During my childhood in the 1990s, most kids of my country had similar ideas about their future ideals: to become doctor, pilot, or president. I was one of them, only with some inconsistencies. I kept changing my mind about person I wanted to be. Little did I know that I had passion in leading people.
Ever since I entered the school, I have always nominated myself as a class leader. At that time, I found that being a leader was fun thing to do because I had authority to put classmates in line before entering class, or simply to have my name written at the top of the student attendance list.
The learning phase
As I grew older, I started to figure leadership as an art. Pulling out a quote of Simon Sinek, a world-known British motivational speaker, leadership is a creativity to
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Together with the team, I started everything from nothing, from setting up vision and goals, to translating them into plans and real works. Leading a group of freshmen was never easy. However, after all ups and downs, we eventually made it. The concert was a successful yet memorable one.
After earning bachelor's degree in 2006, the leadership inside me has reached up to professional level. While working as a journalist for four years, I attained myself to be better in drafting, communicating, and executing ideas. At the same time, I also emphasized the empathy skills, which is critical to an effective leadership. I listened more to my resource people, tried to put myself in their shoes and eased their burdens by writing out their compelling stories.
The skills stayed even after I switched my career to becoming communications and programmatic officer at several national and international organizations. With more opportunities to join bigger teams, I have improved as a leader to accomplish all expected deliverables. The journey was never smooth, but I always took lessons learned from where I