Leadership; Becoming a leader

leadership - the activity of leading

"Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." - Muriel Strode


1. Motivation
- Internal and external forces and influences that drive an individual to achieving certain goals.

Motivation plays a tremendous role in becoming a leader because nothing you do get's done without motivation, the most important form of motivation you need is self motivation. This is because being self motivated means you do it for you, and when you do productive things for yourself it's because you motivated yourself to do these things and that's what being a leader is about.

Take me for example, I like to write when I have free time, and I write for my schools newspaper. No one told me to go write, no one forced me to sign up for the journalism class, I did these things on my own. I did these things because I consider myself a self motivated writer because I motivated my self to begin writing. This is also why I enjoy writing so much because it's something I chose to do because it calms me down when I need to calm down, it makes me happy when I'm sad, and I consider myself a really good writer.


2. Integrity
“Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.” - W. Clement Stone

Some say it's very difficult to do the right thing, so say it's rather easy. It depends on what the situation is. But, in any situation you need to always remember to do the right thing, no matter what people around you think is right, you do what you think is right, because you'll feel like a better person than you are now when you do what is right for every situation you come across.

To have the courage to say no is being a leader, to have the courage to be a leader your having the courage to be a person that has a lot of integrity, a person with a lot of integrity is a person that does the right thing and knows how to face the truth.


3. Confidence
- assurance: freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities

Having confidence in yourself is being a person that believes in themselves no matter what, it's being a person that has assurance in everything they do. I assure that confidence is a big part of becoming a leader, because you have the ability to make the decisions without relying on someone else, although at times you need someone to rely on, but why not be the person people come to when they need someone to rely on? Why not be the leader? Why not be the person people look for when they need help making a decision? You can be that person and you can be a leader.

"It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to." - W.C. Fields


"To become a leader you need to be led into leadership" - Makayla Hopkins

Being Thankful

Thankful; being grateful, showing thanks.

Showing gratitude towards someone else is wonderful. That shows your appreciation, that shows how much your thankful and/or grateful. Also, it melts a person's heart when you show gratitude.

Thanksgiving is all about giving thanks, being grateful, being thankful etc.
But many people don't even give thanks on Thanksgiving and that's because their not use to verbalizing their thanks or they are not thankful at all.

I even feel that I'm not as thankful as I should be, but I'm positive that I show my thanks just by simply saying "thank you". It makes a person feel good with you show your thanks because that shows that their doing something to satisfy you and/or make you happy.

This blog is to help you show thanks; not just on Thanksgiving, everyday you can show thanks, you should, because that's how you get more things that will make you happy, be thankful.

Obama's Victory

Elected president Barrack Obama won this year’s election because his campaign was working hard non-stop and Barrack had many supporters in all states working very hard to get him his victory he disserved. Obama never quit campaigning, he worked very hard to get elected, and we all can agree that hard work pays off.

I feel that his victory means unity, change, and no more racial division through out the United States. Unity will bring us as one, and no more democratic party or republican party, just become one as a country. Change was Obama’s whole concern, and it defiantly was the perfect concern to have, because in my opinion change is what America has been searching for, and now Obama will show us change.

Once Obama is in office, he will have to take on challenges such as; health care, mortgage crisis in Iraq, and the economic crisis. Obama has many plans for health care, and I feel that he has a wonderful health care plan, he’s doing a great thing by lowering health care cost and promoting public health. Also, making health insurance affordable and assessable to all.

The economic crisis is one of the biggest issues in the United States at this point, and Obama has many plans to fix the economic crisis. Obama will provide 95 percent of working Americans the tax relief they need. They will create a new "Making Work Pay" tax credit of up to $500 per person, or $1,000 per working family. I feel this tax cut plan really got Obama a lot of votes. I feel Obama also got many votes due to his plan for the war in Iraq, which is; to end the war in Iraq responsibly and increase stability in Iraq and the region.

Obama being elected as the 44th president of the United States and being the first African American president, made this the most historical election. Obama’s promise for equality and change got a lot of his votes. In my opinion, if Obama keeps the promise with change, health care plan, tax cuts, and the rest of his plans, he could have a good chance of getting re-elected in the next 4 years.