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QUIZ: Which World Leader Are You Most Like?

Are you more like Varadkar or Trudeau?

ALWAYS HAD A feeling that you were destined for greater things? Maybe you’ve become passionate about something recently and would love to learn more about it?

Some of the world’s most successful people did incredible things after they had started their careers elsewhere and bringing yourself up to speed by taking a course can be a brilliant booster into any industry.

JK Rowling had her first book published at 32, while now-CEO Tim Cook was 38 when he joined Apple. Three-time Academy Award winner Viola Davis was 43 before she took her breakout role in Doubt. Similarly, Charles Darwin wrote a small study called “On the Origin of Species” after his 50th birthday.

It’s clear from the extremely talented people above that the path someone may initially follow in their early twenties doesn’t always dictate their entire career.

So, who would you be most like if you were to become a world leader in the next few years? Take our quiz to find out.

1. Which of these issues do you care the most about?
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Homelessness
Women's rights

Protecting cultures
Unemployment
2. Which of these accolades are you most likely to have won in school?
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School Spirit Award
Academic Achievement Award

Biggest Contribution To Charity Award
Sports Achievement Of The Year Award
3. Which of these words best describes you?
Confident
Creative

Intelligent
Ambitious
4. Which of these images speaks to you?
5. Which of these is most important to you?
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Money
Equality

Health
Family
6. Which of these would you like to live in the most?
7. What's your best feature?
Your influencing skills
Your decision-making

Your focus on achievements
Your work ethic
8. What makes you stand out the most on your CV?
Your education history
Your community work

Your previous positions
Your fitness achievements
9. What do people admire you most for?
Your friendliness
How laid-back you are

Your honesty
Your high standards
Answer all the questions to see your result!
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You're Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany
You've been happily leading people for over a decade and being the only person of your gender at a meeting would never bother you. You keep everyone getting on and have no patience for time-wasting.
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You're Che Guevara, the Argentinian Marxist revolutionary
You care deeply about poverty and the world's problems. You love reading and writing about big ideas and crave for justice for the most vulnerable in our society.
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You're Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand
You're incredibly ambitious and won't ever let your age get in the way of your dreams and goals for yourself. You believe wholeheartedly in protecting people's cultures and rights.
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You're Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada
You're able to charm any group you come into, and everyone wants to have you on their side. You care about the environment, women's rights and indigenous communities.
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You're Mother Teresa, saint and Nobel Peace Prize winner
You've always cared deeply about looking after those who need a little TLC and you are never remotely judgemental to anyone. You love doing charity work and being around kids.
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You're Michael D Higgins, President of Ireland
You're someone that everyone gets on with and you love spending time with dogs. You love speaking the odd word of Irish and you love reading and spending time exploring Ireland when you get the time.
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    Mute mamaise
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    Aug 25th 2014, 11:19 AM

    Pharma cliff?? a friend of mine has to take tablets following an operation for the rest of his life, they cost €190 per month, he found them in Spain for €10, and of course his medical card was revoked. So now himself & the wife go to Spain twice a year to SAVE money! The Irish people are just sick of getting robbed by their own government.

    Get rid of the pension levy that was unfairly applied to one section of tge work force & reduce the USC or petrol costs next, give people a chance to get back up on their feet again

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    Mute HARRY MARKOPOLOS
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    Aug 25th 2014, 11:34 PM

    Amen.
    Ulster Bank (the UK’s very own Irish Nationwide) are only trying to talk up their Celtic Tiger Ponzi Scheme loanbook, just so that they can try and hawk the whole bank to some halfwit hedge fund.

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    Mute John Coady
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    Aug 25th 2014, 11:46 AM

    I love when these so called experts make these fascinating predictions cause when they get it horrible wrong it makes them look great!!! They know and i know economics does not work!!! Its all on credit nd nobody gives two sh***!!!!

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    Mute Taxi Bill
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    Aug 25th 2014, 11:16 AM

    We are f****d so!

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    Aug 25th 2014, 11:44 AM

    For most of the last century this would be called healthy growth for a western economy.

    In the dystopian Euro zone it is however a boom, growth of any kind is such a distant memory for people in the Eurozone and EU that some even talk about this being a return to Celtic Tiger growth.

    For most of Europe 3% growth will not return for many years to come.

    Stagnation and decline are the legacy of the Euro.

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    Aug 25th 2014, 11:54 AM

    While Eurozone monetary policy isn’t helping I feel that people are underestimating the effect of demographic change on Eurozone growth.

    For most of the last century, European countries had expanding workforces and an expanding population. Few have that nowadays and some are even shrinking. That makes a comparison with growth rates in other parts of the world impractical.

    In fact, most of Europe has seen anaemic growth for 30 years or so, long before the Euro came into existence.

    Unfortunately, it takes 30 years to solve a birthrate problem, even if you can figure out how to do it.

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    Mute Ahippo
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    Aug 25th 2014, 2:03 PM

    A far more cogent explanation than that of Seanie FFryan

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    Mute Ryan Ash
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    Aug 25th 2014, 6:59 PM

    And Ireland, with the youngest population in Europe, in well placed compared to greying Germany and France – among others.

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    Mute Alan O'connor
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    Aug 25th 2014, 11:48 AM

    And the complainers and whingers are out of the blocks quickly. Have to stifle any good feeling. How will the Sinners be elected otherwise?

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    Mute Sam Bartell
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    Aug 25th 2014, 12:14 PM

    And to whose standards are you comparing these alleged “sinners”? God, budda, allah, the ever mystical purple sky monkey?

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    Mute Norman Hunter
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    Aug 25th 2014, 12:23 PM

    Alan yet you are nearly always one of the first to whinge about whingers,amazing isn’t it.

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    Mute Norman Hunter
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    Aug 25th 2014, 12:24 PM

    “Sinners” surely you meant “shinners” they are the group you’re obsessed with.

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    Mute Griska
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    Aug 25th 2014, 12:33 PM

    There’s an article on this site about increasing numbers of children going to school hungry.
    So I’m not buying any of this sh!t.

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    Mute Neal Ireland Hello
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    Aug 25th 2014, 12:56 PM

    The state if the economy has no bearing on whether or not parents get their act together and feed their kids.

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    Mute Neal Ireland Hello
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    Aug 25th 2014, 12:56 PM

    *of

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    Mute Griska
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    Aug 25th 2014, 3:07 PM

    Really? You don’t link disadvantage to hunger?
    Do you think teachers in prosperous areas are bringing breakfast in for their pupils?

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    Mute Ahippo
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    Aug 25th 2014, 11:25 AM

    Seeing as how we have such a terrible government I wonder who should get the credit for this – I know Sinn Fail and Fianna Fein. Let’s vote them into power at the election !

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    Mute Alan O'connor
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    Aug 25th 2014, 3:54 PM

    Yes I meant Shinners. And while not obsessed I certainly don’t want them anywhere near power in the country I live in. Which is why any economic good news is always welcome as it undermines their constant negativity in pursuit of votes.

    Thanks for playing.

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