ldquoThere are all kinds of reasons why people fail tofulfill their potential Perhaps they lack opportunityperhaps they lack support perhaps they lack toolsor training or education But everyone has potentialThis I know Our Founders knew it too They had theradical insight that the right to fulfill your potentialmdashto use your God-given giftsmdashis a right that comesfrom God and cannot be taken away by governmentrdquoSince the publication of her New York Timesbestseller Tough Choices former Hewlett-PackardCEO Carly Fiorina has faced a new round of challengesShe ran for the Senate as a Republican indeep-blue California but was unable to unseat theentrenched incumbent She battled breast cancerwondering if shersquod even survive Worst of all shesuffered the devastating loss of a beloved daughterYet despite these setbacks and tragedies she remainsundaunted ldquoIrsquove come to see lessons and blessings inthese passages I know now that life is not measuredin time Life is measured in love and positive contributionsand moments of gracerdquoNow Fiorina shares the lessons shersquos learnedfrom both her difficulties and triumphs Drawingon her experience as a pioneering business and nonprofitleader a politically active citizen and a parentshe diagnoses the largest problem facing our countrytoday untapped potential Too often Americanmen and women are held back by systems that preventthem from working and flourishing Too manypeople lose hope for themselves Too many lack theopportunity to use their gifts and live lives of meaningdignity and purposeIn Fiorina launched the Unlocking PotentialProject a new grassroots organization to share a message with those who worry about Americarsquosfuture we have all the resources we need to prosperbut we donrsquot tap into them By ignoring conservativeprinciplesmdashor failing to articulate those principles inways that connect with regular peoplemdashpoliticianshave failed their constituents abandoning them tothe crushing burden of our bloated governmentFiorina believes that politics like business isprimarily about people With warmth and compassionshe provides a vision that reaches across theusual barriers of gender race income and partyaffiliation to craft a message that appeals to a widerange of Americans a message of hope As shelearned facing lifersquos challenges ldquoHope is a curiouslystrong thingrdquo Her storymdashand her ideasmdashwill restorehope to those discouraged about the future.
