From politics to proposals
Say what you will about Tony Blair – and, frankly, I’d rather you didn’t say much after we’ve been drowned in media reflections on his ten years in office over the past week – but the man’s a superb orator.
I was driving to the South-East last week when he gave his resignation speech. As regular readers will know, I’m always fascinated by political quotes that have proposal relevance. Two of Blair’s passages particularly echoed with me: the first discussed how “decision-making is hard”:
“Doubt, hesitation, reflection, consideration and re-consideration – these are all the good companions of proper decision-making. But the ultimate obligation is to decide.”
The second phrase explored the high expectations people had had of his government when it came to power:
“So, of course, the vision is presented in the colours of the rainbow, and then the reality is sketched in the duller tones of black, white and grey.”
I could sense the editors of the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations reaching for their pens as he spoke… and saw obvious parallels with our world as proposal professionals.
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Here here! Those are perfect reflections of the processes within my company. Parhaps you can hire Mr. Blair (or at least his speech writer) – I’m sure they’re available. :-)
Hi, Penny :-)
I believe Mr Blair will shortly be available for hire… if you have a mere six figure sum per speech!
(BJ and I come a lot cheaper, trust me!)
Jon