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This is Cairo! I've only been so lucky to meet him twice, but boy oh boy was I so happy to get those chances. He is so playful and happy. Hopefully I get to see him again. #brookfieldvillage #citycarrier #dogsofinstagram #missmyroute #missmyfurfriends #missmyjob #mailladymegan #mailladyproblems #missmycustomers #oakland #postalproud #postallife #postalservice #Route318Dog #uspsdogs #USPS (at Brookfield Village) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIWVwnzAE9s/?igshid=1dbp61d3lo0ly
This is Ace! He is on another route, but if I get the chance I always try to swing by every so often so he knows I'm still thinking about his goofiness. He gets so excited to see me that it's hard to get a still shot. Most of the time I have video captures and then screenshot a good still. #brookfieldvillage #oakland #uspsdogs #USPS #dogsofinstagram #postalproud #postallife #postalservice #citycarrier #missmyroute #missmyfurfriends #missmyjob #mailladymegan #mailladyproblems #missmycustomers (at Brookfield Village) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIWULjegYzb/?igshid=1rxtoao7akyju
Day off and I'm feeling a bit better...friggin sick for 2 weeks :( Breakfast time though! #plantbasednoms #garlicnaanpizza #meatlessmeals #avocadoheaven #nomnom #pizzaforbreakfast #hummuspizza
Leadership Qualities - COLL148
What makes a great and effective leader and why do we need them? An effective leader is a strong, selfless, and considerate person and someone who will always be there when they are needed. I tend to idealize that leaders should be similar to a motherly figure, even if they are a man. Someone who will take charge, standup for what they think is right, help you get through difficult times and shows compassion, and someone who knows when and how to take the blame with their dignity still intact. Without leaders there wouldn’t be much structure and it could be assumed that people would live haphazardly. Leaders not only help take control and direct a course of action, but they inspire people to become great. If they are a good and effective leader they will wish that their followers will accomplish even greater achievements then they have themselves. John Chambers, CEO and Chairman of Cisco is a leader within the internet and networking industry, he is a leader that I look to for direction in my career, someone who can be at the top of a large company, but still be looked at as a great individual. Although there are many different qualities that make leaders, I believe to stand out as a great leader, one must incorporate a selfless attitude, a desire to inspire others, and integrity.
Networking, the internet, and computers are things that I have always been drawn to and so it would make sense to work towards a career in those areas. A network systems administrator is someone who is able to manage, maintain, and help to control a network to keep it running at optimum speed and capacity. My degree program should take me until February 2014 to obtain an Associate degree, if I continue to take two classes a session. That would only be the first degree that I would want to obtain. I have found that if I want to become a president and CEO of a company, it would benefit me to obtain multiple degrees. Most leaders will have multiple degrees along with years of experience, before climbing to the top of the ladder. The leader I have chosen in my area of study is no different; per his executive biography, John Chambers states he has a bachelor’s degree, a law degree, and a master’s degree. ("Cisco Blog," 2011)
John Chambers, CEO and Chairman of Cisco Systems is the leader that I have chosen. Chambers has been CEO of Cisco since 1995 and has seen the company grow to become a giant in the networking industry. The company has grown immensely from what is had been back in 1995 when John Chambers took hold of the reins. Chambers has helped the company grow to what they are today, industry leaders. “When Cisco Systems Chairman and CEO John Chambers speaks, the industry listens.” (Kennedy, K & Hooper, L, 2003) Chambers has received a multitude of awards in leadership and has also received recognition from the government. Chambers has found a way to harness all of his abilities and qualities that make a great and effective leader and that is something not only the industry looks up to but everyone could look up to. “Chambers has an ability to rally his employees into obtaining new and retaining current growth within the industry” (Kennedy, K & Hooper, L, 2003). John Chambers has the qualities of a great leader and that is something that I admire and hope to become one day.
