Small change: find the joy

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Sep 24, 2024

Cor, that Keir Starmer is a right laugh, isn’t he? It’s a question to which most observers would offer an identical answer, regardless of their political leanings.

Of course, leading a country — like any form of leadership — is a serious business. Decisions carry consequences, and those consequences can be profound.

But transformation of any kind requires a baseline level of hope that a better future is possible. It requires optimism; an ability to embrace the task of building (or rebuilding) in a spirit of joy.

In the same way that you cannot bore people into loving you, you cannot lead people into a future that they don’t feel in the slightest bit good about.

Something to consider: where might I help my people find the joy?

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