FIND A NEED
Beyond the shadow of a doubt, even his critics would concede that the election campaign turned out well for PRRD who found in the hearts of Pinoys their crucial need and he filled it – a back-to-basic marketing management principle. What have been Pinoys' needs? According to Borgen
o Over a third of the rural Pinoys are impoverished
o At least
o Four out of
The above three conditions, among others, would consign the majority of Pinoy voters to the twin bottom tiers of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Model: the physiological (human survival) and the safety (order and control) needs. PRRD's anti-drug/crime campaign pledges were a round peg that filled the round hole of Pinoy needs.
As to drugs, this has to stop. It is rampaging all around the country ... My God, try me. That's what I told the Davao criminals before. I had them called out, 'Do you want to go out of the city? ... Those who didn't believe me are dead. What do we have to talk about? – PRRD,
Minus the hodgepodge of acerbic expletives that spiced them up, his speeches put the audience's minds at rest for having quenched the fear factor of Pinoy voters entrenched at Maslow's bottom tiers of safety and survival. PCO Secretary
The President speaks in a language every Filipino can understand. Because his speeches are impromptu, they are never stilted. These speeches are never overbearing. They are more closely associated with light banter, the one you pick up as you walk the streets or hang out with friends. They are never tightly structured and therefore never stifling. The thick Visayan accent does not distract; it helps convey authenticity.
FOREMAN'S
There was a foreman known for his expertise in house repair. He and his team specialized in sealing cracks and vanishing them from sight, projecting a façade of structural safety. He and his works were so admired that he, with his team, was contracted to do major works in a nearby shopping mall complex. He carried out, without even trying, the necessary repair works of cracks on the building walls like he did with ease in his previous experience. However, bigger cracks and other structural defects were found. He finished his contract with unsatisfied owner-customer.
What went wrong? He was hired in his present job not just as a foreman, yet he performed like one. He was so attached to sealing small cracks that he missed looking into the bigger cracks and other defects especially their causes as bases for their repair. The smaller cracks could be caused by temperature differences and sealing them might suffice. However, bigger cracks and other defects might be due to uneven settlement of building foundation which would need specialists to do the repair works. It would be a major job, not for a construction foreman, but a project manager. In this story, PRRD is like the foreman; the small cracks, the drug war.
ACTIVE INERTIA
Just as "foreman's complex" gnaws away at construction management; so too "active inertia," at business management. "Active Inertia" is a term coined by Donald Sull, a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Rather than define it, let's take real-life example: The Swiss watch. During its heydays, the Swiss watchmaking industry with their mechanical watches was in so-called "active inertia": its technology was deeply entrenched in its Swiss national identity. When quartz technology, spearheaded by Seiko, arrived on the scene, threatening the mechanical watch to become obsolete, the Swiss industry found it difficult to let go of its old watchmaking belief and to accept that it was beaten in its own game.
Thus, we may define "Active Inertia" as a tendency to stick to established patterns of behavior, the modes of thinking and working that had brought past successes. Unwavering in his belief, mistaking action for progress, PRRD and his drug war have been in "active inertia."
WHAT WILL YOUR
When Steve Jobs died 10 years ago, tributes poured, and
A visionary. A designer. An exacting CEO. An entrepreneur's entrepreneur. The greatest businessman of the century. The man who redefined the Digital Age. The man who understood what politicians didn't. One of the most important American leaders of his generation. The man who changed industries, redefined business models, fused technology and art. The Thomas Edison of the 21st century. A genius.
Most of us, for sure, pale in comparison to Steve Jobs. But for a 76 years old leader of more than 100 million people, leaving a legacy is a fitting yearning, by the right person, at this appropriate time. Psychologist Erik Erikson called the 65-years-old-and-above bracket's final stage of psychological development – the "age of integrity or wisdom." The other side of the coin is called the "age of despair."
Amid the global pandemic deaths closing to the 5 million mark, Erikson challenges us to not only find the gift in the death of a loved one but also to find the gift as we face our death and the diminishment that old age brings. Have you ever asked yourself, "What do I need to do before I die?" M. Scott Peck, M.D. author
"If you are suffering from a sense of meaninglessness or ennui, there is nothing better I can suggest to you than that you strike up a serious relationship with the end of your existence ... Because as you struggle with the mystery of your death, you will discover the meaning of your life.
Alfred Nobel became rich by inventing dynamite and explosives. A newspaper mistakenly printed his obituary instead of his brother who had died. Alfred was shocked in reading his obituary that would leave his legacy for making a fortune out of weapons of mass destruction. He had changed his life before he died by using his fortune in rewarding endeavors that benefit humanity. Alfred's legacy is known today as the Nobel Prize.
To leave a legacy, PRRD seems to make his way
1. He said he would be ready to face charges against him before the ICC.
2. He announced that her daughter Sara will not run for president in 2022 indicating he may "get out of the way" to bring about a level-playing-field election.
It is never too late to change life's direction. Only the sky is the limit to God's second chances.
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