Most people in life are happy to
follow the lead of other people, to sit on the fence in a debate or have the
attitude of hiding at the back of the class. The most successful people are
leaders and make things happen for themselves by taking a positive attitude and
through working very hard to reach their goals. We are all able to become
leaders and this article may help you to achieve this status.
I grew up as a very nervous
person, who had very little self-confidence and who was very shy. I was not
happy being this way and often felt jealous of other people who were happy to
speak up and take control of tasks and situations. I wanted to be one of these
leaders and not the follower that I certainly had become.
In my early twenties, I decided
that the time had arrived to make a series of life changing decisions. I was
determined to have a happy and successful life and was aware that I needed to
change my whole attitude and approach to life.
I was not happy at where I worked
and joined an employment agency in an attempt to find alternative employment.
In the reception area of the agency, I started speaking to a man who was also
their hoping to find a different job. His name was Mark and we got on well and
wished each other the best of luck in our quest to find work. We even exchanged
phone numbers and vowed to keep each other up to date with our progress.
I was then interviewed by a man
who explained his plan to help me to find this new role of work. He was very
bright, clever and positive and had many interesting ideas. He seemed very
confident that I would soon be employed for a different company more suited to
the skills which I had.
At one stage of the meeting he
described the scenario of a group interview. He suggested that we may be
ushered into a large room with a big table. As we sat down there would be a
sheet of paper asking the group to debate a particular subject. He stated that
all of the people in the room would be in the same position, all looking for
work, all nervous, however that in that room I could be whoever I wanted to be.
He said that I needed to stand up and take the lead by stating that I would act
as chairman and that if anyone had a comment that they wanted to make, that
they could raise their hand. If I did this I would show my prospective employer
that I was a leader
I went home and thought about
this and did not believe I had it in me to act in the way that he wanted me to,
as I was not a leader. Later that evening Mark phoned and all he was talking
about was the group interview scenario. He also stated that there was no way
that he would be able to stand up either in the way that had been described.
I did not have to ever attend a
group interview, but Mark did. He surprised himself by carrying out the advice
and stated that after he had said his initial statement about being the
chairman, that he had never felt so powerful and in control. For the rest of
the day other members of the group had been regularly asking him questions as
if he was some sort of team leader. He was very proud of himself and I am happy
to report that he was successful at that interview and is very happy in his new
position.
He has also taken the success and
learning experience into his social life and states that he has never had a
higher self-esteem. I am very pleased for him as he is a genuine person who
works very hard. He is also one of only a few friends that I can honestly say
that I trust.
I have taken inspiration from
Mark and have entered into a career of helping people who stutter, to achieve
fluency. This is something which I really enjoy and which gives me a large
amount of job satisfaction. I am also far more confident than I ever have been
and have at last found happiness.
In conclusion we all have it in
us to be a leader. We need to be brave and determined to take control and
remember that all we can do in life is to try our best. We are only sure about
living one life, so lets be happy and not accept second best. Be a leader in
life, not a follower.
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