The Language of Success Applied to Politics--Pass it On
A very successful friend of mine sent me a video he's in. I'm going to show you my reply to him and then give you a link to the video itself. Take the message of the video to heart and "pass it on".
Gene,
I just tonight took the time to watch this. Fantastic!
I think one of my gifts is to see the connections between things that others don't see. Here is the connection I just saw tonight that I might not have seen 30 days ago.
Last Monday I went to a Bipartisan panel for the restoration of bipartisan politics in the US at Oklahoma University. The event was carried live on CSPAN and the electricity in the room was amazing to a political junkie like me. Restoring bipartisan politics means defeating polarized politics. This film speaks to me about why defeating polarized politics is so difficult.
During the panel, former Senator Danforth noted that the two parties no longer nominate candidates who appeal to the centrist voter. Instead, they nominate candidates who excite the true believers within the parties and the centrist voter can take it or leave it.
One party seeks to excite its membership with a message that they are victims who deserve a government who will avenge them.
The other party seeks to excite its membership with a message they are truly wise and deserving who are under attack and must defend themselves at all cost.
The centrist voter is looking for candidates who will provide a vision of who we can be as a people and act as a unified whole.
One of the things I have found so perplexing is how we cannot seem to translate the language of success and achievement into our politics. That's why I wrote my book and every day I try to find ways to make the message clearer.
I'm going to post your video on my blog and ask my readers to ask themselves to look for the same association I found.
Thanks for sharing.
Best Wishes,
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