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An ounce of humility
is worth an outpouring of global support

I’m not a gambler, so I will not put my money where my mouth is. But if you are a gambler you might.

The economy will shortly turn a corner and it is due in no small part to the Obamization of George Bush.

For those I offend by cutting President Bush some slack, please have at me.

Call me naïve, call me foolish, but I believe Bush to not be evil, just not very thoughtful and misguided by dare I say, more fanatical types with their own agendas.

I think this is what has just happened to change that.

President Bush has been a persona non grata and was rapidly becoming a “man without a country.” However Obama and McCain differ, one thing they are agreed upon is that they have both needed to decry and distance themselves from the Bush administration.

President Bush’s politics of exclusivity have hit a wall and now that his own party has seen fit to exclude him, I’m guessing that he may have had yet another revelation in his life to go along with his giving up alcohol and embracing his Faith.

He has discovered that the “go it alone” hubris of exclusive cowboy politics does not fit with the humility of being part of an inclusive “googlized” world. He has also discovered that America has created much good will in the world for deeds done in the name of freedom vs. domination for decades.

All that was missing was letting go of an American arrogance that the world couldn’t stand, but tolerated because we protected it and financed much of it for so long.

Although President Bush missed out on the opportunity to take full responsibility for mishaps and missteps of the past eight years a la JFK who said on 4/21/61: “Victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan. I am the responsible officer of the government and that is quite obvious” upon the failure of the Bay of Pigs (check out what a full Georga culpa would look like), he has nevertheless been transparent enough to go from his cheery “our economy is strong” to his realistic, “we are in a dire situation and we need to work together to fix it.”

We didn’t like hearing that, but in his recognizing that time doesn’t heal, truth heals we may be willing to give him a second shot at our respect for having finally told it.

More importantly, the world may not only come to support us, but root for us as well. It was probably impossible to do so while we have been perceived as arrogant and out of touch.

Of course, one false move back to serving the entitled at the expense of the deserving and President Bush will be toast.

If Bush’s move from American isolation to global inclusiveness appeals to you, you will want to check out these two “transcendent and transformational” events:

– Join me as I host the live webinar “From Managing to Leading” featuring a live interview with Warren Bennis.

- Or if you’re in NYC, October 28-30 attend the New York NeuroLeadership Summit

Finally on a more personal scale for you, it also helps to join a community that looks out for you and wants to help you. For that I suggest and invite you to join the Greenlight Community started by Keith Ferrazzi author of Never Eat Alone.

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