How Obama learned to win

Check out this great article on how Obama learned to win. I did not realize how Obama is very much the come-back kid. His failures early on shaped him like nothing but failure can. There is so much to learn here about the power of adaptability. Check out this example of people skills:

And while Obama couldn’t win the support of the Daleys’ political machine–he knew they would back Hynes–he shrewdly planted some political seeds. He wrote Bill Daley, a longtime Democratic wise man, saying that while it was only right for the Daleys to support a loyal friend, he hoped they would be for him if he won the primary. “I thought, that’s a very smooth move,” said the younger Daley, who now supports Obama for the White House.