“Are you on this planet to do something, or are you here just for something to do?” This is the first sentence of the first chapter of this section of A Leader’s Legacy. This question resonated most with me.
I have never considered myself a leader and have never held any leadership position in any organization until now. I have now realized that I want more from life and that I am here to do something. As Vice President of Operations, I am a vital part of my organization. I never considered what type of legacy I would leave until reading this book. It is a rather important subject to think about it.
In the first chapter, sacrifice and suffering is talked about. I realize that being a leader requires a bit of sacrifice and I have always found it to be something I was willing to do and here I am giving up my free time to learn how to be a better leader which is probably the best thing to be doing seeing as I have no real experience. I am not the only one making sacrifices and I realize that and I see all the others in my organization giving up their time to make our group the best it can be. I have the utmost appreciation for everyone.
The second chapter discusses how the best leaders are teachers. For a while now I have been tutoring many of my sisters in my areas of strength. I think that the fact that I seem to be a good teacher, gave them the confidence to elect me into a position that I had no real experience in. Without the amount of support they give me, I wouldn’t be here today.
This book has given me a lot to think about. What am I doing here? What will I do next? Are people going to appreciate me? Will I leave the best legacy I can?
The "doing something" question captured my attention as well. It's a question that really makes you think about what you're doing and what you want to do with your life.
ReplyDeleteI'm actually fairly surprised that you say you have no background in leadership. I've only known you since September but you've always seemed very intelligent and capable to me. I think having the support of others is very helpful to leaders because it's nice to know your actions are being appreciated.
I can't wait for our next GLAD meeting!