And so if i wanted to say, well, the presidency in humor, humor in the white house didnt quite do it. But then i thought about it some more and actually it does work because neither of the first two president has a sense of humor. So it gets me out of that problem. But, im going to follow the lead of perhaps the most successful humorist in the white house. It might not be the person youre thinking of by doing what he always did, in most cases what he did at the beginning of a talk, he started with a joke. Again, some of you will have heard this joke, but please pretend you havent heard it before and laugh at the appropriate point. So this is a joke and this is a key to part of my story. That Ronald Reagan used to tap. And the key is, as youll see, Ronald Reagan was effectively telling the story on himself. It related to a time in his career when he didnt know sort what he was doing or where he was going. As you will know of Ronald Reagan, he had two careers primarily. He was a film act
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Are you serious. But if you were to ask if you can list your thoughts on the way here. It comes out really easily. Youre actually seen a saying a lot about you. That is what comes out the margins. Tonight it will air on cspan at 8 00 p. M. Eastern time. This week on q a the former secretary of defense robert gates he discusses the book the passion for leadership on change and reform for 50 years of public service. Robert gates in the house on Foreign Relations recently have a column that the next president of the United States was on the top for leadership. What would you want the next president to take away from your book on leadership. I think surrounding himself or her self with really strong capable independent minded people empowering them and delegating authority to them and holding them accountable if they are successful reward them in whatever way they can and if they fail fire them i think that too much of what we always think about just the president and the reality is the be
Sec. Gates i think surrounding himself herself with really strong capable, independentminded people, empowering them, delegating authority and holding them accountable. If they are successful, reward them in whatever way they can, and if they fail, fire them. I think that this, this too much of thinking about the president , and the reality is, the best president s, the greatest president s have been willing to recognize they were not the smartest person in the room and to surround themselves with people they thought were smarter than themselves. Washington and jefferson and hamilton and so on and lincoln and both roosevelts, truman, eisenhower and reagan were all willing to bring strong people into their cabinets, listen to them, integrate their views with their own. They did not mind if that person disagreed with them, and expected candid advice from them. I think that is a really Important Message for a president. Brian i want you to look up at this screen and it is really your life
Accountable. If they are successful, reward them in whatever way they can, and if they fail, fire them. I think that this, this too much of thinking about the president , and the reality is, the best president s, the greatest president s have been willing to recognize they were not the smartest person in the room and to surround themselves with people they thought were smarter than themselves. Washington and jefferson and hamilton and so on and lincoln and both roosevelts, truman, eisenhower and reagan were all willing to bring strong people into their cabinets, listen to them, integrate their views with their own. They did not mind if that person disagreed with them, and expected candid advice from them. Is a really to Important Message for a president. Brian lamb i want you to look screen and it is really your life. In wichita, kansas in 1943. You were born in wichita kansas, got your ba degree at william and mary college, masters degree indiana university. Then georgetown. You were