...Leading With a Vision Is it necessary to be a leader with a vision? I believe so. As I reflected on this week’s assignment, I became more aware of what it means to be a visionary leader. As I studied Standard 1, I became acutely aware of some attributes that an effective leader should have. I discovered that it is not enough to simply have a vision, but it is essential that one has a plan by which this vision will be realized. To be characterized as a visionary leader, one must demonstrate certain attributes of good leadership. Proverbs 29:18 states “Without a vision, the people perish.” Vision requires a leader to see beyond the here and now and to envision how things can and ought to be. No school improves by remaining the same. It is not merely enough that a leader has a vision; a leader must also be able to inspire others to see the vision, internalize the vision, believe in the vision, and execute the vision to others. This is accomplished when a leader demonstrates their vision in their speech and actions. Furthermore, they must show others by example, therefore persuading others to be actively engaged. Lastly, being an effective leader requires one to learn how to express their vision and engage participation through regular, endless, human communication. During this week’s assignment our team did an excellent job of communicating with each other as well as working collaboratively. I discovered that each person in a group brings something unique. Each...
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...“Blindness”, originally written in Portuguese by a well-known author named José Saramago, is a novel that tells the story of a sudden epidemic of blindness by which nearly all the citzens of an unnamed city were effected. It is an interesting and breathtaking story that envolves the reader in a way that makes it almost impossible to stop reading it, because you can’t wait to find out how it ends. In the beginning of the novel, the author describes the events in which the main characters went blind. The first one was a man who was driving his car in very chaotic traffiic and then, unexpectedly is caught by the blindness that is not yet seen as an epidemic. As many people start losing their sight, the government decides in an attempt to contain the apparent cotagion, to take extremely repressive measures quarantining all the blind people in an asylum which quickly becomes overcrowded. Those who were quarantined were forced to stay in filthy and inhumane conditions while they struggled to survive. Avid readers will, in many cases, say that when a book is adapted into a movie, it becomes an oversimplified version of the original and leaves behind many important facts that cause the story to be interestingly overwhelming. I partially agree with this sort of opinion, however, the film version of the book was also a fantastic production. The book and the movie can be seen through different perspectives. The book allows you to let your imagination flow and create alongside the author...
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