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# Why Leadership is So Overrated & How Supply Chains Work or Don’t
June 21 2024
Written by Mike Carruthers.
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Sunscreen has been around for a long time. Has it changed much? Are there advancements in “sunscreen technology”? As summer begins, I explore the newest advancements in sunscreen.
We revere leaders. School mottos often say something about “Developing tomorrow’s leaders today…” Everyone should aspire to be a leader. But what if you don’t want to be a leader? If everyone becomes a leader – who is left to follow? Is everyone “leadership material”? To hear the surprising science about leadership, listen to my guest Dr. Elias Aboujaoude. He is a psychiatry professor and researcher at Stanford University, and author of the book, [A Leader’s Destiny: Why Psychology, Personality, and Character Make All the Difference (https://amzn.to/4b6JsOd)](https://amzn.to/4b6JsOd)
Over the last few years we have heard about the supply chain in the news. It’s that somewhat vague process of making and getting products to where they need to be. So how does it all work? Why does it sometimes fail? Why does it often seem so fragile? Joining me to help us understand the supply chain and explain why you should care about it is Peter Goodman. He is the Global Economics Correspondent for The New York Times and he is author of a book called [How the World Ran Out of Everything: Inside the Global Supply Chain (https://amzn.to/3KAlQXJ). ](https://amzn.to/3KAlQXJ%20)
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