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Friday Five Time
Feb. 18th, 2024 05:55 pmSo it was 'Presidents Day' in the USA the other day... Nice that the Great Pumpkin was served a bill for hundreds of millions of dollars... I approve
1. Have you ever been the president of anything?
Back in my primary school days, in the early 70s, when dinosaurs roamed the Earth freely, if you ask any member of Gen Z... it was the 'thing' to have little clubs/cliques for your favourite things - TV shows, or matchbox car racing... that sort of thing. I was, for a few days, the President of the Wombles fan club (For those of a non-British, or British-centric upbringing, this was the show in question...). The club folded quickly due to both general disinterest & a rival club that raced cars down the school footpaths... which even I joined
2. What do you think is the most important leadership trait?
A vision for the betterment of your society &/or the world in general. The courage of conviction. And preferably, a disinterest in just getting richer for riches sake
3. What time period did you find the most interesting to learn about in history class?
I did 'Ancient History' at high school - Greeks, Romans & some Egyptian. Which was fine as a primer for how absolute power can corrupt absolutely, but as any reader of my Journal would know, I'm a much more avid student of 'modern' history... the last 150 years or so
4. What's something you think about doing, but you haven't gotten back into in several years?
Forming a band again... finishing the detective novel I co-wrote with a friend in the late 90s... finding a therapist I can't out-think & therefore respect
5. If you could add one more random holiday to February, what would it be?
There should be a National Holiday for anyone who works in sales of any description... because this modern world insists that shops be open on every other Public Holiday. So once the kids have gone back to school in late January/early February, there should be a day when all retail workers can just enjoy doing absolutely nothing
1. Have you ever been the president of anything?
Back in my primary school days, in the early 70s, when dinosaurs roamed the Earth freely, if you ask any member of Gen Z... it was the 'thing' to have little clubs/cliques for your favourite things - TV shows, or matchbox car racing... that sort of thing. I was, for a few days, the President of the Wombles fan club (For those of a non-British, or British-centric upbringing, this was the show in question...). The club folded quickly due to both general disinterest & a rival club that raced cars down the school footpaths... which even I joined
2. What do you think is the most important leadership trait?
A vision for the betterment of your society &/or the world in general. The courage of conviction. And preferably, a disinterest in just getting richer for riches sake
3. What time period did you find the most interesting to learn about in history class?
I did 'Ancient History' at high school - Greeks, Romans & some Egyptian. Which was fine as a primer for how absolute power can corrupt absolutely, but as any reader of my Journal would know, I'm a much more avid student of 'modern' history... the last 150 years or so
4. What's something you think about doing, but you haven't gotten back into in several years?
Forming a band again... finishing the detective novel I co-wrote with a friend in the late 90s... finding a therapist I can't out-think & therefore respect
5. If you could add one more random holiday to February, what would it be?
There should be a National Holiday for anyone who works in sales of any description... because this modern world insists that shops be open on every other Public Holiday. So once the kids have gone back to school in late January/early February, there should be a day when all retail workers can just enjoy doing absolutely nothing
