Leadership

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President Reagan reduced
government spending tremendously, and cut back on business regulations to
strengthen the business sector of the economy. By making this change, the
inflation rate fell 13% to 2%, and created thousands of jobs for Americans.
When Reagan entered office, the unemployment rate was 10.8%, when he left it was
5.3%. This economic growth would have never come if Reagan did not have the
will to change.

Even though Reagan's term sounds successful, there were many problems.
Failure is an aspect of leadership whether we want to believe it or not. The
drug menace, loss of international competitiveness, falling standards in
education, and the rising national debt were all of Reagan's flaws. However,
to be an effective leader, one must realize that there will be flaws such as
Reagan experienced in his term, and it is the effective leader's duty to try to
clean up his mess.

I believe to become a leader in any situation, I must apply all of ...

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