My Daily Dozen, Minus 6

As we talked about in leadership class, people with goals in mind need to have a set list of things they need to strive to achieve every single day of their life. As an assignment, we are supposed to write our own daily set list of goals.

1. I strive to have a good/ great attitude for everything i do. Whether i like what i am doing or not.
2. To live on a rock foundation of faith and to let my light shine to everyone around me.
3. keep an accountability with someone to keep my goals in line.
4. To be willing to change for the better, even if i think it won't work out.
5. To have trust, especially if i think something isn't going to work out.
6. To love.... even my enemies.

Leadership

What I got out of this last week of leadership development is that we have to be humble, and willing to get out of our comfort zones to lead a group. we also have to push our limits, otherwise we are not going to get anywhere in our position. relying on what we believe will encourage us to work hard, and aim towards the prize in the end. Every time i think about leadership, i go back to the week i spent preparing for being a drum major, the most powerful student in the marching band. we spent three hours one day talking about how people will respond to what we say to people. and i think about how i have changed in how i talk to people, or how i lead people in the right direction. This class is helping me grow in so many directions. especially in my faith. andhow to apply my leadership in the church setting.

Low Expections of Teens

As I continue to go to school this fall, I realize what my teachers expect from us. I learned a lot over the summer and low expectations from teenagers, and how the authorities in today's society don't expect us to do much. For example: teachers lower the amounts of homework for us, because we don't have "time" to finish it.

We, teenagers, think we are too busy to do something, or finish something. Or think we are too good to do chores around the house, or hold the door for the elders walking behind us.

Teenagers need to think of themselves as "young adults" and work harder, make goals, and strive to be a leader. Teenagers have the best ability to accomplish something, and get it done, they just have to have their mind set to it. Just like finishing the last level of their favorite video game. that's what doing chores that everyone hates should be like. EVERYTHING we do should be done with a positive attitude, otherwise we won't finish it. Finishing a small task will lead to finishing big task which will continue in the right direction to become a better person, and a role model.