Graduation Speech: To Be An Effective Leader

The young woman entered the room confidently,seemingly unphased to be the only African-American woman present. She actually seemed to value that dissimilarity as an advantage. Instead of taking the seat closest to the door, Renee strolled to the front of the room and began shaking hands with the older men in the front. She flashed faint smiles of optimism, as if she were letting the men know that she was excited for their future business together. In the midst of the audience’s dialogue , her voice stood as she planned out lunches and projects that she would like to work on with each person; this was followed by a continuous exchange of business information. As the room silenced and students began to take their seats, she proudly took her seat at the front of the room.
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My sister has taught me the very important lesson that if you want to succeed in friendships, They must be willing to help to help you and you must be willing to help them , She says that leadership is based on establishing relationships and keeping them. In every field there is somebody who is just like you, It is best to become true, genuine friends with people you just click with, because you never know what they will turn out to be or who they will turn out to be. My sister also taught me not to ever base how I treat someone based on how they treat me, “ how you act reflects only on you, how they act reflects solely on them. Also notice that you treat people based off of how you have seen them treat others, So many who see you acting poorly towards someone will not know wonder why you 're being rude, but like just see a black girl being rude and figure you are hard to approach rude to everybody.” My sister values her regard for people’s opinion has shaped her