Being a Leader
Are you a leader?
Do you believe in the saying “Good leaders are made not born.”? If yes, then count me in. I do believe that a person can become a great leader if he had the desire to influence others through his charisma and all other traits that contributes to a description of a good leader. And of course, one great factor to being a good leader is how he has been brought up since his childhood.
In my own experience, I had been a leader in a group several of times. It started when I was in my freshman years in New Ormoc City National High school, I was appointed by our teacher to become the President of the class. As a first timer (since I had a very shy personality when I was a kid), took a hard time to do my duties and responsibilities. I need to take one step at a time. Through the process, I had learned a lot especially from my mistakes. Indeed, experience is the greatest teacher you can have. Being a leader carries a lot of responsibilities. As Uncle Ben in Spiderman once told that “Comes great power, comes great responsibility.” He is absolutely right. Being called a leader does not mean you can have all what you want, you just can’t delegate all your work to your people, you also need to lead by example.
And so, it was just the start of my experience. Back in my sophomore years, I was handpicked by a third year student to run as a 2nd year representative in their party for the Supreme Student’s Government. I was in awe and sort of flattered at that moment; I just can’t imagine that there were people who believed in me more than I have believed in myself. I accepted the offer. After the elections, I was not able to make it. Yes, I lost the game. But that doesn’t stop me. It was charged as an experience. I did not regret because as for me, I gave a good fight and that matters to me. Talking in front of a big crowd and trying to convince them to vote for you is not an easy thing to do. I respected their decision. I keep saying to myself that I need to
Do you believe in the saying “Good leaders are made not born.”? If yes, then count me in. I do believe that a person can become a great leader if he had the desire to influence others through his charisma and all other traits that contributes to a description of a good leader. And of course, one great factor to being a good leader is how he has been brought up since his childhood.
In my own experience, I had been a leader in a group several of times. It started when I was in my freshman years in New Ormoc City National High school, I was appointed by our teacher to become the President of the class. As a first timer (since I had a very shy personality when I was a kid), took a hard time to do my duties and responsibilities. I need to take one step at a time. Through the process, I had learned a lot especially from my mistakes. Indeed, experience is the greatest teacher you can have. Being a leader carries a lot of responsibilities. As Uncle Ben in Spiderman once told that “Comes great power, comes great responsibility.” He is absolutely right. Being called a leader does not mean you can have all what you want, you just can’t delegate all your work to your people, you also need to lead by example.
And so, it was just the start of my experience. Back in my sophomore years, I was handpicked by a third year student to run as a 2nd year representative in their party for the Supreme Student’s Government. I was in awe and sort of flattered at that moment; I just can’t imagine that there were people who believed in me more than I have believed in myself. I accepted the offer. After the elections, I was not able to make it. Yes, I lost the game. But that doesn’t stop me. It was charged as an experience. I did not regret because as for me, I gave a good fight and that matters to me. Talking in front of a big crowd and trying to convince them to vote for you is not an easy thing to do. I respected their decision. I keep saying to myself that I need to