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Karakas says modern leaders need a mind-set and a heart-set. What is the heart-set?

Emotional powers like values, passion, motivation and grit.

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  1. Thinking skills and attitudes
  2. Physical fitness
  3. Emotional powers like passion and grit ✔

Why: The mind-set covers thinking: intellectual skills, insights and perspectives. The heart-set is the emotional drive, such as values, determination and passion, that keeps a leader going through obstacles.

Huh, didn't know that: Karakas calls the mix of mind-set and heart-set a 'holistic toolkit.'

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Why did the leader bring a heart to the meeting? To show they really cared.
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Answer: Emotional powers like passion and grit. The mind-set covers thinking: intellectual skills, insights and perspectives. The heart-set is the emotional drive, such as values, determination and passion, that keeps a leader going through obstacles.

  1. Learn to Lead, Volume 4: Strategic Perspectives, reading 15.5, The Twenty-First Century Leader (Fahri Karakas) (Civil Air Patrol) www.gocivilairpatrol.com/media/cms/Volume_4_Web_4028F891F0A14.pdf
    Heart-set refers to emotional powers
    Checked 2026-10-10.

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