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The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

Srinivas Rao

Society & Culture

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

In this podcast episode, we sit down with Gautam Mukunda, a Research Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School's Center for Public Leadership, to discuss what we can learn about leadership from presidential elections. Drawing on insights from his book 'Picking Presidents', which examines the qualities that make for successful leaders, Mukunda provides a fascinating analysis of filtered and unfiltered presidents alike. Whether you're a political junkie or simply interested in the qualities that make for effective leadership, this episode is sure to provide plenty of food for thought.

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0:00.0	As you probably notice, this month, we're bringing you our Life of Purpose series and revisiting
0:04.6	some of our most transformative episodes. Tune in to explore expert insights and practical
0:09.4	strategies on help, performance, and community well-being, all aimed at helping you achieve
0:14.4	personal and professional fulfillment. If you sign up for the newsletter, you'll not only get
0:18.5	recaps of the key ideas in each interview, but at the end of the series, you'll receive our free Life of Purpose ebook.
0:24.5	What you have to do is go to UnmistakableCreative.com slash LifePurpose. Again, that's UnmistakableCreative.com slash Life Purpose.
0:32.1	All life wisdom is in fact contained in The Simpsons, right? And Marge Simpson once said,
0:37.8	it's true that one person can make a difference,
0:40.3	but they usually shouldn't.
0:43.3	And that is a thing we need to keep in mind, right?
0:46.4	If I have 10 options,
0:48.4	and everyone in the world would pick one of those 10,
0:52.7	and I pick the other one, I might be right, but the odds are not
0:56.9	in my favor.
0:58.4	Right?
0:58.9	But if I pick the one, the one that's the thing that no one else would do, I will have had an
1:03.2	impact, but probably not a good one, once in a while.
1:24.1	I'm Sreeny Rao, and this is the Unmistakable Creative Podcast, where you get a window into the stories and insights of the most innovative and creative minds who've started movements, built thriving businesses, written bestselling books, and created insanely interesting art.
1:28.5	For more, check out our 500 episode archive at UnmistakableCreative.com.
1:35.9	Gotham, welcome to The Unmistakable Creative. Thanks so much for taking the time to join us.
1:40.3	Thanks so much for inviting me. This is something I've been looking forward to for a while, and I can't wait to get started. Yeah, likewise, you have a book out called Picking Presidents,
1:46.6	which I just finished reading. And even though I'm not particularly interested in politics,
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