What qualities make effective leaders? There is such an expansive list of word that can be used to describe an effective leader. Compassion and assertiveness drive and imagination, and even sacrifice are just a few of the words that one could use to describe effective leaders. An article I was reading had one about an “Effective Communicator…the leaders who are considered effective communicators are those who are able to speak plainly, clearly, truthfully, honestly and sincerely to others in the organization” (Wright, L, 2009). Communication is something that is important in every aspect of life, especially in a leader.
What makes John Chambers the leader he is? Chamber shows that he is selfless by wanting to help his employees, to make sure they are happy and healthy, “After learning recently that a Cisco employee needed a surgical procedure that only three doctors in the country could perform, Chambers called the surgeons himself to make arrangements” (Hooper,L, 2002). Chambers is also inspiration to other individuals as well as to the industry, by bringing Cisco up to the top and kept pushing the company in a forward movement. Even still by showing integrity through the way he runs Cisco and how he presents his own life to the public. Those are some of the qualities that make him such a great leader.
Who is Megan Wilson? I am Megan Wilson and I am a dreamer with a goal of success. We all have our own strengths and weaknesses and after carefully going through a list of what I feel what my strongest and weakest are, I found that I am on my journey to becoming a great leader. For my strengths, I like to think that I have a high appreciation of others, “A good leader will instinctively seek to draw out the good qualities of other people.” (Pettinger, T, 2011), I consider myself to be a selfless person by always trying to think of the greater good and those out there before myself, and I also try to consider myself to be an inspirational person. “Leaders are PASSIONATE people, who live with great enthusiasm.” (Lock, C). As for my weaknesses, I am still working on them so that one day I will become a stronger better person. I have found that my listening skills are not what they should be. I read that, “A good listener hears not only facts but also feelings.” (DeKlein, K and Penstone, M, 2011) and that is something that I must overcome and perfect if I ever decide to further my career or better my life, work and personal. Also, my self-esteem is a weakness that needs repairing or revamping. I have always thought that people who excelled in middle and high school would be the ones that would succeed in life and that the people who didn’t, wouldn’t get very far. I am learning that you always have a choice to change your path and your thinking and that everyone can succeed.
You could be a CEO, a mother or father, a network system administrator, or even a student and you could show signs of leadership. How you use your abilities and qualities will eventually determine your strength as a leader. Leaders are needed in order for business and personal sustainability and growth. Effective leaders are grown from their own desires to succeed, yet will still be highly influenced by outside factors. We all have many qualities in life, like poise, fierceness, and assertiveness, but by having selflessness, inspiration, and even have great integrity in your life you will be a great leader. Leaders will always be among us, the fact is they are needed in every aspect of our lives, but the question remains, are they a great and effective one?
Works Cited
DeKlein, Kim, and Meg Penstone. Ontario, Canada. Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs.How You Can Be An Effective Leader. Queen, 2011. 0. 15 Aug 2012. <http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/rural/facts/94-081.htm
Kenedy, K., & Hooper, L. (2003). John Chambers: Chairman and CEO, cisco system. CRN,(1071),92-92.
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Pettinger, T.. "Do You Have the Characteristics of an Effective Leader?." Pick the brain grow yourself. PickTheBrain, 2011. Web. 15 Aug 2012. <http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/do-you-have-the-characteristics-of-an-effective-leader/>.
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Why??
Sometimes I think why?
Why don't I find something bigger than myself and help to make a difference? Is it worth it?
I am constantly thinking about how messed up this country is now and how much I would rather be somewhere else. I don't do anything about it. I just talk about it and get frustrated, go to bed, and wake up feeling the same. Only this time I've let it go.
I have to worry about work, paying the bills, coming up with money to buy what I want and need for me and the others I love. Not worry so much anout whats causing distress in my countries back yard.
Where is our sense of pride in our country? Why have we let it slip away? If you think you still have it, then please, tell me what are you doing to help change the state of the country you live in? There is poverty, homelessness, sickness and disease, illiteracy, there are orphans and natural disasters, crime and crookedness, and well so much more. We don't even try to help our own country first, we'd rather try to help others before ourselves which isn't bad, but why can you not help a bit closer to home?
