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All good ideas sell one thing

A fairness cream gives you the hope that you'll look better.  An eco-friendly car gives you the hope that earth can be better. A luxury hotel gives you the hope that you'll live lavishly. A great leader gives you the hope that life can be better.  All good ideas sell one thing and that is hope. A conviction to create a mechanism to give hope to people leads to innovation.

Are you the Estaré Allí type?

EstarĂ© AllĂ­ is a Spanish word that means " I'll be there ". An EstarĂ© AllĂ­ person is dependable and can be called upon when needed. People who rise to achieve greatness in society are the EstarĂ© AllĂ­ type. Even success in domestic life needs you to be the EstarĂ© AllĂ­ type person. It essentially gives you respect, which comes from trust. Those we remember in our life are the ones that we could count on in times of need and otherwise. They belong to the EstarĂ© AllĂ­ class. 

Barack Obama: Leader loosing the human touch?

Wall street journal's Peggy Noonan made a big statement about the messiah of hope . It is that nobody loves Obama. This is amazing because every president has people who love him, who feel deep personal affection or connection, who have a stubborn, even beautiful refusal to let what they know are just criticisms affect their feelings of regard. At the height of Bill Clinton's troubles there were always people who'd say, "Look, I love the guy." They'd often be smiling—a wry smile, a shrugging smile. Nobody smiles when they talk about Mr. Obama. There were people who loved George W. Bush when he was at his most unpopular, and they meant it and would say it. But people aren't that way about Mr. Obama. He has supporters and bundlers and contributors, he has voters, he may win. But his support is grim support. And surely this has implications. Although I really doubt the concreteness of this claim it has a lesson for leaders. The human touch, the fact tha...