In this moving talk by Doris Kearns Godwin she talks about Abraham Lincoln and Lyndon Johnson and what the 2008 presidential candidates can learn from them. She says that Lincoln’s greatness consisted of “the integrity of his character and moral fibre of his being”. The lessons from this talk are excellent lessons in life as well as leadership. They are themes that are often talked about when describing great leaders. In contrast, she speaks of Lyndon Johnson and his focus on work, power and individual success.

Someone once said that the one thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history. I really hope that the future US president and the global financial world learns from history and that they take a leaf out of Abraham Lincoln’s book too.

Sally

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