Global Leadership & Innovation class

During my leadership class, I had to present a speech on my leadership development plan. I haven’t gone up in front of a class to speak in so long. I was actually nervous and my body just wasn’t calming down, especially speaking in front of a multimillionaire business owner, whom was my class partner for an assignment. So that was a shocker and i felt really intimidated. However, once I got up, my body calmed down, but my speech in my head was everywhere.

I haven’t spoke in so long that I just worried too much. Will do much better next year, definitely. Just mad at myself for something so stupid.

Regardless of speech day, I learned a lot about him. Although he was very successful from the age of 13, he was substantially unhealthy. He was somewhat of a ruthless leader, who had outstanding conceptual skills; he knows his shit and knows how to take his company from point A to point B.

In San Jose, every Christmas there would be an event called Christmas at the Park. There wasn’t going to be that event this year. But this guy recently joined the board as a director that governs that event and implemented a plan that cultivated the funds to revive the program for the next three years.

This guy is just a bit older than me btw. “What an outstanding leader!”, I was thinking to myself. This is just the person I and everyone else hope they would could become; a really talented and successful leader. However, his life was in shambles and didn’t consider himself successful. Professionally, his inter-personal skills weren’t ideal and his administrative skills lacked responsibility. Those shortfalls would transcend into his personal life.

He recently sustained an injury and is awaiting results upon his health. He needed to balance the skills of his leadership that would be followed by habits upon his personal life. Because of his speech, I learned the sacfifices of becoming successful and more. Until now, I realized that I was working to be successful for the wrong reasons.

I didn’t have a worthwhile ideal to pursue. Therefore, I didn’t have the direction to realize the progression for that ideal. I quote, “Success is the progressive realization of a worthwhile ideal.” by Nightingale (I think, not my partner, btw).

For now, lack of confidence, and over thinking things which compromises smartness are my directions that need improvement and goals that I think is worthwhile to pursue.

Thank you Global Leadership & Innovation class and multimillionaire business owner partner.