I ask myself, Why am I not doing something to help? Why am I getting up everyday and thinking of other countries before my own. I hate to hear that people will abuse the system; this is the system that every person who pays taxes pays for and we let this go on?? WHY?? Stop being led by ignorant and corrupt people; stand up for yourself and your country and get off your ass and do something finally!
Are you tired of hearing about all of the negative things that come up in the news? Well, how about we all pull together finally and do something about it? Do not stand on the sidelines anymore, get up and put forth effort to make everyone's life better, not only your own. I am sick and tired of being led like sheep to slaughter. I want to help and know that I have actually made a difference. We cannot and will not be a sheep any longer. Would you be willing to do something too? Ask yourself, Why or Why not? That is what I have been doing. I want to find something in my community that I can do to help and make it better.
The real question is are you willing to step up?
What can I say, things can always find a way to work for me!
Blurred life
My path has been choosen. Walking my line side stepping anyone who gets in my way, well possibly knocking them out of my way. I'm happy! Life is getting better as the minutes fly by. I don't let the time go unless I know I appreciate it completely. What happens next is a blur, what is behind me is a blur, the only thing that doesn't seem blurred is what happens right now. Maybe it really is and I just don't see it that way. I'm just trying to enjoying this new found thing called freedom…it's rather nice! I don't want to know what will happen next anymore I just want to revel in the unknown. The mystery know as life makes me happy and content now. Right now a blurred life is all a single young lady can ask for!
Zesty?
I know for a long time I had a zest for life…has it just vanished or am I keeping it locked up? When I lived overseas I went out almost every night. Biking, watching movies, going to a bar or even just to visit my family. I don't seem to want to do any of those things anymore. I want adventure but I'm terrified to go find it. I want to be loved, but I don't want to be tied down. Maybe I'm just not sure how to pursue these things correctly. I would like them to fall in my lap, but then I wouldn't be able to work for them. I worry that I wouldn't have the same respect for them if they just happened. Do I really want to have my name known? I think I am afraid of that too. I don't ever remember worrying so much before. Now it seems I worry about everything. I'm not the only person who thinks this way I just feel like I am. Loneliness, I guess would be the proper term. I'm always surrounding myself with people, trying to connect, pretending to be happy so I don't feel so lonely. They don't see me when I'm at home, alone. I just want to break down and cry sometimes, but that won't do any good so what's the point? Emotional release?? I'm fine. Just tired. Tired of trying to please everyone else. Well goodnight.
Rewind…
I'm not happy anymore. I thought getting rid of you would please me, free me, ah who the hell knows. I try not to live in the past but somehow I am always getting sucked back. I know I have heard when one door closes another opens. What happens when you slam one shut? Do the ones that were closed open up again? Are they old ones or are they new ones with people from the past in them? Trying to take the path least followed is a lot more complicated for me than I thought it would be. I don't remember myself from a year ago. I can't remember what kind of person I was. Shit even 2 years ago. Was I really a bad person or just a misguided youth? What constitutes youth? When did I surpass my youth? Did I?? Questions that I don't know how to answer bewilder me. I want answers! All of them and now. I don't want to have to wait. I feel like I have waited too long as it is. I want to know that I can make it on my own without anyone else. Why am I lonely if I want to be alone? Do I really?? What makes this journey called life worth it all? I understand I want to wake up everyday but to strive for what? I don't want to get old but I don't want to be young. I can't seem to figure out my mind. I have been many places but I feel that something huge is missing. I love my job but I know that keeping it I will be tied to one thing. I don't like to feel restrained. I want to travel but in order to do so I must have money. That I am clean out of. I have a feeling that my possibilities are endless as long as I choose the correct fork in my road. Let's just hope I pick the correct one everytime or if I don't, at least realize my mistake before it's too late. My journey started a long time ago, 24.5 years ago. It may not be that long to some but I feel like it's been going on for longer…we all have our own journeys, this one is mine.