Why People Dislike Really Smart Leaders

Why People Dislike Really Smart Leaders

"Intelligence makes for better leadersโ€”from undergraduates to executives to presidentsโ€”according to multiple studies. It certainly makes sense that handling a market shift or legislative logjam requires cognitive oomph. But new research on leadership suggests that, at a certain point, having a higher IQ stops helping and starts hurting."

Trump’s Presidency Hasn’t Been All That Bad

I am generally satisfied with the first year of Donald Trumpโ€™s presidency.ย ๐Ÿ˜€ Was it perfect? Of course not, the damn fool should keep off Twitter and act more presidential.๐Ÿ’ปโŒจ๐Ÿ–ฑ There is no need for stupid, racist remarks for sure.๐Ÿ˜ก The man is president after all. He should be setting a good example, not a bad example for all Americans.๐Ÿ‘น He shouldn’t reflect the crudest elements in our society. ๐Ÿ“ข Was President Obama a better, more mature, more stable president? I would say so.๐Ÿค“

All and all, things have been pretty good in America the first year of Trumpโ€™s presidency. ๐Ÿ‘We reached full employment at end of the Obama-presidency, but jobs have steadily increased, a bit at a slower number. ๐Ÿ“ˆInflation remains low, gas and energy prices remain quite affordable. Weโ€™ve stayed out of war in the Middle East and other parts of the world. โ˜ฎNearly everybody got a substantial tax cut, and Iโ€™ll be looking forward to that extra money in each paycheck.๐Ÿค‘

Generally things aren’t looking that bad today, but ignoring the future for today’s benefit is a foolish policy. โ›ˆ Deficit spending is one concern to be worried about. ๐Ÿ’ฐThe tax cuts are largely unpaid for with current policy. A bigger concern is ignoring our addiction to fossil fuels and the climate crisis.๐Ÿ›ขFossil fuels are not replenishing themselves, and carbon is only increasing in the air.๐ŸŒŽ It hard to take seriously any president who doesn’t make climate change a top priority.

Itโ€™s really hard to criticize the state of things today, ๐Ÿ˜ƒexcept maybe to say that politicians across the spectrum have gotten too ideological and too much into the habit of playing to their partyโ€™s base. And that our president acts like a two-year old most of the time, at least on the Internet.๐Ÿ‘ถ๐Ÿผ But for the most part, things are running fairly well in our country, maybe in spite of the current occupant in the White House.๐Ÿ 

January 21, 2018 – Looking Ahead This Week

Mild and rainy to start out the week. โ˜”Then fairly seasonably cold for the second half of the week,โ›„ then a warm up for the weekend.๐Ÿ˜Ž

Weather Summary
Tonight. Slight Chance of Snow then Chance of Rain/Snow and 32 degrees , 7:17 sunrise.
Monday. Chance of Rain/Snow then Rain is likely and 38 degrees , 4:56 sunset.
Monday Night. Rain is likely and 38 degrees , 7:16 sunrise.
Tuesday. Rain and 48 degrees , 4:58 sunset.
Tuesday Night. Chance of Rain then Chance of Rain/Snow and 28 degrees , 7:16 sunrise.
Wednesday. Mostly Sunny and 31 degrees , 14 max wind chill, 4:59 sunset.
Wednesday Night. Partly Cloudy and 12 degrees , 2 max wind chill, 7:15 sunrise.
Thursday. Mostly Sunny and 25 degrees , 0 max wind chill, 5:00 sunset.
Thursday Night. Mostly Clear and 8 degrees , 2 max wind chill, 7:14 sunrise.
Friday. Sunny and 29 degrees , 1 max wind chill, 5:01 sunset.
Friday Night. Partly Cloudy and 17 degrees , 12 max wind chill, 7:13 sunrise.
Saturday. Partly Sunny and 44 degrees , 10 max wind chill, 5:03 sunset.
Saturday Night. Chance of Rain then Chance of Rain/Snow and 32 degrees , 7:12 sunrise.

Approaching High Point