A desire to have someone to look up to is a very prominent and universal desire. This talk defines what a leader is and gives us 16 qualities in a leader, a śreṣṭha, one that everyone in the world admires and aspires to be. The verse we examine in this talk from the 3rd chapter of Bhagavad Gita is a revolutionary entry point to examining this leadership crisis and has far reaching implications which will be explained through the series.