So, you want to be President, tell me a little about yourself...

Like any standard job opening, there is a list of qualifications that must be fulfilled in order to attain an interview. While remedial jobs have wiggle room based on how dynamic the candidate’s personality is, there are good reasons for overlooking a better qualified candidate in the face of a slightly less qualified one. As one moves up the corporate food chain, standard qualifications of education and years of service no longer suffice. Medium and large corporations look for cutting edge behavior, explosive track records, maturity to handle risk and the ever present “so what have you done of value lately.” Winning six and seven figure salaries in this day and age requires an individual with ritualistic tenacity and unsurpassed brain power. It should also go without saying that the office for President of the United States is the most powerful position on the planet (at least it still was during the writing of this piece). Why would we not expect this candidate to be above reproach and of a caliber only handfuls of people possess? I wish to share with you what I believe should be overwhelming common sense attributes for a President in waiting.

Entrepreneur Extraordinaire:

Any man or women who opines for the highest office of the land should know how to run a multimillion dollar company from the ground up. Being a business owner and operator is in my eyes the number one must have qualification. The skills required to balance a profit and loss statement, manage the human element of production and find common ground from your lowest employee to your second in command cannot be replicated elsewhere.

A President must understand what the common mans life looks like, what they do for a living, how they contribute to the top and bottom line, and the struggles they face on the front lines.

A President needs to realize his company cannot expand if production and sales are not bringing in profits. A President cannot spend all his time in marketing trying to perfect slight of hand, the goods purchased by consumers will either be from quality and reliability or the consumer will vote you off the board with their dollar.

In business, a President is the Shepard and the sheep; you have to care for you flock, keep them healthy so that they loyally produce for you and you have to show them you are not above spending time with them getting dirty.

Most of all a President needs the experience of creating something from scratch, feeling the pressure and pain of deadlines; set backs, red tape, bureaucracies and liability issues. Remember folks, America is a multi-trillion dollar economy, it needs to be regarded as a company, when profits are unhealthy, you know you are going to face massive unemployment. When we manipulate our currency, our foreign customers are going to look for business elsewhere. It’s simplistic, but accurate.