Every choice a person makes changes their life. Those changes maybe good or they may be bad. In The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore, there are two people with one name, Wes Moore, but they each have two completely different fates because of the decisions they made. Two qualities of becoming successful in life are having good mentors and setting and maintaining standards. The author Wes had good mentors to guide him through his life and set standards for himself. He had two significant mentors in his
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Influence is a big factor on decision making. Whether it be a good decision or a bad decision, choices are often made based upon what others do. The boys in Lord of the Flies are a perfect example of carrying out groupthink, the practice of thinking or making decisions as a group in a way that discourages creativity or individual responsibility. There are many cases of groupthink throughout this story, from doing good things like electing a captain for keeping order and carrying out important tasks
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scholarship means when you devote your time and effort towards pursuing academic excellence and being an example of accomplishing academic success. In my life, service means being a role model in the community through acts of community service and community empowering acts. Leadership to me means to be a positive role model and somebody who brings the community together by their character, actions and words. Last but not least, character to me means that I myself and the traits I exemplify should set a
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In The Lord of the Flies a bunch of boys are stranded on an Island and try to survive. In order to survive you need to have someone to lead the group. In the book they had a hard time deciding who should be elected as leader. Ralph was elected but Jack thought he should’ve been. Ralph and Jack were two different people and lead differently than the other. So I questioned myself, what makes a leader effective? What makes a leader effective in his/her group? Well an effective is hard to come by,
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My definition of leadership is to be able to communicate clearly and effectively with my subordinates as well as my superiors. I will speak clear and intelligible about the vision of the command and commandant. A good leader must be positive and inspiring to his troops and informative to his superiors. Leaders will seek out opportunities to make changes and not be afraid to fail. They will fail at certain times, but a good leader will learn from his mistakes and downfalls and project positive
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Leadership is something we all deal with everyday. Leadership can be in the form on mentors, bosses, teachers, coaches, and so much more. Every leader, no matter who or what they lead, has his/her own method and philosophy for leading. My philosophy is education and the “show me” method. I have always made it a point to educate the people under my tutelage. I believe that simply showing or telling someone to do something that nothing is accomplished. A leader must be able to answer why to
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Good Qualities of a Leader Most of the world’s “leaders” are not actual leaders. They are just people who everyone else are told that they are leaders. For someone to be a true leader they need certain characteristics. True leaders are people who have courage, persistence, and tenacity. All leaders need to have courage in the face of danger and they need to stand for what they believe in, no matter who the adversary or what the cost may be, much like Samuel Adams during the Revolutionary War. In
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What is a leader? A leader is a person who strives to better themselves and those around them. Good leaders are loyal and stay true to their word. They do what they think is right, no matter the consequences. In Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, Caesar gets assassinated by his so called “friends”, who turned their backs on him. Mark Antony shows many of the qualities that leaders hold in the scene of Caesar’s funeral. Mark Antony was a close friend of Julius Caesar. In the scene of his speech, he proves
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This is a rather interesting question because I have served in the military and now being on the civilian side, I have had the fortunate and unfortunate opportunities to be around and communicate with many different leaders. What I have learned over the years is in order to be an “effective” leader one must possess the qualities of both a powerful and controlling leader. In order to be a “good leader” one must know how to use both qualities efficiently and effectively in the appropriate situation
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Leadership as a whole can be broken into two discrete components: relation-oriented leadership and task-oriented leadership. Relationships between a leader and their follower(s) take time to develop, require a large portion of trust, and two-way open communication. (Which follows trust) Overtime, relationships build to form deep interpersonal interactions. The idea is to create these relationships with the consequence of achieving goals after. With positive relations between a leader and a follower
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