I just finished the book by Kyrsten Sinema, "Unite and Conquer: How to Build Coalitions that Win and Last'. How refreshing!! The book is enjoyable because it is sensible, practical, and to the point. A quick read with some easy-to-refer-back-to sections in each chapter.
I'll let you read the book and get the whole story because I won't do it justice. But in short, the idea is that in politics you can choose to entrench yourself in your ideals and always be a vocal minority who is completely ineffective. Or you can choose to reach across ideological divides, find common ground with the unlikeliest of allies, and do so by anchoring yourself in values and interests, not objectives and pre-defined outcomes. These principles are certainly applicable in the private sector as well where I intend to make good use of them.
Our world is in desperate need of more uniters. We need to reach broadly across constituencies to drive meaningful change in areas like climate change, energy policy or healthcare reform.
Sinema's brand of politics is inspiring and am hoping it starts becoming more the rule than the exception. Well done Rep. Sinema!
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