John Maxwell Quote

Leadership is when a person takes on the objective to lead a group. Within this simple definition, there are more complex concepts that create a leader. A leader is a person who has courage, cooperation, integrity, and motivation to reach the goal that is in mind. Using these four qualities, a leader will be able to stay honest within every obstacle that comes their way, pull everyone together and work efficiently with them at all times, and inspire all members to keep pushing towards their goal. In the quote, “The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sail,” John Maxwell describes how leadership can apply to different aspects of life. In his quote, John Maxwell states that a leader will take action to change the outcome of an event. To me, this quote means that a leader has to be willing to put in the necessary effort if they want to change something. While an optimist and a pessimist talk and hope that something changes in a situation, the only person who takes action is the one that possesses leadership qualities. If one does not have qualities such as courage,

As I stated earlier, Maxwell’s quote says that a person who wants to be a leader has to be willing to adjust certain things in a given circumstance. In my life, I have gone under a number of different situations in which I had to take on leadership qualities. While I have been in indoor percussion and marching band as an upperclassman, there have been multiple situations when I have had to adjust circumstances when no one else would. At rehearsals and competitions, my technicians and staff have put me in charge of taking care of certain tasks that would not get done if I didn’t do them. Instead of complaining about the situation or hoping that it would get taken care of for me, I took charge of the objective that I was given and fulfilled it to the best quality that I possibly