Putting the Horse Before the Cart

I almost bought an old skoolie today, the one you see above. I figured it would be a kick-ass way to start my listening tour. And then I ask myself if I'm not coming a little unhinged, putting the cart before the horse so to speak.
You see I only ended up checking it out because I was doing some research to be able to intelligently create the vision. I was looking for a price . . . . That's not really true either. I already knew the prices, and insurance costs, and how much daily operation could cost. Maybe I was actually looking for a deal so good I couldn't pass it up, maybe I just wanted to give myself a good kick in the ass and get things started.
And I went in to Shabbat with the high bid and a maximum 39% higher than the high price. It scared the crap out of me, which was good. I'm watching “The Defiant Ones,” and I think it's somewhere in episode two that Jimmy Iovine shares the moment he learned to lean into his fear. It's why I watch these things. To see how someone with a mission operates.
You just have to love these people, and their energy, and the way the world looks to them. They're just alive.
And I've been thinking about this campaign. And I think it finally became clear why I am the best choice. My muse Jordan Peterson is disgusted with Trudeau. One of his key issues is that Trudeau appointed his cabinet in a manner that clearly evidenced that his appointments were driven by a radical agenda and not in the pursuit of the best man, or woman, for the job.
And that's what's wrong with Trump. He can't keep people. If you want to run a government well, you must find the best, the people who share your overall vision, but are the subject matter specialists to get the job done in their special area, and then let go. You must trust and respect, and give the space to do their job, and have their back.
It just can't be that everyone is wrong and Trump is right, and only those who know how to appropriately censor themselves and give the right message end up around him. This is a recipe for disaster. We need a man in the Oval Office who can listen and delegate, and know when to lay back and let the job get done.
And we need someone who is willing to be challenged (and not feel attacked), and willing to work with whoever is willing to do what is necessary to inch the needle forward for the American people, and what they stand for in the world.
And we need someone who isn't part of the swamp, and as much as he likes to say otherwise, Mr. Trump very much is.
And I'm that person. And maybe it's about making America great again, and maybe it's about helping us see the greatness in ourselves so that we can remember just how great America already is.
And I'll listen, and do my best to create the playing field that creates those opportunities for greatness, for everyone. But it will still be up to them to live into and achieve it. But I can, and will create the space that will make that possible.
And that Skoolie. It will have to wait, just a little I hope, until I get the program put together, so I can move forward powerfully, and not just because I dragged myself into it with the deal I couldn't pass up. There's always another deal, and sometimes the deal of a lifetime just isn't that if it's undertaken at the wrong time.
So we look forward to having a plan soon, and maybe a '78 Skoolie will be a part of that, but we'll set back and get the plan in place before we start the execution. It just makes more sense that way.