{"id":2739,"date":"2018-01-06T12:32:48","date_gmt":"2018-01-06T17:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/?p=2739"},"modified":"2018-01-06T12:32:48","modified_gmt":"2018-01-06T17:32:48","slug":"coffee-with-the-dr-1-6-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/archives\/2739","title":{"rendered":"Coffee with the Dr. – 1\/6\/18"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.” – Niccolo Machiavelli.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This morning’s coffee session was cut short by my father, apparently he didn’t sleep well, so back to bed for him.\u00a0 It was a pleasurable 20 minutes; but he needs his rest.<\/p>\n

So today’s quote by Niccolo Machiavelli<\/a>\u00a0is a meaningful quote.\u00a0 In today’s political environment, it is easy to draw a comparison between three leaders in politics.\u00a0 The first is\u00a0Kim Jong-Un<\/a>, the second is Donald Trump<\/a>, and the third that we’ll talk about today is Ronald Reagan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The North Korean “Supreme Leader” Kim Jong-Un has embraced this quote in his leadership style.\u00a0 Say what you will, he is ruthless to his own people and threatens the leaders and countries that surround his borders.\u00a0 He has been known to assassinate potential rivals and suppress his people. He has no illusions of being loved, he is the leader of a family ruled dictatorship, he wants to be feared.<\/p>\n

Our current president, President Donald Trump wants badly to be loved.\u00a0 You can tell by his speeches. Because of his need to feel a sense of belonging and acceptance among social groups, part of Maslov<\/a>‘s\u00a0 Esteem Needs (the desire for reputation or respect from others), he makes outlandish promises to his base, and makes claims that are easily disputed.\u00a0 He lashes out at those who counter his views in the “fake-news” media.\u00a0 Everything he does; he is “the best” and there is no room for others on his stage.\u00a0 He uses Twitter to make threats, un-vetted by his staff, directly to leaders of other countries and individual citizens of this great land.\u00a0 He seems not to embrace the office he holds.\u00a0 While it is true that we needed an outsider; there is the reality that being the president; he really needs to<\/p>\n

Our past president, Ronald Reagan, who believed America was the “Shining city on the hill” for the rest of the world, believed strongly in walking softly but carrying a big stick.\u00a0 He preferred democracy, and believed in the good will of people.\u00a0 He embraced the notion of being both, loved and feared.\u00a0 I was lucky enough to be in our military during his second term as president; the people I served with thought highly of him, and while he, initially, wasn’t the popular president he turned out to be, he lived by his moral compass; which served our country well. He embraced the office of the president, and all that the office represented.<\/p>\n

Comments?\u00a0 Am I completely off the reservation?\u00a0 Let’s talk.\u00a0 I look forward to your comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This morning’s coffee session was cut short by my father, apparently he didn’t sleep well, so back to bed for him.\u00a0 It was a pleasurable 20 minutes; but he needs his rest. So today’s quote by Niccolo Machiavelli\u00a0is a meaningful … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"kt_blocks_editor_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,8,4],"tags":[114],"class_list":["post-2739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-life","category-politics","tag-weekendcoffeeshare"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":866,"url":"https:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/archives\/866","url_meta":{"origin":2739,"position":0},"title":"Is your hard drive REALLY defragged?","author":"DR D","date":"February 27, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Good morning everyone!\u00a0 Today's post is all about keeping your digital house in order. 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