Any leader who is quickly and easily influenced by shifts in popular opinion will accomplish little.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take.
Opinions may vary from one person to another. One of the biggest challenge for a leader is handle such opinions which might be different from his or her principles.The given prompt presents that a leader who is quickly and easily influenced by public opinion will not be able to achieve much. I mostly agree with the statement because rather than focusing on the ever-shifting public opinion, the leader should dedicate himself or herself to achieve a long-term goal. With firmness and determination he or she will be able to surmount manifold challenges as a leader.
Firstly, history is replete with examples showing firmness as one of the traits for an effective leadership. For example, Mahatma Gandhi, who promulgated the importance of independence, fought against the didactic British ruling in a peaceful way. During such era where roits and munities were only believed to be effective, he initially was mocked by many for such movement. Nevertheless, his persistence molded the opinion of the people and he ultimately succeed to free India . Leaders like Abraham Linclon was firm with his aim to abolish slavery even though he was derided for his attempt by majority. He was even able to inform the people of North America, who were not aware about negative aspects of slavery. Such examples show that leaders not only fulfil the needs and demands of the public but can even alter the general opinion as per the circumstances. Had such great leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, Abraham Linclon ceded to the public opinion, they would not have been able to bring revolutionary changes. Therefore, a leader should have the perseverence to strive for his or her long term goals. Even if their principles and aims don't align with the general opinion, they should not cease; instead they should also have the capability to persuade the public opinion and move ahead with a common goal.
Secondly, any leader who is easily influenced by ever-changing public opinion might be conceived as a fickle leader. A steadfast leader will be able to gain trust from the public and even if the public opinion might be different, they will be willing to cooperate with the leader. Nelson Mandela, the former president of South Africa, gained people's trust after he used sports as a tool to unite black and white people of his country. Even though people were initially wary about his approach, on the day of victory they celebrated Nelson Mandela. The way a leader handles the situations in which he will be facing different public opinions will also depict the leader's tolerance level. A leader striving for his or her long-term goal should try to persuade the people but that should not be his or her main concern. The accomplishment by steadfast leader will eventually morph public opinon.
Lastly, most of the countries today have democracy. With democracy, there comes a responsiblity to acknowledge general people's opinion. Every human being have the freedom to express, but this very freedom might also bring imbalance in the society. Every ruling party or a leader will have opponents who will be awaiting for the opportunity to stir up the people against the leader. Popular opinions might be shaped by the influence of the media or such adversaries. Therefore, it is not necessary for every popular opinon to be a significant one marching towards the properity. In such scenario, the leader must be able to immutable and not be driven by public opinion.
In conclusion, firmness will help a leader to achieve his goal. Consequently, he will gain trust and support from the public, whereas a fickle leader will be swinging like a pendulum with ever-changing opinion of the people.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, consequently, first, firstly, if, lastly, may, nevertheless, second, secondly, so, therefore, whereas, for example, in conclusion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 30.0 19.5258426966 154% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 27.0 12.4196629213 217% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 22.0 14.8657303371 148% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 11.3162921348 97% => OK
Pronoun: 37.0 33.0505617978 112% => OK
Preposition: 72.0 58.6224719101 123% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 12.9106741573 85% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3066.0 2235.4752809 137% => OK
No of words: 612.0 442.535393258 138% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.00980392157 5.05705443957 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.97379470361 4.55969084622 109% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.69337531284 2.79657885939 96% => OK
Unique words: 277.0 215.323595506 129% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.452614379085 0.4932671777 92% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 972.9 704.065955056 138% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 6.24550561798 144% => OK
Article: 9.0 4.99550561798 180% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 3.10617977528 64% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 4.38483146067 137% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 30.0 20.2370786517 148% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 23.0359550562 87% => OK
Sentence length SD: 42.6620309982 60.3974514979 71% => OK
Chars per sentence: 102.2 118.986275619 86% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.4 23.4991977007 87% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.66666666667 5.21951772744 89% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 12.0 7.80617977528 154% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 20.0 10.2758426966 195% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 5.13820224719 39% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 4.83258426966 166% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.190725121315 0.243740707755 78% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.062983090332 0.0831039109588 76% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0483961740318 0.0758088955206 64% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.133881832076 0.150359130593 89% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0401295769742 0.0667264976115 60% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.4 14.1392134831 88% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 51.18 48.8420337079 105% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 12.1743820225 91% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.78 12.1639044944 97% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.5 8.38706741573 101% => OK
difficult_words: 150.0 100.480337079 149% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 11.8971910112 88% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 11.2143820225 89% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 62.5 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.75 Out of 6
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