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From the Ted Talk by Simon Sinek: Why good leaders make you feel safe

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The csolset analogy I can give to what a great leader is, is like being a paernt. If you think about what being a great parent is, what do you want? What makes a gerat parent? We want to give our child opportunities, education, discipline them when necessary, all so that they can grow up and aceivhe more than we could for ourselves. Great leaders want exactly the same thing. They want to provide their people opportunity, education, discipline when necessary, bilud their self-confidence, give them the opportunity to try and fail, all so that they could achieve more than we could ever imagine for ourselves.

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The _______ analogy I can give to what a great leader is, is like being a ______. If you think about what being a great parent is, what do you want? What makes a _____ parent? We want to give our child opportunities, education, discipline them when necessary, all so that they can grow up and _______ more than we could for ourselves. Great leaders want exactly the same thing. They want to provide their people opportunity, education, discipline when necessary, _____ their self-confidence, give them the opportunity to try and fail, all so that they could achieve more than we could ever imagine for ourselves.

Solution

  1. parent
  2. achieve
  3. build
  4. great
  5. closest

Original Text

The closest analogy I can give to what a great leader is, is like being a parent. If you think about what being a great parent is, what do you want? What makes a great parent? We want to give our child opportunities, education, discipline them when necessary, all so that they can grow up and achieve more than we could for ourselves. Great leaders want exactly the same thing. They want to provide their people opportunity, education, discipline when necessary, build their self-confidence, give them the opportunity to try and fail, all so that they could achieve more than we could ever imagine for ourselves.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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captain swenson 3
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Important Words

  1. achieve
  2. analogy
  3. build
  4. child
  5. closest
  6. discipline
  7. education
  8. fail
  9. give
  10. great
  11. grow
  12. imagine
  13. leader
  14. leaders
  15. opportunities
  16. opportunity
  17. parent
  18. people
  19. provide