The best way for a society to prepare its young people for leadership in government, industry, or other fields is by instilling in them a sense of cooperation, not competition.

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The best way for a society to prepare its young people for leadership in government, industry, or other fields is by instilling in them a sense of cooperation, not competition.

Just as leadership emcompasses a multitude of valued qualities and a variety of leadership styles, the fostering of leadership in young people does not follow one universal rule. It is not the instillation of a sense of cooperation or competition only that benefits a young person's endeavour to become a leader, but a precious ability to achieve a balance of the two.

The sense of cooperation obviously proves to be ever more valuable in today's world, as greater goals often involves a synergic effort from multiple parties. The apparently cliched saying 'no man is an island' still holds true, especially in the world of leaders. As the division of labour became clearer and more specialised, in government, industry or even research, no one expects a leader to be an all-mighty superhero who achieves everything on their own. Instead, a leader is someone who masters the art of delegating tasks and bringing together the forces of able and motivated people.

Nowadays, not only do leaders need to cooperate within a supportive team, they often also need to actively engage with their enemies. The sense of cooperation, manifested in the ability to see a common ground, is an important one to instill in the future leaders. For example, as a political leader, you often need to persuade senates from marginal camps to stand by your bill. This cannot be achieved by alienating them but rather through appealing to the commonground between your apparently distinct stance. In the process of social progress, compromises often have to be made to achive anything remotely productive. If a leader neglect to reach commonground with their opponents, serious consequences may follow. For example, in overthrowing a dictatorship, by establishing the dictator as unredeemably evil with no room for cooperation, the leader may exacerbate the situation by affirming the dictator's will to resist and not resign, as they do not see a safe ending after conceding.

Despite its importance, the sense of cooperation is far from the only thing a leader needs. Often getting to the position of leadership involves fierce competition between ambitious and powerful peers. It would be naive to insist on collaboration with each and every one of your competitors. A leader needs to remain vigilant and confident in his behaviour, and be mentally prepared for competition, in order to win. A sense of competition entails keen awareness of the rule and the desire to reach the pinnacle in a field, both of which are key to becoming a leader.

Moreover, competition can have hugely positive impact in a person's performance. Research found cyclists performing better in competition with others than when practicing by themselves, without even realizing it. Being surrounded by highly motivated peers who strive for the best often encourage individuals in the group to excel, given said individuals have a sense of competition. It helps young leaders to maintain a positive mentality towards stressful competing situations that they are bound to encounter on their way to leadership.

As argued above, both the sense of cooperation and competition are necessary in one's journey to become a leader and to be an accomplished leader. Most importantly, a skill to adequately employ either in appropriate situation is vita

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 275, Rule ID: A_PLURAL[2]
Message: Don't use indefinite articles with plural words. Did you mean 'person'?
Suggestion: person
... competition only that benefits a young persons endeavour to become a leader, but a pre...
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Line 7, column 253, Rule ID: EACH_AND_EVERY[1]
Message: Consider using 'each one'.
Suggestion: each one
...e naive to insist on collaboration with each and every one of your competitors. A leader needs to ...
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Line 9, column 60, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[2]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'persons'' or 'person's'?
Suggestion: persons'; person's
...on can have hugely positive impact in a persons performance. Research found cyclists pe...
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Line 11, column 81, Rule ID: ONES[1]
Message: Did you mean 'one's'?
Suggestion: one's
...ration and competition are necessary in ones journey to become a leader and to be an...
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Discourse Markers used:
['also', 'apparently', 'but', 'if', 'may', 'moreover', 'so', 'still', 'for example']

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance in Part of Speech:
Nouns: 0.225255972696 0.240241500013 94% => OK
Verbs: 0.160409556314 0.157235817809 102% => OK
Adjectives: 0.080204778157 0.0880659088768 91% => OK
Adverbs: 0.0682593856655 0.0497285424764 137% => OK
Pronouns: 0.0324232081911 0.0444667217837 73% => OK
Prepositions: 0.133105802048 0.12292977631 108% => OK
Participles: 0.0443686006826 0.0406280797675 109% => OK
Conjunctions: 3.05427416715 2.79330140395 109% => OK
Infinitives: 0.0477815699659 0.030933414821 154% => OK
Particles: 0.0 0.0016655270985 0% => OK
Determiners: 0.109215017065 0.0997080785238 110% => OK
Modal_auxiliary: 0.0102389078498 0.0249443105267 41% => OK
WH_determiners: 0.00853242320819 0.0148568991511 57% => OK

Vocabulary words and sentences:
No of characters: 3348.0 2732.02544248 123% => OK
No of words: 533.0 452.878318584 118% => OK
Chars per words: 6.28142589118 6.0361032391 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.80487177365 4.58838876751 105% => OK
words length more than 5 chars: 0.409005628518 0.366273622748 112% => OK
words length more than 6 chars: 0.317073170732 0.280924506359 113% => OK
words length more than 7 chars: 0.243902439024 0.200843997647 121% => OK
words length more than 8 chars: 0.170731707317 0.132149295362 129% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.05427416715 2.79330140395 109% => OK
Unique words: 287.0 219.290929204 131% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.538461538462 0.48968727796 110% => OK
Word variations: 66.7691229345 55.4138127331 120% => OK
How many sentences: 24.0 20.6194690265 116% => OK
Sentence length: 22.2083333333 23.380412469 95% => OK
Sentence length SD: 41.3846917149 59.4972553346 70% => OK
Chars per sentence: 139.5 141.124799967 99% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.2083333333 23.380412469 95% => OK
Discourse Markers: 0.375 0.674092028746 56% => OK
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.94800884956 121% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 5.21349557522 77% => OK
Readability: 53.9156504065 51.4728631049 105% => OK
Elegance: 1.54248366013 1.64882698954 94% => OK

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.436112712903 0.391690518653 111% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence: 0.0757637045278 0.123202303941 61% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence SD: 0.0387640512641 0.077325440228 50% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence: 0.531244547198 0.547984918172 97% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence SD: 0.122803765227 0.149214159877 82% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.149521228217 0.161403998019 93% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0673804573506 0.0892212321368 76% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence: 0.342077248371 0.385218514788 89% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence SD: 0.0788990481343 0.0692045440612 114% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.271152446419 0.275328986314 98% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0400839837545 0.0653680567796 61% => OK

Task Achievement:
Sentences with positive sentiment : 18.0 10.4325221239 173% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 5.30420353982 75% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.88274336283 41% => OK
Positive topic words: 13.0 7.22455752212 180% => OK
Negative topic words: 4.0 3.66592920354 109% => OK
Neutral topic words: 2.0 2.70907079646 74% => OK
Total topic words: 19.0 13.5995575221 140% => OK

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Rates: 83.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 Out of 6
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