Leadership and Me

 “Leaders must be close enough to relate to
others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.”      
John Maxwell

When I transferred to SDSU and looked at all the leadership classes I had to take, I thought that taking one class was enough, but I was wrong. Being a leader is more than just being the person that gives orders and people follow. In order to be a good leader, you need to find out who you really are, what you know and the things you can do. After taking a couple of leadership classes, I started to differentiate between leadership and management.  I opened my mind and apply my knowledge to work situations, where I realized that leaders are not born, they are made. As a person grows and faces different problems and situations, he/she will realize if it they way he/she reacted to it was the best.  We acquire skills and knowledge as we grow. However, these can be influenced by the leader’s values, ethics and character.  I believe this will makes us react different depending on the situation we are facing. I have to admit that I didn’t consider myself a leader, I thought I was follower, but after I learned more about myself, I changed my mind. I looked back at difficult situations I’ve been involved where I had to be the leader and that made me realized that sometimes you are a leader for others and you are not aware of it.