College Admissions Essay: Time To Take A Stand

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Time to Take a Stand
For several years I have woken up to go to a job that was not exactly enjoyable. It has never been the job itself, but management! I told myself I can’t stand another day of waking up and having to deal with a person who would make me feel so unappreciated. It was time to take a stand! I wanted to help others and myself in the future and education was a step to achieve my goal! I have always struggled with making a lot of friends due to my personality to stand up for what is right. I have never been one to be pushed around or persuaded into any decision, besides one that I have researched or received from a reliable source. When I decided to take a selfless stand for the right of others, and express my feelings and thoughts I was shut down by someone that was so closed minded to change. The realization of wanting to lead
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This experience landed me back in college, which I never imagined a year ago, it was my time to fight for change not only for myself but others as well. My goals are to become a leader of a company, intending to become a manager or even CEO. I want the people that follow under my leadership to know that when working for someone that is for the better of a whole and not for oneself is possible to obtain. I want to become a leader of aspiring leaders to evolve a team with knowledge and perseverance to help themselves. I think we have all experienced a manager that was only concerned about what the stats and CEO’s think of them on paper, and not what the actual employees think of them as a leader. For years, I have seen leadership at hospitals I have worked for that are very self-promoting, and will never even acknowledge that you improve this company just as much as they do. It makes you think what I have gotten myself into working for a company that doesn’t even appreciate your hard

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