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TOPIC：ISSUE 160 - "The most essential quality of an effective leader is the ability to remain consistently committed to particular principles and objectives. Any leader who is quickly and easily influenced by shifts in popular opinion will accomplish little."
WORDS：560          TIME：0:44:14          DATE：2006-2-12

I generally agree with the author in that to be an effective leader, one needs the ability of not being easily influenced by others' opinions. However, the issue is more complex than what the speaker asserts.

In the first place, remaining committed to particular principles and objectives serves to provide the credibility that a leader needs to be supported by the people. If a leader changes his mind too often, he will not be trusted as a wise politician but a crowd relying on other persons' advice. A good example to substantiate my point of view is Martin Luther King, the great leader of the African Americans' movement against discrimination. In the long campaign for equality for African Americans, King showed resolute belief in success and hope for the future. His famous saying "I have a dream" has become one of the most encouraging mottos cherished by the people seeking for true freedom and civil rights. It is true that he had gone through a lot of obstructions and even been sent into prison for several times but he managed to remain consistently committed to his principles and objectives, which made many Americans become loyal followers of him. Thus, a leader should be conscious of his or her goals and stick to them in order to acquire espouse from the people.

What is more, remaining persistent to one's decided principles and objectives help leaders to overcome difficulties that they may encounter in the process of striving for certain causes. Such spirit of consistency enables one to face frustrations sensibly and endows one the courage to address harsh problems. Magellan is widely known as the first person in the world to navigate around the earth. In the untold days on the sea, one without plenty of nerve could hardly put up with the long dark nights, the strong feeling of solitude and the most terrible thing ---lack of hope for tomorrow. Bolstered by his firm belief that the earth is round, Magellan never gave up his faith in the success of the expenditure. What he had gone through demonstrates clearly that a leader committed to particular principles and objectives is more likely to have a correct attitude towards difficulties.

However, leaders should also have the courage to change his or her former ways of thinking and views of social problems according to the actual conditions and ready to accept different opinions, especially in the area of politics. Politicians who adamantly adhere to their decisions may bring about excessive authority concentration and instigate prevailing discontent emotions among the mass. Losing support from the people, they are doomed to fail, as has been proved by a lot of historical figures. One of these examples is Hitler. His frantic actions resulted in countless tragedy to the people in the world. Consisting in his wrong policy, he was extremely opposed by the mass and had to commit suicide in the end.

In sum, sticking to one's particular principles and objectives are necessary to become an effective leader but not enough. Leaders should be as broad-minded as possible so that they have the ability to listen to other people's thoughts and constructive suggestions. While it is detrimental to be easily influenced by shifts in popular opinion, it is no less harmful to be confined in one's own principles and objectives without looking out of the window.

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TOPIC：ISSUE 160 - "The most essential quality of an effective leader is the ability to remain consistently committed to particular principles and objectives. Any leader who is quickly and easily influenced by shifts in popular opinion will accomplish little."
WORDS：560          TIME：0:44:14          DATE：2006-2-12

I generally agree with the author in that to be an effective leader, one needs the ability of not being easily influenced by others' opinions. However, the issue is more complex than what the speaker asserts.

In the first place, remaining committed to particular principles and objectives serves to provide the credibility that a leader needs to be supported by the people. If a leader changes his mind too often, he will not be trusted as a wise politician but a crowdcoward relying on other persons' advice. A good example to substantiate my point of view is Martin Luther King, the great leader of the African Americans' movement against discrimination. In the long campaign for equality for African Americans, King showed resolute belief in success and hope for the future. His famous sayingspeech "I have a dream" has become one of the most encouraging mottos cherished by the people seeking for true freedom and civil rights. It is true that he had gone through a lot of obstructions and even been sent into prison for several times 27 yearsbut he managed to remain consistently committed to his principles and objectives, which made many Americans become loyal followers of him. Thus, a leader should be conscious of 可以这样表达吗？his or her goals and stick to them in order to acquire espouse from the people.

What is more, remaining persistent to one's decided principles and objectives help leaders to overcome difficulties that they may encounter in the process of striving for certain causes. Such spirit of consistency enables one to face frustrations sensibly and endows one the courage to address harsh problems. Magellan is widely known as the first person in the world to navigate around the earth. In the untold days on the sea, one without plenty of nervebravery could hardly put up with stay up withthe long dark nights, the strong feeling of solitude and the most terrible thing ---lack of hope for tomorrow. Bolstered by his firm belief that the earth is round, Magellan never gave up his faith in the success of the expenditure. What he had gone through demonstrates clearly that a leader committed to particular principles and objectives is more likely to have a correct attitude towards difficulties.这个例子很好，PS：我记得megallan是因为卷入菲律宾的土著争斗而死的，他本身并没有完成他环球航行的梦想，这个梦想是他的助手帮他完成的，但他的坚定信念确实使他对全体船员的领导很成功

However, leaders should also have the courage to change his or her former ways of thinking and views of social problems according to the actual conditions and ready to accept different opinions, especially in the area of politics. Politicians who adamantlygood adhere to their decisions may bring about excessive authority concentration and instigate prevailing discontent emotions among the mass. Losing support from the people, they are doomed to fail, as has been proved by a lot of historical figures. One of these examples is Hitler. His franticgood actions resulted in countless tragedy to the people in the world. Consisting in his wrong policy, he was extremely opposed by the mass and had to commit suicide in the end.

In sum, sticking to one's particular principles and objectives are necessary to become an effective leader but not enough.概括的很好 Leaders should be as broad-minded as possible so that they have the ability to listen to other people's thoughts and constructive suggestions. While it is detrimental to be easily influenced by shifts in popular opinion, it is no less harmful to be confined in one's own principles and objectives without looking out of the window.

anyway,this is a good composition written in the limited time，body1和body2说的层次不同，感觉前者更深，调换一下是否有递进的味道，作者自己斟酌！