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This
is a text all about what Jessica learned about at her trip to the Young
Leaders Conference on the 7th April.
It
tells you what a leader needs and how to cope with different types of
circumstances.
Some
people think that leadership is about being boss, some people think it’s about
responsibility and some people think that it’s just a privilege given to
someone “special”. One of these things is right. It’s not about being
boss. It’s not just a privilege given to someone special because everyone is
special in their own way. But in some ways it is about responsibility. Leaders
are expected to be responsible, but there are a lot of other things as well and
this text will tell you all about them.
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Leaders
need a lot of things. Including: integrity, love, care, persistence, pride,
passion, commitment and trust. And leaders don’t worry about peer pressure.
Leaders take risks, they try again and before they try again they rethink what
they have done. They also need to be a good decision maker.
A
major thing that affects human beings is that they give up just because their
feelings are hurt, like Paul Jennings for instance.
When
he was 12 years old he wrote a story and gave it to the Women's Weekly to
publish but they wouldn’t publish it for him. His feelings were so hurt, that
he never wrote again until he was 38 and now look what he is doing! What he did
was give up because he was hurt inside and that was a pretty silly thing to do.
So leaders don’t give up.
Leaders
are not bosses. A lot of people
don’t much like their bosses and a leader is someone who people WANT to
follow. To do that you need
to get out, have fun, be friendly, give a smile or a wave, and most importantly;
don’t lose your sense of humour! People don’t like you if you are straight
and if you can’t take a joke.
Being
yourself is really important, and being true to yourself. When you’re a leader
people want to see the real you. When trying to get into the “Hot Seat” (as
some people would put it,) be natural, people want to see the real you.
Being
a leader doesn’t mean that you can go off and forget about everyone else in
the world. You need to remember that not everyone is as strong, and brave as
you.
Role
models. A leader MUST be a good role model. It’s like being in grade 6. The
younger people of the school will look up to you and if you do something naughty
the younger children will think, well if the older kids can do that, so can we.
Some good role models to look out for are: coaches, family and teachers. So in a
way all these people are leaders as well!
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Stress
can be really painful. Before you try and take on the world and all of its
stress you need to be able to take on your own stress.
Stress
is usually triggered off by being angry, nervous, worried or scared.
When you are either angry or scared you tend to freak out. There are
different ways of dealing with stress and calming yourself back down again. Some
people argue or get physical and fight, but that is a bad way to relieve stress.
Some people walk away, stop, freeze or hold their breath. If you hold your
breath you are locking it into yourself and you need to get rid of it. Energy
moves up and down your body when you are stressed. When you are totally stressed
out it rises up to your head. (That's why you go red.) And you need to do
something to make it travel back down to your feet.
There
are three things that you can do.
BREATHE:
Take one big breath in and let it out really, really slowly.
SOUND
EFFECTS: Aaugh. Have a sigh. You release more energy when you use sound effects.
STAMP:
If you stamp your feet 20 times the energy moves back down to your feet.
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A
leader is thought of as a person who shows the way. But remember that you
can’t control everything. A leader isn’t always independent. A lot of the
time a leader is part of a team.
Push
to the limits, your plan won’t always work but at least you can say that you
tried.
When
you are asked a question don’t give a straight forward answer because it helps
to think things over first.
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Most
people don’t know how to take compliments without putting them back in your
face. You need to know how to say, Thank you, I think so too. without saying,
Oh, no it isn’t, yours is better.
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Sometimes
some projects don’t even get started because the people that are working on
them are too afraid of failing, and that they won’t be able to do it. This is
caused by low self esteem. People with a low self esteem usually don’t get
anywhere in life and to be a leader you need a very high self esteem. That
doesn’t mean that you should think so highly of yourself that you are known as
posh or stuck up, it just means have enough optimism to be happy. Leaders must
be optimistic not pessimistic. No matter what you do have a Can Do attitude at
all times. Without being pessimistic it helps to say to yourself when and where
you went wrong, and a leader needs to have the courage to do that. Always aim
for P.B’s (Personal Bests.)
Shoot
for the moon is one of Tammy Van Wisse’s favourite phrases.
The
power of mental thinking can get you a long way as long as your thinking is that
you can do what you want to do. Remember that there is no such thing as failure.
It
doesn’t matter if at school no one ever tells you that you are good at
something because if you dream then you will achieve and do anything you want to
do.
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Remember
you don’t need to be a leader young to be a leader old. So it doesn’t matter
if you didn’t make school captain or a house captain you might grow up to be
Prime Minister of Australia!!
You
must learn to be a leader not a follower.
A
leader has one great asset that is very important to them. And that is their
name.
DO
NOT damage it. Don't cheat, steal or lie. Look after your reputation. You are
the boss of your attitude.
So that is my text about being a leader and what you need. I hope you have learned something from it.
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Text
by
Jessica 6R
Page & captions created by Nicholas 6W |
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