As I watched the New Hampshire Primary returns come in on Tuesday night, I believe that I was as surprised as many other people across America. Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) won with 39% of the vote and Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) came in a close second with 37% of the vote. Interestingly, they will both receive 9 delegates from New Hampshire.
What made Senator Clinton's victory so surprising is that just the day before the election, every major poll and pundit predicted an Obama victory with at least a 10-point spread. The pundits were asking whether Senator Clinton would even be able to move forward to South Carolina and Nevada (the next primaries). Senator Clinton's own campaign was trying to manage expectations with statements about if they came in 2nd by less than 10 points, that would be a victory.
And then the unexpected happened. Senator Clinton won.
So as I watched the night unfold, I thought about what life lessons could be learned from her victory and determination. The list below is by no means all inclusive. There may be more life lessons and I'm open to suggestion. I'll expand on each lesson later, but for now, I wanted to get the list out there.
1. Never give up.
2. Work from your heart and not your head.
3. Let your passion be felt.
4. Connect with people as individuals.
5. Find your voice - even if it takes 60 years.
6. Take risks.
One observation the pollsters were spot on with Obama's poll numbers, just not with Clinton's. The poll's were done on Sunday, but the tears came on Monday and changed the undecideds into Clintons favor. Thats what the polls missed.
ReplyDeleteGood list, you know your stuff!