Most Admired

Gallup recently announced its list of the most admired man and woman in 2005. Here is the list of the men in ranked order:

1. George W. Bush
2. Bill Clinton
3. Jimmy Carter
4. Pope Benedict XVI
5. Bill Gates
6. Rev. Billy Graham
7. Nelson Mandela
8. Colin Powell
9. Dalai Lama
10. John McCain
11. Bono
12. Tony Blair
13. Gordon B. Hinckley
14. George H.W. Bush
15. John Kerry
16. Rudolph Giuliani
17. John Edwards
18. Mel Gibson
19. Arnold Schwarzenegger
20. Donald Trump
21. Kofi Annan
22. Pope John Paul II
23. Ronald Reagan

Now granted, it is not easy to think about the people that you admire most. I thought about it for a while and invariably I kept thinking about the people who have had a significant and positive impact on my life: my wife, my children, teachers, pastors, friends. And then I thought about the people who have had a significant and positive impact on a broader scale.

For some odd reason, the Terminator and the Donald did not make my list.