“We cannot put off living until we are ready. It is always urgent, here and now without any possible postponement. Life is fired at us point blank.”
Jose Ortega Y Gassett, Poet
Great leaders have a bias toward action. They have the ability to convert purpose and vision into meaningful action. Just a few examples, FDR, WPA and CCC, Ike, the Interstate Highway, LBJ, Civil Rights, JFK, Man on the Moon project. It just isn’t enough to present a positive vision that people can trust. It has to be manifest in some productive performance and results. Most leaders are ideological idealist, dreamers or practical realist. Who is Mr. Obama? He seems to be grounded in the need for constructive change and practical results. He is not an ideologue. He seems to be following MLK’s advice when he said “Life’s most urgent question is, What are you doing for others?” Continue reading ‘Obama’s Leadership message–Action–Urgency of Now!!!!’
