Theodore Roosevelt: How To Become A Great Leader

Some of the challenges Theodore Roosevelt how to overcome in order to become a great leader is as a child he was puny and very sickly. He was suffering from asthma, also he had terrible eyesight, and was extremely skinny. He suffered so much his parents didn't even know if he would survive.Even his father mentioned, “You have a mind, but you have not a body, and without the help of the body the mind cannot go as far as it should.

Some things Roosevelt included in his daily agenda that contributed to his leadership ability is every day along side of working on his body he worked on his mind by assessing his progress he has made. Roosevelt admitted that as a child he was “nervous and timid. Yet,” Roosevelt stated, “from reading of the people I admired… and from knowing my father, I had a great admiration for men who were fearless and who could hold their own world, and I had a great desire to be like them.” In this quote he mentioned something bad about him. But then he said the word “yet” and it totally flipped the whole message around focussing on the positive instead of the negative. Knowing Roosevelt as a kid I don’t think he would have been successful without that power of focusing on the positive and encouraging yourself to succeed, and it worked.

Roosevelt looked to his father and other leaders he reads about for inspiration.

But the person I mostly look to for inspiration is my dad. I look up to my dad because he has always been there with me through tough times. Just like Theodore Roosevelt I suffer asthma and my dad has been there to help me. He comes to as many as my sports games as possible cheering me on in the stands and taking me on amazing vacations with my family. He also plays with me all the time and helps me with homework when I need it. My dad inspires me because he has won many awards including Emmys and inspires me to do great things in my life ahead of

me.

Someone I admire in my profession or area of service is my soccer coach Stevie. This person is inspirational because he plays at a very high level (college)and I know I am being coached in good hands. This person is inspirational because he inspires me to do better in soccer and makes me better as a player. Stevie is also a very good coach and focuses mostly on the positive.

Another person in my profession or area of service that has achieved more than the the other person I admire is my main soccer coach named Seydina who is in the MLS. Stevie settled for less because he is in college and has not yet reached the MLS level yet and may not have the skills to be in the MLS. He has grown a lot since he first started soccer.

The person from question 4 and 5 that I more identify with is Seydina because he is more successful at the time and I look up to him, and hope people look up to me the same way.

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According to the law of process, to be committed to in order to become a successful leader is to have self-discipline and perseverance. Also everyday you should be getting better at these skills.

I do agree that leadership is a process because it does take awhile to become a leader. According to the text it states that the author traveled around the world following leaders, learning from them. Those leaders shared insights with he that he could not have learned no other way. The experiences were so valuable and taught him so much he became an amazing leader.

Leadership is not for just a few people, it is for everyone. It is for everyone because you will at least once be put in a situation where you need to lead a group or show some leadership, if it's your job, sports, or school. In the text it even states, “At some point in life, many people find themselves placed in a leadership position…”

The steps I see the other leaders (8th graders) in my organisation (ASB) taking in order to become a better leader is writing a reflection on a leadership passage they are reading in class.

A year ago (6th Grade) one of the Five Phases I would put myself in is “I Know What I Don’t Know”. I think I would put myself in this phase because at first I had to really try on the essays to achieve my goal, which is passing ASB. I had really high expectations, and as I practiced the skill of leadership throughout the year I got better and better on the essays. However, right now I would place myself in the “I Know and Grow, and It Starts To Show” phase.

In the last year the thing that has contributed the most to my growth as a leader is being in ASB.

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My personal plan for growth is figuring out what I don’t know, listening to people, being humble, thinking positive, and being open to new ideas.
My plan:
Read one leadership every other month
Work on leadership skills in soccer
Work on leadership skills in school
Get involved and show leadership in an after school club
Go to as much club meetings and conferences as I can
Watch presidential debates

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