You can NEVER read too much!
So…..one of the silliest criticisms of the Interview with the Vampire, ehem, Prime Minister, was that the reader didn’t care about what the Prime Minister reads. LMAO! En Serio!!!
Actually, I am very interested in what a leader reads and maybe even more importantly what he/she DOESN’T read. I would hope that he/she wouldn’t make decisions in a vacuum. That would be like the “Emperor With No Clothes” right?
I hope he/she reads newspapers; trade magazines; economic reports; dossiers; opposition propaganda (not too much, that can be distressing); some basic psychological theories on behaviour/learning/conflict resolution;papers on legal nuances, political strategies…o good lord…the list should go on. Why wouldn’t I want him/her to know about the effects of economic stress on a populace? Or what maritime laws affect shipping? Or how chemicals destroy our water supplies? Or how deforestation destroys habitats? Or that our vulnerable citizens need protection? Or what type of education is deemed most successful? Or that prevention is best medical/dental care?
I would hope that my leader is well versed in all manner of topics. An ignorant leader will only lead as far as his/her ego. A true leader is one who knows how to use resources, how to delegate responsibility, who to recruit…..it all requires deep knowledge.
I thank you reader for giving us here at Twocanview an opportunity to espouse the value of reading. We encourage you to keep reading our blog and keep contributing. It’s all an education!
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Lol….
Obviously only someone who doesn’t know the importance of reading would make such a criticism. Says more about the critic!
I figured if that was a main criticism for that reader, then the rest of the article must have been alright cause that was like grasping at straws LOL
You are so right Fayemarie. This has been one of the crippling causes why our leaders in general are defficient in the knowledge of what hurts a nation. The lack of information on the most basic and fundamental issues have caused the many problems in Crime, poverty, civil disobedience and gross violation of all norms of human behaviour. It should not take a genius to know what is right from what is wrong. Many of the laws that worked well for belize have either been shelved or ignored. My experience has taught me that there is nothing named “CHANGING TIMES ” . What we are experiencing is people who because of peer pressure want to change the times and so behave like beasts of another world.
I wish that people would be a little more reflective…a lot of what is said and done in Belize is purely reactive and emotional. We need to advance beyond that. We are no longer slaves and Royal Subjects who can bitch against mastah and the Queen but still have other people make the decisions for us. We are our own mastah now so we need to stop whining and make the decisions we need to make to help ourselves.