One thing that stuck out to me in the podcast was the difference between the history of how a singular person came to be versus looking at how the person impacted the people around them. In the podcast, Dr. B talks about George Washington. From our high school history class, I remember that we kinda just talked about his rise and then what he did that impacted other events, but never really his leadership tactics to cause success and unsuccessful missions. Evaluating the common people’s attitudes and quality of life is the most effective when determining if someone is considered a success or failure instead of looking at how the leader could have become more wealthy or just advanced part<\/u> of society. \u00a0I know the greatest good for the greatest amount of people might not be what everyone likes to believe or actually produce results in the short run, but I think as a whole will be more beneficial in the long run.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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