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κρῠπτός's avatar

Yes. Thanks for sharing that.

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A Whip of Cords's avatar

Great post! You’ve put your finger on the heart of what ails our nation. Politics are downstream of culture. Culture is downstream of our deeply held beliefs- our convictions about how we act/behave in the community. Our convictions are downstream of our life experiences and what we feed our our minds and hearts with. Our politics are rotten because our culture is rotten because our belief systems are rotten. Our beliefs are rotten because of what we feed our hearts and minds with, and the things we choose and ignorantly allow ourselves to experience.

I’ve been coaching leaders in high consequence industries (think surgical suites, cockpits, nuclear power plants, etc) for almost 25 years. The heart of everything I teach is “prescriptively and intentionally create the organizational culture you need to support the change you want to make.” Culture is just not one aspect of the game, it’s the whole game. Change the culture, change the game.

What’s true for business is true for our nation. Our nation, and the precious jewel our Founding Fathers gave us, can be saved, but not without changing our national culture. Regarding the mess we’re in, we can’t vote our way out, we can’t demonstrate our way out, we can’t shoot our way out. We can only “revival” our way out and filling our minds and hearts with the wisdom of God, thus driving our convictions about we behave in our distinctly American community of men and women. There is no other way. For our nation it is change the culture, change our destiny.

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