{"id":2311,"date":"2017-11-20T19:40:44","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T14:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/?p=2311"},"modified":"2017-11-21T09:49:25","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T04:19:25","slug":"a-few-gem-from-an-obama-speech-writer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/a-few-gem-from-an-obama-speech-writer\/","title":{"rendered":"A few gem from an Obama speech writer&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every once in a while you come across an article that packs a punch. Here&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/first-person\/2017\/11\/15\/16652566\/obama-speechwriter-trump-presidency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one<\/a> by Obama&#8217;s speech writer about growing up.<\/p>\n<p>There are too many gems hidden in it, each of which can stand on its own. So, I though, I&#8217;ll pull them out as bullet points for myself.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Impulsiveness can often pass for decisiveness, especially when the stakes are high<\/li>\n<li>One secret to solving big problems, is knowing which little problems to ignore<\/li>\n<li>Decisions are only as good as the decision-making process<\/li>\n<li>Generosity is a habit and not a trait<\/li>\n<li>Children strive only for pleasure; adults strive for fulfillment. Children demand adoration; adults earn respect. Children find worth in what they acquire; adults find worth in the responsibilities they bear<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every once in a while you come across an article that packs a punch. Here&#8217;s one by Obama&#8217;s speech writer about growing up. There are too many gems hidden in it, each of which can stand on its own. So, I though, I&#8217;ll pull them out as bullet points for myself. Impulsiveness can often pass [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3979,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"book_review_cover_url":"","book_review_title":"","book_review_series":"","book_review_author":"","book_review_genre":"","book_review_isbn":"","book_review_publisher":"","book_review_release_date":"","book_review_format":"","book_review_pages":"","book_review_source":"","book_review_rating":"-1","book_review_summary":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rambling"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/photo-1547139559-c89c59d117611.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2311"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2312,"href":"https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2311\/revisions\/2312"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}