Top 5 values from most important to least

Accountability, Hard Work, Improvement, Loyalty, Loving

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Where I spend my TME Time Money Energy Values

School Lectures 30 40 30 Hard work, Improvement

Studying 25 5 25 Hard work, Improvement,

Accountability

Napping 10 0 5

Watching YouTube/ 5 0 5

social media

Hanging out with friends 5 10 5 Loyalty, Loving

Eating out 5 15 5

Analysing the stock 10 5 10 Hard work, Accountability

market

Grocery shopping 5 25 5 Accountability

Working out 5 0 10 Hard work, Improvement, Loving

TOTAL 100 100 100

Looking at the chart I created, I find myself doing activities that benefit my values while

also doing activities that pose no benefit to me and what I believe in. I do spend most of my time,

money and energy studying, attending lectures, and working out. These important factors of my

life teach and progress my values to another level. Beginning with studying, studying teaches

accountability, improvement and hard work. I realize know that I am an adult in the real world, I

need to be responsible for myself and my actions. I am not forced to study from my parents or

teachers, I must take the initiative and accountability for my own habits. And when these habits

are adapted into my everyday life, I am guaranteed to see improvement in my life, and it proves

to me I am a hard working individual. This explanation is true for attending lectures as well.

Next, we have working out, no matter what anyone says, working out is one of the best things

you can do for yourself. Working out proves hard work, improvement and loving, working

everyday to see improvement physically and mentally is a key motivator in my life. Most

importantly, it has shown me to love myself in every aspect of my life. Working out simply

taught me how to love my body and my mind. Lastly, we have loyalty, I consider my friends

from middle school my current best friends and I know they think the same. It is very rare to

have a friend group last for so many years without breaking apart. When I come back to Toronto

from Waterloo, I always call up my friends to go eat or just hang out, the same thing we’ve been

doing for years. Overall, in my mind I chose the only correct values that represent me as a leader

and human being

To live by the values I believe in, I must have the necessary skills and traits to pursue

them. Starting with the traits I possess, I believe myself to have strong traits in, determination
and sociability. The most important out of all the traits is determination, this trait shows how

much you are willing to put aside to chase that goal. You must attend to what is more important

and what will matter more in the future. With determination comes hard work and accountability.

To reach the intended prize, you must work hard and recognize the mistakes along the way. Self

accountability is one of the key traits on becoming a great leader. Next we have sociability, I

think sociability and confidence go together. When I was younger starting high school, I did not

have thew confidence to socialize with anyone, but after getting to love myself and building

confidence, I was able to socialize effectively. Moving onto leadership skills, I think the

strongest skill I emit is managing resources. Specifically, financial resources, in college I see

many people spending money on food and coffee daily. On the other hand , I cam very frugal

and try to spend the least money as possible. I worked a summer job to pay for my tuition in

Laurier and I will continue to be frugal. This skill came directly from my parents, they always

told me not to spend my money on stupid stuff. As money requires hard work, accountability and

more. However a good leader does not know how to only manage money, they know how to

manage people, equipment and more. Right now I am at the stage of my life where I do not have

a full load of life. But I am certain I would be able to manage effectively and easily.

Finally, the trait I would say I need the most work on is determination, as a human being

we all get lazy and sometimes spend an entire day doing nothing. Laziness is the killer of

motivation and determination. With being less lazy comes hard work and overall improvement in

myself. In addition, a skill that needs improvement would be being socially perspective, outside

of my friend group and family, I could care less about what you think. This would greatly

improve my sociability skills. Other than that, I think I have learned many leadership skills and

traits from my two loving parents.

Why should leaders live by their values? What I see is leaders must follow their values.

However, it is very challenging in this society to persuade everyone into thinking like you, it is

natural human behaviors. First things first, a leader must have a good vision or plan to benefit the

people they lead. It all returns to the one of the first concepts, What does is mean to be a good

leader. If their values are lost in the powerful leadership, that person is not a good leader, even

more he should not be a leader. When a leader follows their values, they can earn the trust and

respect of their followers, colleagues, and stakeholders, and build a culture of integrity and

accountability. People are more likely to follow a leader who is authentic and consistent in their

behavior and decision-making. Leaders should follow their values because their values serve as

their guiding principles in making decisions and taking actions. A leader's values reflect their

beliefs, attitudes, and priorities, and they help define the leader's character and vision. Therefore,

leaders who follow their values are more likely to be successful in achieving their goals and

building a positive environment.

When a leader follows their values, they can earn the trust and respect of their followers,

colleagues, and stakeholders, and build a culture of integrity and accountability. People are more

likely to follow a leader who is authentic and consistent in their behavior and decision-making

(Senge, 1990). Me personally, I believe that all leader ( most do not) should follow what they

planned to implement and what they plan to change. The change can have somewhat negative

effects in the short term, but everything should even out in the long-term .That is how trust and

loyalty is created. If you bring beneficial plans to a company, school, etc, and they end up

pleasing everybody, That would be the goal, if you do something good to somebody, most

people will remember that gesture. For example, Nelson Mandela was jailed for 27 years(Peter,
2019) a huge portion of his life was taken away from him. However, Nelson Mandela would

soon become a the president of South Africa. He achieved greatness because he kept his values

an morals constant, he did not let himself down. He made it to be president due to him gaining

the trust and being authentic to his followers. Personally, I cannot do what Mandela has done and

achieved in his lifetime. If it were me, I would most likely go on a personal vendetta against the

people who locked me up.

This powerful personal vision statement is powerful due to the fact that it is applicable to

modern day society and morals. The statement was a key word that made me choose it, that word

is accountability. Nowadays, people do not like to take accountability for their actions, our

society has made it too easy to blame someone else for the mistakes they’ve made. Leader

should live their values to show the ones that they are leading how to act and how to implement

there values. Also, as a leader you want to live by your word and show people that you are

capable of living the way you say. For example, look at the leader of North Korea Kim Jung Un,

he has gained his values from his father and is not authentic. The dictator ship is relied on the

fear of the follower and not for the positive things. It is the reason why you see people fleeing the

country illegally. Kim Jung un represents the worst type of leadership, he does not take the

proper accountability for his terrible actions. This is an example of a bad leader and someone

who does not follow their values. Good leadership is preaching your values and making your

followers grow with you.

Northouse, Peter G. Introduction to Leadership: Concepts and Practice. Available from:

VitalSource Bookshelf, (5th Edition). SAGE Publications, Inc. (US), 2019.

Senge, P. (1990). The fifth discipline: The art and practice of the learning organization. New

York, NY: Doubleday/Currency