Rowitz On Leadership

I confess. I like but not quite love yet to send tweets. It is so easy to let my emotions run away with me and express my dismay at how our elected officials are running our country. They do not act like leaders although they seem to think they are leaders just because they were elected. I am also dismayed that the electorate do not think through what their votes mean and that their votes count. We vote emotionally and vote over and over again for the same party regardless of what they do. Thank God for the Independents who have the right idea but tend to vote with their pocketbook. Here is a sample of some of ProfLou’s tweets over the last couple of years:

1. Why don’t our elected officials practice what they preach?
2. What makes Republicans think that everyone agrees with them on health reform?
3. Maybe our elected officials need civility training.
4. Public service may go the way of the dinosaurs.
5. Transparency is in the mind of the viewer.
6. Great political leaders are community-centered and not self-centered.
7. To lead is to set a high standard.
8. It’s time for us to stand up to the extremism of the Tea Party
9. Republicans since Reagan don’t believe in a safety net….
10. How often do we vote for the lesser of two evils? Where are the good candidates?
11. Republicans think only about organizations and the rich. Democrats think about people.
12. Is not it interesting that politicians justify their stance by lying about what the public thinks?
13. It seems like the GOP is still fighting the Civil War. Hmmm-Limited government or a stronger federal government.
14. Cost cutting does not improve health outcomes.
15. I wish that I could believe in the wisdom of the electorate.

All of the social media allow us to express ourselves in different ways. This blog allows me to look at leadership in an objective matter. My books allow me to integrate my ideas with the ideas of many leaders and writes on leadership. Facebook allows me to touch base with many friends and leaders in many different venues. Linked in allows me to see how my professionals colleagues to use their leadership to change the world. And finally, Twitter allows me to express not only my discontent but also my expressions of joy when positive events occur. It has been great to see all these outlets become available for communication in my lifetime. Who knows what new opportunities for self expression will occur in the next several decades.

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