Part 3: Aspirations

One of the most important messages that I got from this part of the book is that when you are leading others you have to not only think of what you want to achieve but what the group as a whole wants to achieve. There was a quote that I liked that fit the message of the entire part of the book: "If we are to leave a legacy that means something to others, you have to think about what they want and what they aspire to achieve. Leadership isn't about selling your vision; it's about articulating the people's vision."

After reading and rereading part three in A Leader's Legacy I finally understand that in order to be a good and effective leader we need to know our own values and passions before we try and force them on to other around us. In order to do this one needs to know their own aspirations because if you don't know you aspirations than how can you expect to be a good leader.

Out of this chapter I also began to understand more that even a good leader needs both help and advice from the people around them. If a leader believes that they can do everything on their own, without the assistance from others will most likely fail in what they are trying to accomplish. Being in a Greek organization means that you have to be willing to work together with others and help each other grow as leaders because if we don't do this our organizations will not be able to reach their full potential.

GLAD has really helped me understand what leadership is really about and how important it is.