What defines me? How do others see me? In order to be a competent leader, one needs to understand their own selves first, and what values are important to them. For me, my relationships with my family and friends are one way I identify myself. Knowing that I have people who trust me, and whom I can trust, allows me to have people I can believe in to tell me the truth. How I see myself also defines me. While others may see themselves as the top dog, best in their class, I take on a more realistic view. I see myself as a loyal person, but also one with a short temper. This short temper holds me back from achieving greater things. I do not see myself filling many different roles, but instead only a couple; a loyal friend, future doctor, a future
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Loyalty is not turning you back on your friends and family, never leaving their side. I never leave my friends if they need me. In high school, there were times where teammates would break the rules and skip practice or show up late. While I do not condone this behavior, I would never willing give them up to the coach, because teamwork is what wins games. Loyalty goes hand in hand with fairness. There is nothing I despise more than when something is unfair, whether it is someone not doing their fair share of hard work, or someone else taking more than what belongs to them. In all of the summer trainings at West Point so far, I have made it a point to try to have everyone get the same number of guard shifts and the name hours of sleep. Why do I deserve more sleep than my squad mate does? This does not mean some people do not deserve more for working harder, but in most situations everything should be divided, the work and the rewards. My relationship with my family influences my beliefs in loyalty and fairness. With three siblings, there was always a need to share and keep everything equal, and there were schoolyard situations where I had to protect my brother from being bullied, regardless of what punishment it creates. I see my close friends as family, and they influence these core values in the same way. One team, one
Loyalty is not turning you back on your friends and family, never leaving their side. I never leave my friends if they need me. In high school, there were times where teammates would break the rules and skip practice or show up late. While I do not condone this behavior, I would never willing give them up to the coach, because teamwork is what wins games. Loyalty goes hand in hand with fairness. There is nothing I despise more than when something is unfair, whether it is someone not doing their fair share of hard work, or someone else taking more than what belongs to them. In all of the summer trainings at West Point so far, I have made it a point to try to have everyone get the same number of guard shifts and the name hours of sleep. Why do I deserve more sleep than my squad mate does? This does not mean some people do not deserve more for working harder, but in most situations everything should be divided, the work and the rewards. My relationship with my family influences my beliefs in loyalty and fairness. With three siblings, there was always a need to share and keep everything equal, and there were schoolyard situations where I had to protect my brother from being bullied, regardless of what punishment it creates. I see my close friends as family, and they influence these core values in the same way. One team, one