Category: My Leadership Story

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.

This is my response to Simarjit’s Leadership Story.

https://create.twu.ca/icandothis/2017/11/30/my-leadership-story/

 

Thank you for sharing your story with us.

 

I can relate to your final comments about whether or not you should use the skills, knowledge and experience to continue doing what you’re doing or whether you should evolve and learn new skills, stay challenged to keep learning new things and progress in life. This is my reasoning behind taking this course. It would be very easy for me to live in my small town and to teach grade 4 for the next 30 years, however I want to continue to evolve and grow and share that growth of knowledge with others.

 

I would be interested to know what some of your achievements and successes are so that I can have a deeper understanding of your leadership story.

I am nervous and excited to be able to share this story with you. After completing my story, my recording was well over 20 minutes long. I’ve managed to cut it down to 7 minutes, however I am somewhat saddened by the fact that I could not fit all that I wanted to say into 6 minutes. This has inspired me. I feel like this is a sign that maybe I need to write my story out and share it with others in the hopes of inspiring someone else to make a change.

I am a very different person than I once was. I focus my energy on helping other people and giving back to my community rather that letting all of my energy be taken from me by this struggle. I spend time coaching, volunteering, organizing open mic nights where people can showcase their talents and donating time to my parish community.

A few months ago, I was approached by an owner of a local gym. She told me she had been following my story on social media and she wondered what it would take to have me on her staff. She helped me to get certified as a bootcamp instructor. I believe that this is a sign that people are already inspired by my journey.

I have so much to learn about leadership but have sincerely appreciated all that this course has taught me. Thank you for listening.

 

The background music is retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsrIZ1mnOvU&t=7491s

Morning Guitar Instrumental Music to Wake Up Without Coffee, OCB Relax Music Published on Nov 2, 2015