Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Follow This Man.

I have lots of goals in life: get kicked out a casino for winning too much. Have my fists registered with the county. Snap one of Larry King’s suspenders and turn him into dust.

A short-term goal, call it a mid-year resolution, is to become more of a leader. There’s no doubt that my acting skills became off the charts better when I developed some sort of a swagger recently. But I still have far to go. And the bar has been set by a guy named Cory Booker.

Yesterday, I read an article about Cory in Esquire. A former tight end for Stanford, he’s now the mayor of Newark. And he’s bound and determined to clean up the the most dangerous city in the northeast with his own two hands.

Click below and take 20 minutes to read about this guy. And let’s hear it for leaders who actually lead:

The Battle of Newark, Starring Cory Booker