Glenn Beck's E4 Solution

This week I plan on spending time discussing Glenn Beck's E4 solution for restoring "American Exceptionalism". Before you start rolling your eyes and thinking to yourself, "Oh great... Todd's just another right wing wacko." Let me first tell you that this is not a political discussion. It's not about right and left, or conservative and liberal, or progressive, or any of that. This is simply about stepping up and improving the country we live in by stepping up and making personal improvements in our own lives. This will result in an overall improvement in our surrounding communities and the nation as a whole. I honestly believe that Glenn has actually stumbled upon something very important here (perhaps literally).

I've been listening to Glenn Beck on the radio for at least 7 years, probably longer. I remember when he was just a "Sick Twisted Freak" who harassed 7-11 store owners by calling them on the phone to play "Moron Trivia". But then he started his television program and everything started to shift. While his show was always dubbed "The Fusion of Entertainment and Enlightenment", I definitely noticed that he was moving more towards enlightenment and departing from his more entertaining whacky antics. Over the past year or so, I've watched him metamorphasize into an educator; an historian if you will. He started teaching us about the founders and I learned a lot of stuff about American History that simply wasn't taught in schools. But since I'm a student and not just a follower, I did my own research and I encourage you to do the same. Do not take my word for it. You've got to be self-educated, which means reading the books, and doing your homework. Don't take anything that Glenn Beck says or anything that I say for granted, find out for yourself.

Now that I've got the disclaimer out of the way, let's get down to what's gotten me all worked up with respect to Glenn Beck. Glenn has announced that he will be embarking on what he calls "The E4 Solution." The four E's consist of: Enlightenment, Education, Empowerment and Entrepreneurship. Three of which were so closely tied to the vision of Dream Outfitters that I was really quite intrigued. I believe that somehow Dream Outfitters and Glenn Beck are somehow connected and perfectly synchronized in time. So I had to find out why Dream Outfitters was missing a piece of the solution. As it turns out, we had overlooked Enlightenment, so I want to thank Glenn Beck for pointing this out so I can incorporate enlightenment into the Dreamers vision and mission. I guess I may have been afraid to bring spirituality to the table, because it is so personal. But I see now the importance of getting down to a more personal level in order to achieve success in life, in the lives of my fellow Dreamers and for America.

As the old story goes:
A man decided that he would change the world. But, he wasn’t successful.
So he decided to change the country. But, he wasn’t successful.
So he decided to change his community. But, he wasn’t successful.
So he decided to change his street. But, be wasn’t successful.
So he decided to change his family. But, he wasn’t successful.
So he decided to change himself. AND HE WAS SUCCESSFUL.
AND HIS FAMILY WAS AFFECTED, AND THEY CHANGED, AND THEY AFFECTED THEIR STREET.
AND THE PEOPLE ON THE STREET WERE AFFECTED, AND THEY CHANGED, WHICH AFFECTED THE COMMUNITY.
AND THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY WERE AFFECTED, AND THEY CHANGED, WHICH AFFECTED THE COUNTRY.
AND THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTRY WERE AFFECTED, AND THEY CHANGED, WHICH AFFECTED THE WHOLE WORLD.

The moral of the story is that change always starts with the individual. When setting out on our own E4 Journey, we need to take a good look at what is inside of us. And Glenn launched his campaign by introducing us to The 7: Seven Wonders That Will Change Your Life:
1. Courage
2. Faith
3. Truth
4. Compassion
5. Friendship
6. Family
7. Common Sense

I'll probably come back to these at a later time. It looks like there might be a week's worth of material here and I don't plan on echoing Glenn's approach verbatim. I want to elaborate on The E4 Solution and give you my take on the four parts before I delve into these 7 wonders. So we'll wrap this post with this story "The 7". The remainder of the week I'll be discussing Enlightenment, Education, Empowerment and Entrepreneurship.