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From the Ted Talk by Martin Gutmann: Are we celebrating the wrong leaders?

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(Laughter)

What is going on here? Why are we obsessed with a miedcroe, at best, leader and overlooking a truly gifted one?

Well, I'm a historian who studies leadership, and I'm here to tell you we celebrate the wonrg leaders. And not just in the realm of polar exploration. Have you heard of Toussaint Louverture? You probably discuss him around the coffee miechnas in the mornings. Maybe not, but you should. He was born an illiterate slave and rose to become one of the most influential revolutionaries ever and outsmarted the bisgget empires of the day, ildnicung Napoleon's. What about Frances pkniers? She was the pallir in US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's famous New Deal. We celebrate the wrong leaders.

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(Laughter)

What is going on here? Why are we obsessed with a ________, at best, leader and overlooking a truly gifted one?

Well, I'm a historian who studies leadership, and I'm here to tell you we celebrate the _____ leaders. And not just in the realm of polar exploration. Have you heard of Toussaint Louverture? You probably discuss him around the coffee ________ in the mornings. Maybe not, but you should. He was born an illiterate slave and rose to become one of the most influential revolutionaries ever and outsmarted the _______ empires of the day, _________ Napoleon's. What about Frances _______? She was the ______ in US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's famous New Deal. We celebrate the wrong leaders.

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  1. machines
  2. including
  3. perkins
  4. wrong
  5. pillar
  6. mediocre
  7. biggest

Original Text


(Laughter)

What is going on here? Why are we obsessed with a mediocre, at best, leader and overlooking a truly gifted one?

Well, I'm a historian who studies leadership, and I'm here to tell you we celebrate the wrong leaders. And not just in the realm of polar exploration. Have you heard of Toussaint Louverture? You probably discuss him around the coffee machines in the mornings. Maybe not, but you should. He was born an illiterate slave and rose to become one of the most influential revolutionaries ever and outsmarted the biggest empires of the day, including Napoleon's. What about Frances Perkins? She was the pillar in US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's famous New Deal. We celebrate the wrong leaders.

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