My son Matthew sent me an email this morning that featured a brief comment from a former coworker at a mortgage banking company, who was pleased to see that Mitt Romney acquitted himself so well in the debate last night.
It reminded me of a brief conversation I had with my wife this morning about how, after working for a business for a while, you begin to absorb its values, including the way a business often views the world.
It was good to see a bona fide businessman onstage last night. And Mitt Romney reminded me that the too-often-conventional meme that businesses include people who are ravenous, ambitious, earth-destroying vultures is dangerously, hurtfully simplistic, and often untrue.
Because I was and am part of one of those businesses, and am proud to be so. It really was cool to see Romney up there last night. At times, he reminded me of highly-effective CEO's in business, men and women who lead large organizations of diverse people, who make a payroll each week, who create, develop and merchandise products which change our world for the better We are fortunate that such an effective and oft- proven leader may just be our next president.
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