Don’t just follow the leader….be the leader! I absolutely do see myself as a leader in many ways. I am evolving into a stronger complete leader each day as I have many leadership challenges brought to me each day in my work and personal life. In short, leading and teaching go hand in hand
My Early Experiences with Leadership
When I was younger, I was fine with letting others take the reigns and lead the way. My first leadership experiences were as the “Team Captain” of my youth and high school baseball teams. My leadership style was to lead by example, to get the first hit off a tough pitcher, or make a great play on defense, or come up with a clutch hit. I was a very quiet leader though, and as I got older this became a liability to any type of real leadership.
Leadership as a Young Adult
I worked in the restaurant business for a seven years as I pursued by college degrees and they taught me some basic communication skills, management skills, etc., but I still was a average leader at best. It was not until I became a teacher and coach that my skills began to catch up with my aspirations. Nowadays after 18 years of teaching, I feel very comfortable as a leader, small or large groups, adults or kids, and it is a pretty cool feeling. Adults look to me for leadership on different projects. My students enjoy my leadership style. In general, I feel like I am hitting my stride as a more complete obvious leader.
Thanks for reading: Don’t Just Follow the Leader…Be the Complete Obvious Leader! Bunchiesblog! Check out some of my other recent articles! What are your thoughts on leadership? Do you enjoy being a leader or not so much?
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Steak and Lobster
What food would you say is your specialty? My favorite home chef meal is steak and lobster. A medium rare steak, a good size fresh frozen rock lobster tail grilled on the barbecue. This meal can be paired with many beverages, I would prefer a dark beer like a Guinness, but a bottle of rose’ Read more
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Cloudy With A Chance Of Nuclear Winter
Life is good. It’s one of those odd days when things are aligned right and you feel like everything is going to work out, despite the gathering clouds of doom before us. Trying to live a normal life, when the writing is on the wall. I’ve been doing it so long, it feels fine….I mean Read more
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Cooking Pre-Made Pizzas on Oven Rack
A few days ago I suffered a great humiliation in front of my children, which they ruthlessly teased me about. What happened you ask? Well, I being the amazing provider for my family bought some normally delicious and easy to cook pizzas. I thought I would cook a couple of them for dinner as we Read more
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Feline Companions
I meant,” said Ipslore bitterly, “what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?” Death thought about it. CATS, he said eventually. CATS ARE NICE Read more
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Giving Back
Giving back to the community can be very rewarding. As a teacher, I have many opportunities to do this. It is almost a daily occurrence, which is one of the things I love about teaching. Taking an interest in a young person’s life and teaching them ways to be good people is one of the Read more
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Choosing Between the Lesser of Two Evils
I would be lying if I said I voted in every election I could have, but nowadays, absolutely yes! Voting is very important for local, state, and federal elections here in the U.S. Given the current circumstances we find ourselves in, voter apathy is killing our country. So many people get jaded by politics that Read more
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