Leadership Through Cheerleading

Leadership through cheerleading is very important as the girls are increasing in their years.  Although they have been on the team throughout most of their high school, they must remain leaders as they grow older and not start to take advantage of their age over the younger girls.  As the seniors are graduating this year, the juniors must step up in order to achieve the maximum potential that the squad has.  As I am helping teach the younger girls the cheers for tryouts this week, I will be encouraging the older girls to be leaders among their peers.  In addition to being leaders amongst their squad, they must continue to be leaders in the school too.  People look at the cheerleaders in two different ways.  One way is that they look at them as the leaders of the high school and look up to them.  The other way that people look at them is that they are annoying.  In order to make it so that people look at them as solid leaders, the cheerleaders must be good godly leaders on and off the field and court this year.  They have to try to leave a positive legacy for the rest of the squads to come.  This is very important because if the cheerleaders are looked at in a negative way, they will only remain in a negative light when cheerleaders are supposed to be the positive leaders in a positive light.  Hopefully the cheerleaders can step up and become good positive leaders and show the love of Christ through their actions. 

Leadership Through My Job

During the summer I plan to get a job so that I can help pay for some things during college and so that I will have some money saved up for after college.  I am going to need some extra money for when I plan to move into somewhere with my future husband.  I am planning on either working as a waitress at a restaurant, working at a kennel, or working as a receptionist at my father’s office.  No matter what I am planning on doing, I am still looking to be nice to everyone I encounter, people and dogs, and I plan to show the love of God through all of my actions.  My plans will also help me to decide what I want to do when I go to college.  Going into college I still do not know what I want to do and going through any of these jobs may in fact help me to decide what would be best for my future.  Since I do not know what I plan to do with my future, experiencing any of these jobs may in fact help me to understand what God has in store for my life.  Although the thought of college scares me a little, it is also very exciting because I am able to start thinking about my future and how I will be providing for myself and my family.  This time in my life is very important and I plan to do my job to the best of my ability and show my leadership skills through my actions. 

Leadership for my Future College

I am planning on attended the University of North Carolina Charlotte in the fall and am looking forward to the new environment.  It will be a big culture change since I have been in a small, private, Christian school for fourteen years.  Going into college I am excited to meet new people, join new clubs, and attend huge sporting events.  At a small private school, these things are fun but they just cannot compare to a college campus.  Although it will be hard to say goodbye to some of my friends, technology makes it easy to keep in touch.  I plan on showing the love of Christ through my actions in college.  A wise person once told me that one of the best ways to witness your faith can be simply by showing your intelligence.  Christians hold the stereotype of not being intelligent human beings and I am afraid that we come across that way simply because we speak out about things that we simply are not very educated in.  Too many times, we try to find an answer for something that we should just say that we don’t know to and be done with the topic.  Instead, we say things that only hurt the Christian reputation.  That being said, if I prove my intelligence and nice demeanor, I do not know of a reason that I should be looked down upon.  As I am looking for a roommate, I am praying that I can find someone who has the same morals as me as well as beliefs.  This will make my experience a lot easier if I can encounter girls with around the same love for Christ as I have.

After a semester at Charlotte, I plan on transferring to Wilmington for the last semester of freshman year.  This may be a hard transfer for me because it will be hard to move away from my family and friends back home.  However, if that is what God has planned for me, I do not see why I should not follow through with it.  I know that God will be watching over me through this transfer and that I will find a way to make it a great experience.  I have a friend who is attending the spring semester at Wilmington just like I am.  This will make it easier for me knowing that I have someone there going through this change at the same time.  Walking into Wilmington half way through the year may be hard to make a difference, but if I go back my sophomore year, I will be able to come in whole heartedly again and hopefully touch a few lives through my leadership role.  Knowing that God is setting up the rest of my life is a great feeling.  I cannot wait to see what is in store for my future after college.

