The age old question. Are leaders made or are they born? My belief on this – I believe that a leader is made‚ not born. Why do I say that? Before going further‚ lets be clear on one distinction – when we say a leader is made‚ it does not mean that someone can be taught to become a leader by attending leadership courses. While it helps‚ it is not enough. Warren Bennis (a leading leadership researcher) believes that one cannot be taught to become a leader but one can learn to become a leader over the
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weren’t born to be leaders. That’s really a tragedy‚ because our country and our people need good leaders. Corporations‚ associations‚ and athletic teams all need good leaders. Even parents must be good leaders or their families can become dysfunctional. It is hardly an exaggeration to say that our very success as a nation depends upon good leadership. But my research shows conclusively that effectiveness as a leader depends less on some innate trait you are born with
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Before I opened the book‚ I thought this book is about stories of Chinese people born in the United States‚ but when I open the book‚ the first scene is a story that I am so familiar with. When I was a little child‚ I spend summer breaks in my grandparents’ place in a village. My grandma is traditional old-time Chinese woman: non-literal‚ and never met my grandpa before the night they were married. She use to take me to the river near her house and teach me how to make hats using “dog tail grass”
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TASK #4- PERSONAL ESSAY Why Should all ENG4U students read Born to Rock by Gordon Korman "You know what punk is? A bunch of no-talent guys who really‚ really want to be in a band. Nobody reads music‚ nobody plays the mandolin‚ and you’re too dumb to write songs about mythology or Middle-earth. So what’s your style? Three chords‚ cranked out fast and loud and distorted because your instruments are crap and you can’t play them worth a damn. And you scream your lungs out to cover up the fact
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greatest leaders are born‚ not made? Explain your answer. Some people are natural born leaders‚ nature plays a role. Some people work all their life to become great leaders‚ nurture plays a role. They both have many things in common but the most important one is that they want to be in charge; become leaders and not followers. They all have a vision and need to have a strong belief in their leadership ability. In addition‚ leaders set goals that help them achieve their vision. I believe that
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if leaders are born or made. True leaders might have natural abilities that lend themselves to taking charge over people‚ but some leaders are born out of necessity; they see a situation and take control over it. The Great Trait website discusses the idea that there is a leadership trait that determines a future leader. This view is countered in Daniel Maltby’s article‚ “The State of Leadership Theory and Training Today”‚ where he suggests that leaders are developed‚ not born. Even Colin Powell
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Born On The Fourth Of July is a book about self-discovery. From beginning to end‚ we can see Ron Kovic‚ the author‚ struggling to survive life. Kovic is constantly trying to be the best at everything. From the very start when Kovic is little‚ he tells us that he likes working out with his arms in order to make himself bigger‚ which trying to make up for being too short. He joined the boy scouts with his friends and marched in the Memorial Day parade. He hit a home run for his first time at bat in
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a story being told. I have always wondered what a soundtrack of my life would reveal. Although I cannot realistically have a song playing every time I experience an emotion‚ I have some songs that have stuck with me during significant events in my life that could be featured on a soundtrack illustrating my life. The song “Born this way” by Lady Gaga is very relatable. The song quotes “I’m beautiful in my way cause God makes no mistake ‚ I’m on the right track baby I was born this way”. Growing
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using Ngugi Wa Thiongo’s I Will Marry When I Want and Festus Iyayi’s Violence as a case study. The texts have their historical and fictional settings in Kenya and Nigeria respectively. The Marxist theory‚ upon which the socialist realist literature set their canon‚ is that which is characterized with class stratification and struggle. Therefore we see two categories of characters; the Ahab Kioi wa Kanoru‚ Jezebel‚ and the Kiguunda‚ Gicaamba‚ Wangeci‚ Njooki in I Will Marry When I Want and Obofun
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Kovic’s "Born On The Fourth Of July" This was an extremely powerful book. Ron Kovic is very able to get his point across to the reader. He brings you throughout his life showing you‚ no. . . showing cannot describe the feeling adequately enough. He puts you into his life‚ when he goes through the trenches‚ you go with him. When he hits a home run for little league you can experience‚ not the joy it brought him at the time‚ but the pain in remembering that joy now that he can no longer do
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