A Legacy Leader
When we think of a Legacy Leader we think of someone that leaves a lasting impression on a person, family, group, organization, country, or even the world. It could be someone as simple as a head of a family such as John D. Rockefeller, impactful on a nation like Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., or have a worldwide impact such as Gandhi or Adolf Hitler. One thing that a Legacy Leader must have is that the influence he or she exemplifies does not die with that person, that it carries on past them, past their current sphere of influence, and maybe even supersedes generations. One thing that all Legacy Leaders have is a quality that those that come behind want to emulate or avoid so that they can carry on their legacy to others, so that impression
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For the majority of my life, I have skated by with my own natural talent alone. I never had to study in high school, I dropped out of college because I didn’t want to put forth effort to study and take time out of my personal life to achieve anything more than what was already given to me. When I started 98C school, now 35N AIT, I was the same way. I listened to the lectures, barely applied myself to the practical exercises in class, and had just passing grades. I never failed any tests, but I never excelled either. When I started in SSG Agnew’s blocks, I started doing the same. He noticed the latent potential in me; he challenged me to do better. Others had tried to do the same and failed. I honestly to this day can’t remember what exactly he said that was different, but I know that it changed me. It lit a fire in me that no one else up to that point had been able to do. After that day, I outscored my classmates by actually trying in class. When I came to GAFB years later, I wanted to be that inspiration to my students. Every student is different, just like every Soldier is different. They learn differently, they receive information differently, and are inspired differently. As instructors, it is our job to make sure that we can bring out the best in our Soldiers. Knowing what SSG Agnew did for me, I strove to instill that in my classroom ethics with my students. As a result, my classes achieved the highest pass rate in a course that usually has a failure rate of 40%, and had a graduation rate of
For the majority of my life, I have skated by with my own natural talent alone. I never had to study in high school, I dropped out of college because I didn’t want to put forth effort to study and take time out of my personal life to achieve anything more than what was already given to me. When I started 98C school, now 35N AIT, I was the same way. I listened to the lectures, barely applied myself to the practical exercises in class, and had just passing grades. I never failed any tests, but I never excelled either. When I started in SSG Agnew’s blocks, I started doing the same. He noticed the latent potential in me; he challenged me to do better. Others had tried to do the same and failed. I honestly to this day can’t remember what exactly he said that was different, but I know that it changed me. It lit a fire in me that no one else up to that point had been able to do. After that day, I outscored my classmates by actually trying in class. When I came to GAFB years later, I wanted to be that inspiration to my students. Every student is different, just like every Soldier is different. They learn differently, they receive information differently, and are inspired differently. As instructors, it is our job to make sure that we can bring out the best in our Soldiers. Knowing what SSG Agnew did for me, I strove to instill that in my classroom ethics with my students. As a result, my classes achieved the highest pass rate in a course that usually has a failure rate of 40%, and had a graduation rate of