Leadership Through The Unlikely Disciple

In the book The Unlikely Disciple, Kevin Roose goes to Liberty to experience what a Christian college campus is like.  His views are different than theirs and he is forced to live the life of a Christian.  However, he goes in to Liberty University thinking that everyone is a perfect Christian with perfect morals and that is not the case.  Once he starts getting to know people he understands that not everyone is like Jerry Falwell and not everyone agrees with everything that the average “Christian” believes.  This is eye-opening to Kevin because he starts to realize that the “Christian lifestyle” is not everything that the “secular” people think it is.  He starts to live the “Christian life” by reading the Bible, praying, singing in the choir, going to church, and participating in other Christian activities on campus.  He acts like he is just another average Christian going to the college which makes the reader think that a lot of people do that every day.  They talk the talk and walk the walk but is it really genuine or is it all an act to simply fit in.  As Christian leaders, we need to be able to step above the norm and make and extra effort to show the love of Christ and actually genuinely mean it.  We need to help those who are going through life faking it and try to help them out.  Although this is not an easy task, we need to at least do our best.  

Leadership Through Presidency

As the President of the United States, this man is presented with a big responsibility to all the people of his country.  Although they are not perfect, they are to be as responsible as they can possibly be.  No person wants to put their life and future in the hands of someone who is not a good leader.  Over the years of America being one unified country, the presidents have all had different attributes and different beneficial leadership skills.  They must fight for our country’s benefits and freedom.  He must protect our country from other countries that could be possible threats.  His role in the United States is to run our country in a smooth and beneficial way.  Many presidents have achieved this goal, but others have not and this shows by how the country ended up by the end of their term.  This country has changed to “one country under God” and a country that has “in God we trust” on our currency, to removing both of these phrases from their livelihood.  This is not a good thing.  God is the one who, as a country, we should be following.  Our president should have a handle on these terms in order to make the country run smoothly.  Equal rights are a matter but when all different beliefs are closed minded, there may not be as much unity.  As the president, they need to be able to unify our country through some of their choices and not tear it apart. 

Leadership with Intelligence

Intelligence is always important when dealing with leadership.  A leader cannot truly be affective if they do not have at least a little bit of intelligence.  People in the world today would not support someone who did not have a basis for learning.  In leadership class the other day we took the IQ test and I think that that is very important when knowing what to do with the abilities that God has given me.  The IQ test shows what abilities we already have acquired over the years.  This is the basis for what we are supposed to go off of and figure out what to do with our lives.  People with really high IQ’s tend to be a little more awkward in life situations.  People with lower IQ’s may be better at other things such as having people skills or abilities that do not have to do with intelligence 100 percent.  God has given each of us our own gifts and abilities and we need to figure out what to do with all of them.  Although I have an above average IQ, I do not think that I am overly smart or will use only intelligence in my future.  My people skills are way better than my intelligence is and I think that that is what God has planned for me.  Intelligence is very important when it comes to leadership because intelligence is what will help leaders to make good decisions in hard situations.  Although it is not the main priority in leadership, it is definitely a necessity to some extent.   

Leadership in Bullying

Leadership is always important when it comes to bullying.  Bullying affects not only the one being bullied but also the bullier and the people surrounding the situation.  There are many ways that people bully today.  One of the major ways that people are bullied is over the internet.  People think that they can simply hide behind the computer and get away with saying anything, yet it is hurting the people reading the hurtful words.  Another way that people are bullied is by hurtful words.  This happens because usually there is one person in the group that thinks when he/she is around his friends that they can say anything because their friends will back them up.  This is sad that not one of the friends would prevent this bullying from happening.  Too many television shows have shown young kids how to bully and this is only polluting the minds of young teenagers which carries onto their latter years.  Nobody knows how it feels to be bullied until they are being bullied themselves.  As a leader, someone needs to stand up the bullies and tell them that it is not okay to treat someone the way that they are.  Although this will not be stopped overnight, one bully at a time must be stopped.  Disney Channel should also stop presenting the bully into the picture of their show.  Bullying can lead to being arrested which is not what a lot of people know.  However, pictures can be accessed by the police and reported, so people should be careful what they are putting on their phones.  Hopefully as a nation, we can stop bullying worldwide and show people that it is better to just be nice to each other.  It is also easier to just be nice to each other.  The Bible teaches to treat others as you yourself would want to be treated.  Therefore, this is how we should act toward each other.