Sunday, March 29, 2009
The Strong Ones
This was something I had to share. I mention several times in my blog how I'm in counseling. Well, I go to group therapy on Thursdays. I have a fear of showing weakness and being less than perfect. I sometimes feel like admitting that I go to counseling as a sign of weakness. I had something I couldn't handle and I had to ask for help. I struggle with that fact, but this past week a girl in my group told me something I had never thought of. She said her dad (a psychiatrist) always told her that he thought that the people that walked through his door were some of the bravest and strongest people he'd met. He said this because he thought it took an amazing amount of courage to ask for help. I starting thinking about how this relates to leadership. As a leader, if you need help you can't be afraid to ask because not only will you drown, but so will your followers. As a leader you are responsible for more than just yourself. You can't let your followers fail because you're too weak to admit you can't do something. The strong leaders ask for help.
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I believe that this is a very strong and relatable post. It has a lot of content that is full of both leadership and strength. The way that you relate your own problems to leadership is a good way to become a better leader because you a learning to figure everything out one at a time. Admitting you need help is an important part of leadership because if you aren't able to do that, everything else will suffer (like you said). There are many leaders that don't take the initiative to ask for help and all that is doing is holding them back. I like the way you recognize these thoughts and demonstrate them. Also, relating to the previous post, you are showing great leadership by expressing your feelings and wanting to change the way your life is lived. Maybe not every aspect, but definitely the aspects that pertain to your leadership abilities. I definitely feel that this is a good correlation between what we are learning about in class and how it fits into your life. You have many things in your blogs that are opening your eyes to leadership and encouraging you step out of your shell more. I think you are a strong person for being so open to getting help; there is nothing weak about that.
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