This is my response to Timothy DeHaan’s post (nocontest), My Leadership Story
I enjoyed the approach that you took to this assignment, as well as the presentation of your podcast. Your presentation was truly a story and one that was appealing to the listener.
In your post, you made a comment that the ball was “just short of the line.” I believe that this is symbolic. Sometimes, I feel like I try to juggle so many things in my life that I feel burnt out. I try to be the perfect christian, daughter, sister, friend, colleague, girlfriend, student and roommate. It gets exhausting and I often feel like in some areas I do not meet my own expectations or I am “just short of the line.” It is an extremely difficult task to be able to balance all of the things that we strive to be good at in life. Sometimes we are our own worst critics and I believe that this needs to be included in our thoughts when trying to find a balance. I think that this struggle is a sign of a good leader. Instead of accepting that this is the way life is, or just letting life happen, we are trying to do our best to be the best we possibly can be when life happens.
Thanks for the reflection and the great story.