My Leadership Philosophy

Leadership has been present in my life in many different ways, through sports, academics and even through friendships. When I was younger I didn’t know what it meant to be a leader, I always though the “leader” was just the most popular or most liked person within a group, whether it be a sports team or group or friends. As I grew older, I realized that was not the case, leadership comes in many different forms and has many different aspects.
I have been a cheerleader since I was about 5 years old, I have competed at different cheer gyms and on different teams but have never let go of the sport. When I was young I would always look up to the older girls, I never thought that one day I would actually be one of them. As I continued through my cheer career and life I learned many things about leadership. It’s not a popularity contest or any kind of contest for that matter. It is all about being a good person and standing up for what you believe is right with the intentions of helping others do the same.
They were showcasing their worlds team before they left for worlds and giving people in the community an opportunity to watch. Of course I went I was in such shock, I had never seen anything so amazing. The cheerleaders on that team may not have known it but they were leaders in the gym, everyone else at the gym looked up to them so any decisions they made and any opinions they had about anything were mimicked by many others at the gym.
I am now on that worlds team and I am the cheerleader that others look up to. I have been on the team for 3 years now, this will be my 4th year on the team and I have learned the good and the bad about leaders. The seniors are usually the leaders on my team, which is good because they are older and usually more mature but this year as it is my senior year I didn’t want to be the leader just because I am a senior, I wanted to lead the team in the best way