June 22, 2016
How Competitive is Trump?
Donald Trump is blustery, aggressive and loud. But is he competitive? By that, I don’t mean whether his campaign is competitive with Hillary Clinton’s. If that were the question the answer would be relatively easy -- Trump isn’t very competitive right now, at least based on most polling data and what we know of his campaign’s organization and funding. That objective situation may be evidence of something more subjective and personal: whether Trump the man knows what it takes to actually win a tough contest.
Extremely competitive people understand that bluster and aggression generally won’t work against an equally tough opponent who will not back down. They know that victory requires very hard work, analyzing their own personal strengths and weaknesses, and finally buttressing those weaknesses while fully exploiting often only small but critical advantages over their opponent. Trump would certainly insist he is a highly competitive guy, and likes to put...(Read Full Article)