperial presidency.
As much as we might dislike these leaders…we must find ways to come together for the good of the country, and get some worthy things started…like reining in the deficit spending, and trimming the deficit by a combination of "revenue" (Code for carefully crafted tax increases) and spending cuts (Including in the entitlements that are the largest, but far from the only cause of the intolerable deficits.
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THIS MESSAGE FROM A CEO FRIEND OF MINE--MAKES A LOT OF SENSE!
John, I wish that Romney had won, but he did not. Why? Because the Republican party has alienated too many young people with their right wing stance on social policies and pushed Mitt Romney too far to the right. If the Republican party does not moderate its positions on women's rights, gay rights, immigration and other social policies, I don't think that a Republican will ever be elected President again.
Now it's time to move on and stop the fighting between the parties. The statements in your letter about potential changes to the filibuster rules made me sick to my stomach. That will only exacerbate the paralysis that has gripped Washington for the past 12 years. It's time to lock Congress into a room and not let them out until they reach acceptable compromises on economic policy changes that will put this country on a path toward restoring our country to an economic superpower again.
Please check out the article in today's WSJ by Alan Murray [Ed. Note: article is attached below] which summarized suggestions coming out of 5th annual meeting of the WSJ's CEO council. 90% of the CEO's in attendance said that they would favor a package that included at least one dollar in tax increases for every 4 dollars in spending cuts and an overhaul of corporate taxes by broadening the tax base, lowering tax rates and adopting a territorial tax system. Those are compromises that are two political parties should agree to that represent real tangible changes that can help to restore our economy. Not the unacceptable rhetoric by the Republican party that it will not accept higher taxes on the rich.
John, it's time for the political leaders of our country to start working together and with the business community to make the changes to our tax codes and entitlement programs that can fix our economy. All citizens must feel some of the pain through higher taxes for the rich and spending cuts on entitlements for those that are not rich.
Those politicians who want to keep fighting for their extreme positions, should be kicked out of Congress in the future elections. It's time to act like one nation of the people, by the people and for the people and not one nation controlled by the lobbyists who represent the rich and the organizations who fight for excessive entitlements. Sorry to vent my dear friend, but please start to support actions to solve this nation's problems rather than the opinions of those that want to continue our problems.
John, it's time for the political leaders of our country to start working together and with the business community to make the changes to our tax codes and entitlement programs that can fix our economy. All citizens must feel some of the pain through higher taxes for the rich and spending cuts on entitlements for those that are not rich.
Those politicians who want to keep fighting for their extreme positions, should be kicked out of Congress in the future elections. It's time to act like one nation of the people, by the people and for the people and not one nation controlled by the lobbyists who represent the rich and the organizations who fight for excessive entitlements. Sorry to vent my dear friend, but please start to support actions to solve this nation's problems rather than the opinions of those that want to continue our problems.-----------------------------------
SO DOES THIS COLUMN ON CEO POSITIONS.
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REMEMBER THE FAMOUS WORDS OF PETER F. DRUCKER, THE LATE, GREAT SOCIOLOGIST AND MANAGEMENT EXPERT:
"THE BEST WAY TO PREDICT THE FUTURE IT TO CREATE IT!"
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WE HAVE OUR JOBS CUT OUT FOR US, SO WITH GOD'S HELP AND GOOD INTENTIONS, LET'S GET STARTED.
BEST, JOHN
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-----New Book: COMING VERY SOON: ROADMAP TO PROFITABLE GROWTH…
Author of the Award Winner: THE COMPLEXITY CRISIS, the exciting novel: THE CHINESE CONSPIRACY, and co-author of HOPE IS NOT A STRATEGY: Leadership Lessons from the Obama Presidency
John L. Mariotti, President & CEO, The Enterprise Group, http://www.mariotti.net, http://mariotti.blogs.com/my_weblog/
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