Leadership skills and development

This week, I attended leadership conference with student councils in Ames. It was my first conference that type and I really learned a lot.

People are what they want to be. We are not all born equal, some of us are poor, some of us are rich, some of us are healthy others are not. But what we all have in common is opportunity. We all have chance to do something useful with our life, or to waste it. It does not always have to be shown by who earned a lot of money, or who has some material things. It is always shown by number of friends you have and what are those friends like. One man on conference said, "Show me your friends and I will show you your future". Other saying says, "Show me who your friends are, and I will know who you are". That is true. If you have people that care about you, and are your support ит will be much easier to succeed in life. You will have solid base for your future, and people you can always talk to. Our friends we choose on our own, and we decide in what environment are we gonna be and develop our future.

So, whatever you do always choose your friends wisely. Your future is decided by decisions you make as a young person, so always be sure you are giving your best to do right things.

Decision making

This weeks topic are decisions and decision making. What are decisions? Those are choices we make every day, that shape our life now and our future later. Decisions can be good and bad, and people make decisions not even knowing they made them. They can be small like, will you get up at 6 or 7am, or big ones like Will you buy house or you will live in apartment.

Most common opinion is that teenagers make a lot of wrong decisions. And they sure do. Reasons for it are that teenagers are often under influence of society, friends, conditions of life, social media and list goes on and on. They but also all people should base their decisions on our moral and our values. If you want to be decisive leader, you should make your decisions based on: 1) Accurate facts; 2) Wise counsel; 3) Clearly defined goals;. Only if you make your decisions based on this, you can say you did everything you could to get best decision possible.

So, whenever you want to make a decision spend some time thinking about it and if you follow these instructions you will be able to say you did wright thing.

This week, we have to deliver persuasive speech. My speech is about texting and driving, and here are some outlines from it.

Have you ever received text message while driving? And have you ever thought that it is important to text that person back? Well, think again!

By some researches I've found, 8 out of 10 people driving are agreed with all types of restrictions while driving. Yes, you heard me, that is 80%. But did you also know that most of those drivers who agree with restrictions have violated them at some point of time. Today, I will be talking about statistics and researches about texting and driving. I will try to show how texting while driving influences you. But wait, there are more people driving is same time as you. So you are in chance not just to hurt yourself, but also people driving in car with you, or innocent walker or other drivers. And for what, why? By site Nationwide.com, if you are using phone and driving you are 4 times likely to have a crash or cause an accident and hurt you and other people. I also found a statistic that texting uses 37% of brain activity related to driving. I ask you, are you wiling to risk lives just to write text message? Think, that can happen to people you care about. Studies show this is almost as dangerous as drunk driving. And I know some of you think that it can't happen to you, and that you are not distracted. Well you are wrong. Utah university proved that using cell-phone while driving, whether it is hand held or hands free delays drivers reactions as much as having a blood alcohol concentration at legal limit of 0,8%. That means you will late with your reaction, maybe too late. So if you think it can't happen to you, you should better think again. Using cell phone will delay your reaction, and even it is for just a second, that second can be difference between life and death. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDb-15hAtxY, this is code for YouTube video. Paste it to YouTube search bar and you will see what I am talking about.

This is all I have got to say. Statistics and researches proved this, thousands of dead people in crashes every year proved this. Texting while driving is dangerous. Do not be that person.

First follower

What is first follower? That is a person that recognizes good idea presented by certain person, and helps developing that idea and converting it from idea to a movement and action. He also helps that person that presented idea to become a leader. So if you think better, without first follower there is no action. He is the one that shows other people how to follow, and what to do. When leader embraces him, then it is no more about leader, it is about that movement and they become equal. First follower is some form of leader himself, because he leads other person to become a leader. He has to have guts, and has to maybe embarrass himself to attract other people to movement, and then it will go on it's own. More and more people will join group, but all started with just one follower.

So remember, if you see and recognize a good idea, do not be afraid to follow it and try to develop it to its limits. First follower is important, he is the one that transforms everything from idea to action.