My Leadership Philosophy

As long as I can remember, people have always referred to me as a leader. It was always me who organized and lead the weekly games of tag or hide and seek after church when I was in Kindergarten. Or in Middle School, I always made sure I captained one of the dodgeball teams and attempted to rally my team to glory every school day. The chaos often involved in groups of young children never stopped me from attaining everyone’s attention long enough to convince them to join in on whatever it was that I wanted to play. In high school, I went to a modest sized private school where there were only 9 other people in my class. Given the size of the class, I was able to form tight-knit relationships with my peers, and as the grew to know me and respect me, they naturally chose me as a sort of “leader” of the class. Whenever the class had a problem with one of our teachers or the school, they would come to me about it and expect me to personally take it to whomever it was that could solve the problem.

In fact, the rest of the students at the school all looked to me as a leader as well. I don’t believe I would have ever realized it if it weren’t for multiple conversations with teachers and board members where they ensured I knew that I was always under a tighter watch and subject to harsher discipline due my status as a leader at the school. Because my fellow students looked up to me, they were more likely to mimic my actions, whether good or bad. My senior year of High School, I was made captain of my soccer team. I had expected to be made captain, due to the fact that no-one had been on the team longer than me, but it still felt incredible to be able to finally be the official leader of the