The impact of media coverage on infrastructure openings is fundamentally different from the actual benefits voters derive from them.
Launching projects at the last minute of a political term often fails to produce the expected electoral gains. Just as drugs take time to cure a patient, infrastructure takes time for its benefits to manifest in the lives of voters. A patient does not feel better the moment they take the first dose; recovery is incremental and long-term.
Tangible
Likewise, voters need time to experience the tangible improvements infrastructure brings to their livelihoods before they can fully appreciate its value or attribute it to government efforts. The voters do not simply react to the existence of the infrastructure – they react to the value that they expand into their lives.
Marketers often emphasize that characteristics alone do not sell a product. It is the perceived value in use that resonates with consumers.
The strategy is wrong for politicians who delay the project in the last phases of their term of office in the hope of using the election representative for the election. The voters are more important than the acting of a last-minute compensation.
Second leg
In addition, hurried inuaguration efforts often have backfiring and exposing, which seems to be countless insincerity and despair. Voters see through such propaganda, interpreting it as fallacious – similar to a person who does not clean his house only when the guests are about to arrive.
He projects a lack of integrity, raising the question: “Why was it not done earlier?” This rush does not reflect a real commitment to the public service, but an effort to hide negligence.
The real leadership, like true cleanliness, stems from coherence and authenticity. When they keep their house or fulfill their functions carefully and diligence throughout, there is no need for last minute theaters.
Competence facade
Conversely, those who rush to create a facade of competence feel the bite of their own dishonesty. They struggle with self-doubt and lose confidence and credibility.
In politics, as in life, appearances are not enough. Real impact comes not from hasty efforts to impress, but from sustained dedication that builds trust over time.
For leaders who truly want to serve their constituents, the lesson is clear: Start early, act consistently, and let the value of your work speak for itself.
Source: Daily Graphic
