In his first public remarks since leaving office, former President Barack Obama said Monday that his primary goal post-presidency is inspiring and cultivating the next generation of leadership.
“So uh, what’s been going on while I’ve been gone?” Obama joked to a crowd at the University of Chicago. He sat on stage with a panel of students and young adults.
Obama opened by saying that his highest priority as a former President would be to work with the next generation of political and activist leadership.
“I’m spending a lot of time thinking about, ‘What is the most important thing I can do for my next job?'” Obama asked to laughter. “And what I’m convinced of, is that, although there are all kinds of issues that I care about, and all kinds of issues that I intend to work on, the single most important thing I can do is to help in any way I can prepare the next generation of leadership to take up the baton and to take their own crack at changing the world.”
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Watch: For his “next job,” former President Obama says he wants to “prepare the next generation of leadership.” https://t.co/3nMu9AGrzB
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Welcome back to the public forum, Mr. President. I hope we see and hear a great deal more of you. Best of luck in your new mission of inspiring and assisting the next generations toward public service and civic discourse. We miss you!
Acting on that locally right where I live, boss. Got a good new crop of Democratic voices coming up—smart, committed, with all kinds of experience and solutions to offer. Glad to have you back on the national scene.
Every time I see him, I wanna cry again…
A man who truly honored the office.
“It is not titles that honor men, but men who honor titles.” – Niccolò Machiavelli
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