Not much to report for today. We went to the final lecture by General Zinni
on leadership. It was a wonderful talk
about what makes great leaders and essentially how in today’s world pretty much
approval ratings from all leaders from political to religious to military are
below 50%, and in the US it is below 20%.
He believes that the problem is that the world has basically gotten so
much more complicated these days that finding someone who can do the strategic
thinking and have the right decision making skills is very difficult. Apparently General Zinni has written a book
on the subject, which we think that we will check out. It was a very good talk.
Next was team trivia. We got 13 out of 15, but there were two
winning teams with 14, so we lost again.
Oh well.
Lunch next (the Mediterranean café lunch) and then we went
to the talk by Thomas Lippman on “The Next Middle East War”. What he really talked about was the huge problem
facing the Middle East which is lack of water.
It really is a huge problem for them and something that is likely going
to shape what happens in the Middle East in the not too distant future.
The Mozart tea was this afternoon, and as always,
spectacular. With the waiters all
dressed up, the amazing table of various edible goodies and the beautiful
stringed music.
There was time for a bit of relaxing and before getting
ready for the captain’s farewell party (formal attire) and dinner in the dining
room. After dinner, we went to the
production show “Curtain Call.”
All in all, a wonderful, relaxing sea day.
Bob your posts are such a pleasure to read and your pictures are fabulous. Thanks for sharing!
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