Are leaders born or made? Explain. Where in your background would we find evidence of your leadership capacity and/or potential? Leaders are definitely made and not born. People can become leaders through the process of teaching, learning and observation. Leadership is a set of skills that can be learned by training, perception, practice and experience over time. Some people think leaders are born naturally intelligent, strategic, visionary and charismatic, able to articulate a plan and rally their
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The summer before high school started, I played softball with some of my bestfriends. After playing for five years on a traveling team called Crossfire, I was getting all new coaches and playing on a whole new team called the Mohawks. On this team, there were high schoolers who I thought were so much older than me, they were practically adults. As a fourteen year old playing with eighteen year olds, I was terrified. However, because I wasn’t that good, I played on the freshman team. I had a blast
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that I will be able to provide better for my kids. As a young girl, I went on a lot of different trips. I have been to many different states and countries. Traveling to see all of those different types of places, going to different nail shops getting my nails done, and going to different hair salons, made me fascinated by the cosmetology industry. I saw all of the different stuff that they do
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the National Honor Society adds to will stay with me for the rest of my life. Ever since I began high school, my grades have been very important to me. I have tried to stay as an A and B student. Not only have I maintained that, but has also been getting straight A’s for the past year. While my grades have been
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yard. I jogged to the only bare spot in the yard. The grass had stopped growing in the spot that I always ran to for baseball practice. Dad tried to start a conversation, but I figured remaining silent would do me the best. After we warmed up, he started hitting me ground balls. I thought to myself, this is the time
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in his life. One of the most significant ones is getting fired from a company that he started. When Apple dismissed Steve Jobs, he felt dejected and discouraged, but it didn't dissuade him from his passion for technology. Thus, he started a new company name NeXT and later on returns to Apple. Looking back a few years later, he's thankful for the setbacks because it gave him new perspectives, he elaborates, “I didn't see it then, but turned out getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could
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As a medical student I have many reasons to believe that I am not just another medical student often portrayed as a nerdy, focused, dedicated person. Here is my story of immense struggle, pain, humor and confusion. “Philosophy! Yes that’s what I want to do after finishing school!”- I announced with pride and an intellectual air, sensing almost a discovery of sorts, discovery of my true passion and interest based on my convictions, ideas and daily thought process. Studying for entrance seemed too
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and windows closed, I had only left through a single door, so they had to still be in this room. At this point I was really only frustrated that I couldn’t find the, I didn’t think they could really go anywhere. When my mom finally came home, she started to freak out and accused me of not looking hard enough. Though when she also couldn’t find the kittens she changed her tune and then began drilling me about if I had left the door to the unfinished cellar, the garage, or even to the outside. I knew
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of this book, “The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains,” I started to get the overall impression that the author, Nicholas Carr, was totally opposed to idea of technology. As a lover of technology myself, I dreaded reading this book because I thought that it was going to be a negative interpretation of technology. And while this book doesn’t exactly shed the most positive light on that subject, I’ve started to understand the overall views of Mr. Carr and identify with them as well
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obtain a college degree. All of this is essential positive things to add to this journey called life. I was once the young high school graduate with bright eyes and a promising future going to college. I enrolled in a large local University and started my journey to arming myself with the necessary tools to have a stellar career. After the initial shock of freedom and adulthood, two years later, I found myself socially at the top of my game, but educationally the dean had placed me the former 3
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