Understanding the past is of little use to those in current positions of leadership.
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. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.
The premise of having an understanding of the past being of little use to those in current positions of leadership may be observed as one with nuanced positions. However, I disagree with the premise. As learning from the past is of great value to those competent leaders who want to do their best in their current positions. Those who disregard previous knowledge do so at their own peril.
One example that displays the worth of understanding the past is in politics. From the president to the local mayor, understanding the political process as it relates to the citizens is necessary to succeed. Sure, one could try to lead from their position unencumbered to pay respect to the past and seek to be triumphant in this manner. Nonetheless, the individual who seeks those with experience and knowledge will be more effective and successful. After all, there is a reason why those in leadership have advisors in their inner circle running through every move and possible scenarios with the utmost goal of making the right decision.
Another scenario applicable is in sports. Starting from the team owner to the team captain, in order to succeed they will have to understand how previous individuals acted in their positions and what was their outcome. A neophyte coach lacking experience is worthless to any franchise with the goal of winning. Any reputable individual trying to succeed will make their best attempt to learn from their previous experience and seek the advise of those who came before him. Just like the idea conveyed in the paragraph above, a coach with the ambition to succeed will align himself with other individuals who may provide other points of views that may aid him. In other words, advisors who can help him do better.
Nonetheless, someone who agrees with the premise of the article above, may rationalize that there are certain novel situations that recquire new ideas. That shunning previous knowledge may be a better idea. Regardless of the scenario, its up to the individual to decide whether they will chose to make their decisions based on previous data or they will act as they please. This may or may not be effective, but in the majority of the situations, even if one wanted to deviate from what was done in the past, the individual will have to observe what was done in order to act differently. So, in a sense, it's impossible to escape from the past.
Our culture values those with knowledge and experience. History is taught in every level of education, and some of us learn the concept of learning from our mistakes. Given how rational humans are, its imperative for us to utilize the lessons from the past to better in the future. This certainly applies to leaders who want to be successful in their positions of leadership.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 201, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “As” at the beginning of a sentence requires a 2nd clause. Maybe a comma, question or exclamation mark is missing, or the sentence is incomplete and should be joined with the following sentence.
.... However, I disagree with the premise. As learning from the past is of great valu...
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Line 5, column 433, Rule ID: A_INFINITVE[1]
Message: Probably a wrong construction: a/the + infinitive
...from their previous experience and seek the advise of those who came before him. Just like...
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Line 5, column 437, Rule ID: GIVE_ADVISE[2]
Message: Did you mean 'advice' (a noun)?
Suggestion: advice
... their previous experience and seek the advise of those who came before him. Just like...
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Line 7, column 236, Rule ID: IT_IS[6]
Message: Did you mean 'it's' (='it is') instead of 'its' (possessive pronoun)?
Suggestion: it's; it is
...etter idea. Regardless of the scenario, its up to the individual to decide whether ...
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Line 7, column 289, Rule ID: DID_BASEFORM[1]
Message: The verb 'will' requires the base form of the verb: 'choose'
Suggestion: choose
... individual to decide whether they will chose to make their decisions based on previo...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, however, if, may, nonetheless, so, after all, in other words
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 19.0 19.5258426966 97% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 16.0 12.4196629213 129% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 14.8657303371 74% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 11.3162921348 115% => OK
Pronoun: 43.0 33.0505617978 130% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 97.0 58.6224719101 165% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 12.9106741573 54% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2307.0 2235.4752809 103% => OK
No of words: 473.0 442.535393258 107% => OK
Chars per words: 4.87737843552 5.05705443957 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.66353547975 4.55969084622 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.66542454761 2.79657885939 95% => OK
Unique words: 228.0 215.323595506 106% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.482029598309 0.4932671777 98% => OK
syllable_count: 720.0 704.065955056 102% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 6.24550561798 144% => OK
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.77640449438 113% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.38483146067 114% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 24.0 20.2370786517 119% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 23.0359550562 82% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 51.6467703626 60.3974514979 86% => OK
Chars per sentence: 96.125 118.986275619 81% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.7083333333 23.4991977007 84% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.70833333333 5.21951772744 52% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 7.80617977528 64% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 17.0 10.2758426966 165% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 5.13820224719 78% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.83258426966 62% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.1323568687 0.243740707755 54% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0453971207703 0.0831039109588 55% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0457392425905 0.0758088955206 60% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0931044526791 0.150359130593 62% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.053796711707 0.0667264976115 81% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.4 14.1392134831 81% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 60.65 48.8420337079 124% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.5 12.1743820225 78% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.02 12.1639044944 91% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.22 8.38706741573 98% => OK
difficult_words: 109.0 100.480337079 108% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 11.8971910112 67% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 11.2143820225 86% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.7820224719 85% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 58.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.5 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.