I know more world leaders on the stage today than anyone running, with perhaps the exception of Hillary Clinton.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I've known and continue to know every one of these major world leaders by their first names, and I have access to them.
One of the people that I respect the most now, a person I think has done a heck of a lot for this world as a leader, is Margaret Thatcher. She helped create a world that offers us a lot of excitement as we look to the next century.
Though there are lessons that can be learned about becoming a great leader, most exist inherently in the bellies of those who lead.
The notion of 'world leadership' is a curiously archaic one. The very phrase is redolent of Kipling ballads and James Bondian adventures. What makes a country a world leader? Is it population, in which case India is on course to top the charts, overtaking China as the world's most populous country by 2034?
Only a few good leaders have paused to reflect seriously on being leaders.
We are world leaders, and we need to act like it.
Very few of the great leaders ever get through their careers without failing, sometimes dramatically.
All leaders share something in common. They feel they are the only ones who can do the job.
Any leader needs to be constantly interested in what's going on in the world, and constantly ready - even when things are going well - to change.
We have a world minus a whole lot of talent that has stepped out of contention for leadership, only because they don't want to seem too aggressive, too smart, unattractive, or too male.