My Ideal Candidate

Is Trump my candidate?  Nope.

Is Biden/Harris my candidate?  Nope.

Is RFKJr. my candidate.  Nope.

They all suck.

They all fail miserably at many basic tenets of a strong leader.

None of them come close to having 80% of these 21 characteristics:

1. CHARACTER: Be a Piece of the Rock

2. CHARISMA: The impression Can Seal the Deal

3. COMMITMENT: It Separates Doers from Dreamers

4. COMMUNICATION: Without it you Travel alone

5. COMPETENCE: If you Build It, They will Come

6. COURAGE: One Person with Courage Is a Majority

7. DISCERNMENT: Put an End to Unsolved Mysteries

8. FOCUS: The Sharper It Is, the Sharper You Are

9. GENEROSITY: Your Candle Loses Nothing When It Lights Another

10. INITIATIVE: You Won’t Leave Home Without It

11. LISTENING: To Connect with Their Hearts, Use Your Ears

12. PASSION: Take This Life and Love It

13. POSITIVE ATTITUDE: If You Believe You Can, You Can

14. PROBLEM SOLVING: You Can’t Let Your Problems Be a Problem

15. RELATIONSHIPS: If You Get Along, They’ll Go Along

16. RESPONSIBILITY: If You Won’t Carry the Ball, You Can’t Lead the Team

17. SECURITY: Competence Never Compensates for Insecurity

18. SELF-DISCIPLINE: The First Person You Lead Is You

19. SERVANTHOOD: To Get Ahead, Put Others First

20. TEACHABILITY: To Keep Leading, Keep Learning

21. VISION: You Can Seize Only What You Can See

(list from John Maxwell)

1, 4, 5, 9, 11, 13, 18, 19, 20 are the biggest areas of weakness.

No candidate will ever be perfect, but without 1 and 18, stay away!

Oh, how I dread November 5.

Grace & Peace & Love to you all -

Matt