{"id":443,"date":"2017-09-15T14:00:50","date_gmt":"2017-09-15T14:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dahlman.online\/?p=443"},"modified":"2017-09-15T14:00:50","modified_gmt":"2017-09-15T14:00:50","slug":"is-it-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2017\/09\/15\/is-it-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it Trump?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is it Trump?<\/p>\n

I apologize for not blogging much this week. In the \u201cother\u201d world where I run really big high school cross country meets, I\u2019ve been involved in a crisis of leadership and \u201cpolitical correctness.\u201d It\u2019s led me to this blog.<\/em><\/p>\n

There seems to be a \u201cnew\u201d style of dealing with each other in every day life. My role models both in education and as a coach, taught me that it was the job of a leader to care about the folks that he\/she led. A good friend, who won five state championships as a coach and school administrator said: \u201c\u2026my job is to serve those that I lead. If I serve them, then we can achieve our common goals\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

A leader is a servant. It\u2019s not a new concept, but it\u2019s one that seems to be lost in our current era. Whether it\u2019s on the \u201cmacro\u201d level: with President Trump creating an equivalence with Nazis and the \u201cantifa\u201d and calling even his allies \u201closers\u201d, or whether on the local level where leaders demand obedience without question. \u201cBe happy you have a job\u201d is the message that comes across. Ask questions or disagree, and risk retribution and unemployment.<\/p>\n

In both cases, we have lost the view that the role of a leader is to serve. As a coach, my biggest goal was to get a team of high school kids to \u201cbuy in\u201d and believe in themselves. To lead was to not only make them feel that THEY were leading, but actually have them be the leaders. That era seems to have past.<\/p>\n

And in life it seems like \u201cTrump World\u201d has overtaken civil relationships. We had to build \u201ca wall\u201d around our yard to fence out the neighbor (we paid for it) and even that could not keep out the intimidation and hate (see Thanks Mr. Frost<\/a>.) We have local politicians who espouse fear tactics, and threaten legal action for every criticism. We have lost the common goal: to improve life for everyone.<\/p>\n

Trump is not the cause. This has been going on for a while, and the divisions in our society grew far before his political career began. I believe part of the problem is our \u201cnew\u201d ability to voice our opinions without having to be \u201cface to face.\u201d We can tweet and post and all of the other electronic media (including blog) without having to look someone in the eye. We can be cold and cruel without sharing in the emotional burden that results. And, of course, it all can be inflamed by others, whether they are individuals who enjoy the \u201cgame,\u201d or more globally, those institutions who gain from division.<\/p>\n

I am not calling for a \u201cleader\u201d in the Facists sense. I am not looking for someone to strong arm our nation back to caring. I hope that we can find leaders whose true goal is to serve US (both in the you and me and national sense.) They don\u2019t have to agree with everything we believe in, but they do have to care. I certainly feel that President Obama tried to be that kind of leader, but I also think Governor John Kasich has that sense as well (though I don\u2019t agree with much of his policy.) It\u2019s about serving others, not a just serving a term in office.<\/p>\n

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