Personal Narrative: My Freshman's Basketball Team
Being one of my high school’s student leaders, both on and off the court, both inside and outside the classroom and both inside and outside my immediate community, has taught me that family is first, consistency is key, and consensus on the one common goal ensures success. As the captain of my Freshman Basketball team and now as the Head Manager of my Varsity Women’s Basketball team, this lesson has been learned over and over again in the past four years. I carry this with me everywhere I go. In each organization I am a member of and with every experience, focusing on family, consistency, and common goal is what has allowed me to motivate others as a leader to realize success. Hundreds of basketball games has taught me that success is not
defined by the number of wins. Rather, success on the court and in life is not definable at all but realized from within. Only each individual can every truly determine their own success in whatever that may be. My success may not be another’s however, the family, the team, the club, the group, the organization can realize success with validation of the positive collaboration and synergy that is a function of simply being a member of the group itself.
My leadership experience has prepared me to encourage and motivate others into understanding that we all must embrace the responsibility of being change agents in the world. Therefore, no longer can we either individually or collectively simply go through life with the luxury of failing to pay it forward. Hence, I will work to empower my college campus to stop turning a blind eye to what needs to be done to save our planet, to ensure everyone has clean water to drink, enough food to eat, and access to quality health care. More importantly, in today’s world, the denial of a these basic human needs is just as egregious and compelling as the denial of the inalienable rights our ancestors fought and died for. Thus I will work to become a leader on my college campus so that I can help to educate the campus community to championing the need to end world hunger, and ensuring access clean water and quality health care. Elevating these concerns so they become the common goal of all students will ensure the success of a better world for generation to come.
defined by the number of wins. Rather, success on the court and in life is not definable at all but realized from within. Only each individual can every truly determine their own success in whatever that may be. My success may not be another’s however, the family, the team, the club, the group, the organization can realize success with validation of the positive collaboration and synergy that is a function of simply being a member of the group itself.
My leadership experience has prepared me to encourage and motivate others into understanding that we all must embrace the responsibility of being change agents in the world. Therefore, no longer can we either individually or collectively simply go through life with the luxury of failing to pay it forward. Hence, I will work to empower my college campus to stop turning a blind eye to what needs to be done to save our planet, to ensure everyone has clean water to drink, enough food to eat, and access to quality health care. More importantly, in today’s world, the denial of a these basic human needs is just as egregious and compelling as the denial of the inalienable rights our ancestors fought and died for. Thus I will work to become a leader on my college campus so that I can help to educate the campus community to championing the need to end world hunger, and ensuring access clean water and quality health care. Elevating these concerns so they become the common goal of all students will ensure the success of a better world for generation to come.