Hi. I’m Wayne Allyn Root for Personal Liberty®. Because of deadlines, I had to write this column before watching the second GOP presidential debate last night on CNN. But I have a pretty bright crystal ball. So here are my thoughts on what you should have looked for and graded your scorecard for: energy.
Energy is what sells. Energy is what produces success in anything: business, sales, politics, talk radio, Hollywood, the music business, you name it. I’ve spent my life preaching the importance of energy for achieving success. My new book “The Power of Relentless” is all about the No. 1 trait of success: relentless energy.
And it works. My relentless energy, enthusiasm and excitement led to “The Power of Relentless” being ranked the No. 1 bestselling business book in America.
Energy works. Energy is at the root (excuse the pun) of all success. The saying that defines politics should be: “It’s all about the energy, stupid.”
Great politicians have bigger-than-life energy: from John F. Kennedy, to Ronald Reagan, to Bill Clinton, to Sarah Palin, to Barack Obama.
Energy fuels leadership. If you have energy, people want to plug into your electrical socket. People want what you have. They’ll follow you anywhere — just to feel that energy, electricity and excitement, just to feel alive. Show me great energy, and I’ll show you a great leader.
The GOP lost the past two elections because we have an energy shortage. Republican candidates lack energy. That’s the “it” factor of American politics. You either have “it” or you don’t.
Energy is precisely why Donald Trump, against all odds, is the leading GOP presidential candidate. Trump has a level of energy that the others don’t.
The media-branded “front-runner,” Jeb Bush, has gone nowhere. He’s actually sitting near the bottom of most polls. That’s no surprise. Bush has zero energy or excitement. He’s dull, boring and milquetoast. No one wants to plug into Bush — unless you’re in need of a nap!
The rest of the GOP field is not much better. They all have one thing in common: They are immensely talented, but devoid of energy. In today’s media-centered world, both talent and great ideas go to waste without energy and electricity. You don’t become president anymore because you have great ideas. You become president because you are the American idol who lights up the TV set in American voters’ living room.
John Kasich isn’t the American idol. He is dull and boring.
Rand Paul isn’t the American idol. He just isn’t exciting.
Scott Walker is so boring his own aides have to check his pulse to be sure he’s alive.
George Pataki? Who? He’s so low energy even his wife is unaware he’s running.
Bobby Jindal recently viciously attacked Trump. It didn’t matter; no one was listening. If you have no energy, the media doesn’t bother to listen to what you’re saying.
Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Mike Huckabee are all eloquent speakers; but they just don’t get voters excited. They don’t light up a TV screen.
The list goes on and on. What’s missing are energy and electricity.
On the other hand, Trump has enough energy to go around. Trump is a tornado. He’s a human Energizer Bunny. He’s a nuclear bomb. Trump has so much energy it’s felt 10,000 miles away in South Africa. Think I’m kidding? I’m not, and it’s important to hear why.
I was in Johannesburg, South Africa, last week giving a speech about — what else? — relentless energy. I taught my audience that in both business and life, success and achievement are fueled by energy. As I began my return trip (24 hours of flying), a taxi took me from my hotel to the Johannesburg airport. The taxi driver started chit-chatting with me on our 40-minute drive. When he heard I was American, his response shocked me. This black African taxi driver in the middle of South Africa said, and I quote: “I love Donald Trump. He’s your next president. What a blessing for America.”
My mouth dropped open. I asked how he knows the name Donald Trump. He replied, “But, of course, from watching ‘The Apprentice.’” So I asked him why he liked Trump and why he thought he’d make such a great president. His reply shocked me again.
He said, “Because when I watch ‘The Apprentice,’ I see a bunch of hungry nobodies who want to be somebodies. And over several weeks, Trump turns them into business superstars. It’s an amazing transformation. Mr. Trump is a leader. That’s what we all need: someone to teach us how to be successful. That’s exactly what America needs. He’ll make a great president. You are blessed.”
I rattled off the names Jeb Bush, Ted Cruz, Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina, Mike Huckabee, Chris Christie, Scott Walker. I even threw in Mitt Romney. My taxi driver never heard of any of them. I asked him if he knew the name Hillary Clinton. “No,” he replied. But Donald Trump is his hero. Ten thousand miles away, on the opposite side of the world, in sub-Saharan Africa, taxi drivers know and value the name Donald Trump. That says it all.
To be a superstar success in both show business and sales, you must have energy and electricity. Politics is the perfect combination of show business and sales. At the highest levels of power where politics and media intersect, all the charm, brains and talent in the world are wasted and powerless without energy and electricity. Ask Jindal. Without energy, even a candidate with all the money in the world is anonymous and invisible. Ask Bush.
That’s why Trump is leading the GOP presidential race. So far, he’s the only candidate with that “it” factor. The “it” is relentless energy.
Yes, he is being pushed by two candidates: Dr. Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina. But can they bring the energy and electricity of Trump? Did they bring it at last night’s debate? They’d better have because the only way someone bests Trump is if he or she matches his world-class levels of energy, excitement, intensity and chutzpah. Short of that, Trump is the GOP’s next presidential nominee.
That’s why your scorecard while watching last night’s debate on CNN shouldn’t have been built around policy. I’m sad to report that policies don’t win elections anymore. Your scorecard should’ve been built around energy and electricity. That’s what wins national elections. And that’s why I’m guessing as I write this in advance that Trump scored big again.
I’m Wayne Allyn Root for Personal Liberty®. See you next week. God bless America.
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