What Makes Odysseus A Leader

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Odysseus is a leader with many great qualities. Many of which are intelligence, braveness, honesty, and being hopeful. Odysseus also has detrimental qualities that most leaders may have. Those of which are not good listeners ,lack empathy ,and jealousy. One of the biggest qualities a leader should should have is intelligence. Being intelligent means being in the state of intelligence in many ways. In order to lead, you need to have greater skills than the team. It takes skills to overcome the obstacles he or she is facing, so that it is easy for the team to pass them. Odysseus is intelligent because he has the best skills on war tactics and has the ability to survive no matter the cost of him or his teammates lives.
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