Austin | Age: 18 | Newport, MI
Leadership is... striving to make a positive impact on your peers by exemplifying qualities and traits that will make the world a better, and overall, happier place.
Leadership in Life... As most of us know, high school can be known as a place where bad decisions are made. It's almost like a factory, mass producing them on an assembly line. I made quite a few of those bad decisions in my early years of high school. It wasn't until I lost something that meant the world to me that I realized what I, and really everyone, was capable of: destruction, causing damage beyond repair. We, as humans, have the power to ruin things due our actions, behaviors, and the way we treat others. It was through this discovery that I began to think that destruction was all I would ever be capable of, and thus was all I deserved. Conversely, in my struggle I found that I was capable of another thing: construction, or the art of building something. I realized that, despite the destruction I had left behind, I could do so much more. I was able to build and create things such as art, music, and young leaders through my actions, behaviors, and the way I treated others. These two discoveries have made all of the difference in my life.
Adviceā¦ If you aren't uncomfortable, you're not growing, and if you stop growing, you may as well be dead.
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