Closed Minded Clubs
By
Nick Ashton, CEO/Founder, Tracometry Group of Companies.
It was the
infamous Groucho Marx that stated in a telegram to the Friar's Club of Beverly
Hills to which he belonged, as recounted in Groucho and Me (1959), p. 321
"Please accept my resignation.
I don’t care to belong to any club that will have me as a member".
I am amazed
that some folks just do not get it!
Agreement and disagreement is part of life, it is what and how we
discuss the ways of the world. When
someone replies in a short statement in an email, to a document or statement
that they feel is misguided, do you read their words and then, if it is not in
your opinion, slam the door in their face, take away the so-called key of the
club and then berate them?
Of course
not, if you are man enough and socially skilled, which the concerned gentlemen
is not, by his actions. Notice, I am not
naming this individual who resides outside of the USA to the north. I am empathetic to his plight of not knowing
how to handle someone who does not agree with a statement, to a point. My understanding would be a discussion, but
when you believe you are the King and
want to swat the lower minions with your scepter, beware as you have “no clothes” and are showing your naked
misunderstanding and rear end at the same time.
The fact
that he has been approached by the Green Party to run for office has gone to his
empty-head. This will be his first lesson
in the next steps as he falters as King. I am not interested in deposing him, he is
doing a fine job on his own. What I am
interested in is the other members of the group and how he will explain, as he
sips his coffee on Google + Hangout this morning.
So glad he
showed me his rear end now and I don’t have to waste my time with despots and so called Kings of Castles.
I, by all
accounts, are a man of action, the ability to see the logical business side of
the problem or situation, taking what others have established and making it
profitable and a success. No one person
has all the ideas or solutions, I just happen to be part of a very successful
team that works and works well together.
No one is chastised for an opinion outside of the leadership’s view, as
we are all on the same page, same ship and importantly same planet!
Making our
world a better place for the younger folks and bringing education and community
Trust, Respect
and Pride back once more is a priority of the sane.
It is about
sustainability for the future. We “old farts” will be gone someday, that
is a fact we cannot change and we must work to instill what one has to do for
one’s self, to continue in this world’s journey and stop killing each
other. Education, seats of learning and
a core that cares it what must happen and occur.
Leaders who,
of course, are looking at leaving a legacy to those that elected them and are yet
still to be born.
It’s a
tenet of the American Dream: to provide your children with a better life than
you had. But one thing that concerns me about being a parent is that my daughters
will probably not have as comfortable an upbringing as my other half and I did. I though, are doing something about it as a
priority.
There are
leaders who wish to make that difference and I have meet them, broken bread
with them and enjoyed conversations on a level playing field. We are all but men and women of the world, in
the world and it is our actions that will shape the future for all we leave
behind.
If you don’t
like other people’s opinions, then stop the world and get off.
Three
people I have great respect for, in the so much, they are doers, they don’t sit
on a throne and espouse grandiose plans that can never come to fruition. They
are workers at their craft, Jeb Bush, who I have known since the early nineties, Governor
Gary Herbert, Utah, who replaced Jon Huntsman Jr., and recently, very recently,
Mayor Ballard, Indianapolis, Indiana.
These folks have visions, importantly achievable visions for the
people. With common sense and know that
they have surround themselves with people who are good at their jobs, have opinions
that are voiced and understand the dream for us all. It is an inner part of their make-up.
Folks, it
is about people, receiving a good base in education, living in a community that
is safe and being able to work, bringing home a paycheck giving that self-worth
and esteem to all.
So, I hold
no malice to those that have not got to a level in life where you can take the
hits, listen to people with differing views without slamming the door in their
face and taking away the key.
Enjoy your
weekend and take deep breaths and look around you and see why we must all
change…
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