Understanding the past is of little use to those in current positions of leadership

History or past is a great teacher; it narrates the problems faced, the solutions opted to resolve the problem, the triumphs and the failures, denoting why they failed in the first place. Human lifespan is short, albeit an average of 60 - 70 years, it is not enough to have enough experiences and knowledge to tackle every scenario. People aged well above the average are often dumbfounded by the advancements in science and society that they find themselves in a ever-lasting learning curve. Leaders of today's society are responsible for guiding those under their command to a better future; thus, indicating the tremendous responsibility placed on their shoulders and the experience and knowledge required to successfully perform their duties is of great importance - the past plays a very important role here. Understanding the past is important for any aspiring leaders as past or history is a great teacher.

Mistakes and failures; though shunned upon and troublesome, they are also a part of an individual's success. Any individual that claims to not have failed, can be regarded as an idealist or can be interpreted as afraid of failure. Problems and mistakes are perennial throughout human history, no one man can claim they are experiencing a problem that no one else has - well established documents showcase the problems faced by all great leaders of their time, Julius Ceasar, Napolean etc. are prime examples of this case. While it is arguable that no modern day man experiences a problem faced by Julius Ceasar, the life portrayed by history showcases numerous problems he encountered and always some similarities could be drawn from them to modern day problems such as today's politics.

Those in leadership roles are required to have a well rounded personality capable of being unflappable in any scenario. However, this is only possible provided the individual is experienced in tackling those said scenarios and this experience can be provided free of cost by past. Although, this can also be argued that those in leadership positions have a unique set of tasks that are set to be achieved, a.k.a their team goals and the people under their leadership need not necessary resemble an army of soliders that fought in great battles. But, all teams at the end of the day are formed by humans , and humans throughout history can be argued to have more or less a finite set of possible emotional spectrum and any leader from any time in history would have had to manage and guide their command to accomplish their tasks using strategies and techniques that are tried, proved and perfected by them. If that is the case, why would it not be a great idea to learn from them?

Humans have subconsiously shown to learn from other's mistakes and successes as well as their own experiences to maximise their sucess rate in any scenario that is not luck dependant. Hence, history is beign taught from a young age in all school curriculum across the world.

To sum, human history or the past is a rich record filled with anecdotes that can convey experiences quicker than having to experience them. Any aspiring leaders and current leaders will benefit a great deal from learning other mistakes, successes and their stories and form a well rounded personality that can help them tackle any problems they may face during their time.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 463, Rule ID: EN_A_VS_AN
Message: Use 'an' instead of 'a' if the following word starts with a vowel sound, e.g. 'an article', 'an hour'
Suggestion: an
...nd society that they find themselves in a ever-lasting learning curve. Leaders of...
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Line 1, column 487, Rule ID: AFFORD_VB[1]
Message: This verb is used with the infinitive: 'to curve'
Suggestion: to curve
...d themselves in a ever-lasting learning curve. Leaders of todays society are responsi...
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Line 3, column 88, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[2]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'individuals'' or 'individual's'?
Suggestion: individuals'; individual's
...troublesome, they are also a part of an individuals success. Any individual that claims to ...
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Line 5, column 411, Rule ID: DT_PRP[1]
Message: Possible typo. Did you mean 'a' or 'their'?
Suggestion: a; their
... tasks that are set to be achieved, a.k.a their team goals and the people under their l...
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Line 5, column 603, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Put a space after the comma, but not before the comma
Suggestion: ,
... the end of the day are formed by humans , and humans throughout history can be ar...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, hence, however, if, may, so, thus, well, while, as to, such as, as well as, more or less, in the first place

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 32.0 19.5258426966 164% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 12.4196629213 113% => OK
Conjunction : 25.0 14.8657303371 168% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 11.3162921348 106% => OK
Pronoun: 48.0 33.0505617978 145% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 71.0 58.6224719101 121% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 12.9106741573 39% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2783.0 2235.4752809 124% => OK
No of words: 557.0 442.535393258 126% => OK
Chars per words: 4.99640933573 5.05705443957 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.85807034144 4.55969084622 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.71702430581 2.79657885939 97% => OK
Unique words: 270.0 215.323595506 125% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.48473967684 0.4932671777 98% => OK
syllable_count: 869.4 704.065955056 123% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 6.24550561798 96% => OK
Article: 4.0 4.99550561798 80% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 4.38483146067 23% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 20.2370786517 94% => OK
Sentence length: 29.0 23.0359550562 126% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 85.331097039 60.3974514979 141% => OK
Chars per sentence: 146.473684211 118.986275619 123% => OK
Words per sentence: 29.3157894737 23.4991977007 125% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.63157894737 5.21951772744 127% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 7.80617977528 64% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 10.2758426966 88% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 5.13820224719 136% => 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: 0.110711602824 0.243740707755 45% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0366375419775 0.0831039109588 44% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0512828769207 0.0758088955206 68% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0556488162227 0.150359130593 37% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0522285325542 0.0667264976115 78% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.8 14.1392134831 119% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 42.04 48.8420337079 86% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 14.6 12.1743820225 120% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.31 12.1639044944 101% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.93 8.38706741573 106% => OK
difficult_words: 136.0 100.480337079 135% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.0 11.8971910112 118% => OK
gunning_fog: 13.6 11.2143820225 121% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.7820224719 119% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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