Good Morning Team – Strong leaders tend to polarize their audience for and against.<\/p>\n
A year ago much was said about Steve Jobs and his autobiography. As the trend has been for the past 100 years – what made the news was largely “dirt”. What people talked about mostly was negative, nasty and unpleasant because that’s what sells newspapers, magazines and generates viewership.<\/p>\n
Does that mean Apple as a company is bad or good? Does that mean Apple employees are “evil” like Steve? Does that mean Apple products are bad? How about Pixar Pictures? How about the people that buy Apple’s products or watch Pixar’s movies – are they all “evil” too?<\/p>\n
Lately, much has been said regarding Arnold Schwarzenegger and his autobiography, and of course much of the news and talk is negative, nasty and unpleasant.<\/p>\n
Does that mean his film company is bad or good? Does that mean all of the employees of the state of California are “evil” like Arnold? How about the people who eat in his restaurants, go to his resorts or buy his DVD’s – are they all “evil” too?<\/p>\n
Arnold came to America with a bag of clothes and about $100 bucks. He couldn’t speak english and therefore his first film was dubbed. Joe Wieder built an empire around him. And then Arnold built his own. He went on to acquire two bachelor’s degrees, two masters degrees, built a real estate and film empire worth an estimated 7 Billion, married the “princess” of the “royal” American family and of course was elected Governor.<\/p>\n
I have tremendous respect for his accomplishments, especially for his leadership of the President’s Council on Fitness and his support of the Special Olympics.<\/p>\n
Bottomline:<\/strong> Strong Leaders tend to polarize their audience for and against….in part because Admiration and Envy are close relatives of Idolatry and Jealousy.<\/p>\n At the end of the day;<\/p>\n “A man’s reputation is what other people think of him; his character is what he really is<\/em>”<\/p>\n –Abraham Lincoln (also no stranger to polarizing his audience)<\/p>\n …and we all live in glass houses.<\/p>\n Live with Intention, Good Morning Team – Strong leaders tend to polarize their audience for and against. A year ago much was said about Steve Jobs and his autobiography. As the trend has been for the past 100 years – what made the … Continue reading
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