(CNN) -- A couple weeks after attending his first United Nations General Assembly meeting as president, Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. What a difference three years makes. 

Back in his first months in office, simply being Barack Obama was enough to bring cheering crowds into the street. Whether it was because he was not George Bush or because he was promising to end American policies that were widely despised or whether it was because -- as the first African-American to be elected U.S. president, he embodied an ideal of opportunity for all that was core to this country's appeal -- it hardly mattered. Convene a crowd, and they would find something to like about Barack Obama. 

Back then, he seized the moment with great speeches that offered a vision for a new era in American leadership. In Cairo, he spoke of new relations with the Islamic world. In Prague, he spoke of eliminating nuclear weapons. He embraced the G-20 as a mechanism of coordinating the response to the global economic crisis. He didn't bully. He charmed. 

Indeed, Obama is probably the first person ever to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize largely for his charm. Or, alternatively, he may be the first person ever to have won the Nobel Peace Prize for the simple achievement of not having been the guy who had the job before him. (This can be an important achievement. Former U.S. Commerce Secretary Pete Peterson once said one of the secrets to job success is picking the right predecessor.) 
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What did U.S commerce Secretary Peterson once say about him?
How did he use the G-20
What did Obama speak about in Prague?
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Nobel Peace Prize
Nobel Peace Prize
simply being Barack
simply being Barack Obama
Probably the first person ever to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize largely for his charm
Obama is probably the first person ever to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize largely for his charm
secret to job success is picking the right predecessor
secrets to job success is picking the right predecessor
as a mechanism
as a mechanism
eliminating nuclear weapons
eliminating nuclear weapons
they would find something to like about Barack Obama
Convene a crowd, and they would find something to like about Barack Obama
A couple weeks
A couple weeks 
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He charmed
end American policies
end American policies