#837 the long view

A Washington Post article recently had an interesting observation about what you aspire to in your career.  Writer Jamie Fuller wrote that "everyone always talks about how they want to be president, but the job the truly ambitious should actually aspire to hold is 'former president.'"

What prompted her comment was the exchange that occurred between former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush at a recent gathering about their new leadership scholars program.  Here are two former rivals having more fun than I have seen in a long time.

Take the long view on your work and your relationships.  All the stress will someday be behind you.  Lead your career in such a way that there is more to you than your job, so that when your career is over you still have a sense of who you are.  And treat others well so that if you find yourself sharing a platform with them in retirement, you can enjoy yourself as much as these two did.

-- beth triplett
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Story:  What's better than one laughing ex-president?  Two laughing ex-presidents.  The Fix by Jamie Fuller, Washington Post, September 8, 2014