Fatherhood is Leadership

You've heard me say again and again that we have a leadership crisis in America.

Confucianism not only has lessons for government and business leadership, but by promoting the importance of the family, it also helps men improve their leadership in the home: fathers are leaders within their families.

This last Sunday, January 21, 2007, the Dallas Morning News (Steve Blow) and on Wednesday the New York Times ran pieces decrying the large number of unwed mothers.

Confucianism will be a great help in improving the quality of life in America.

Robert

The Crisis in American Leadership

Everywhere you look, in business or in government, you see our leaders failing. Jeff Skilling has a Harvard M.B.A., yet he brought down Enron. George W. Bush has a Harvard M.B.A. and he picked Michael Brown to head FEMA during the Katrina hurricane. Do you remember President Bush's famous quote, "Way to go, Brownie. You're doing a heck of a job."

Confucianism can help American learn again what leadership is all about. The Analects of Confucius talk about leadership. There is even more material about leadership in a book called "The Mencius" by a Confucian scholar named Mencius (or Mengzi)

Education is the key to good leadership, but Confucianism or a similar system of ethics is necessary to truly unleash the power of education.

Robert

Confucius and the Widening Gap Between Rich and Poor

Confucius said, "If you want to advance, help others to advance." Kongzi (the more accurate form of his name) had nothing against people becoming wealthy. He was for the prosperity of the community, but not against individual wealth.

Check out this installment of The Naked Economist. It indicates the state of the US economy, by some measures, is closer to the economy of Brazil than the economy of Japan.

The people at the top are ignoring the prosperity of the people at the bottom. This is contrary to Kongzi's teaching.

Confucianism is very pertinent to contemporary American society.

Robert