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As a student in high school I was on the wrestling team. My senior year I would occasionally wrestle up weight classes, taking on opponents who were 25 pounds larger than myself. This was done in an effort to win overall team points in the majority of weight classes while giving up points in as few weight classes as possible. At one meet I was asked to wrestle up 2 weight classes against a difficult opponent who was supposed to beat any of our wrestlers, and someone from a heavier weight class…

With this particular client, I feel that we are building a positive relationship and I am becoming more likeable to him and fun which is great, but at the same time, I cannot be fun all the time and I need to find a way to be even tough without letting all of the fun go in order to get even more respect from him. I also need to start working on planned ignoring with him more often. At times, he wants attention when it is not necessary. He will not go to class and he will just sit there and/or…

A leader is defined by the dictionary as someone who leads. This definition in not helpful to anyone wanting to become a leader themselves because a leader is so much more than someone who leads. A leader has many great virtues that allow them to obtain the trust of others. I myself have exhibited and learned the qualities of a leader. I have had leadership experiences through hockey, work and student government. I have learned how to be calm, passionate, and have gained the respect of others…

Leadership is not synonymous with management. This statement is what brought me to the Gonzaga Organizational Leadership program and is considered the heart of my statement of purpose for acceptance into this program. I am a nine-year Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. I am proud of my time on active duty but have often felt that I have not done my job as a leader correctly. The Army is the best and worst places to leadership! A 19-year-old, fresh out of high school can gain leadership…

Respect and integrity are earned and build on each other. Mutual respect builds trust and the ability to trust builds integrity. These traits affect my service and how I interact in school and at church. Students Active In Leadership (SAIL) is a program that allows me to positively impact a classroom of freshman. At church, the worship leader respects me enough to trust me to coordinate volunteers for the visual media. These positions of leadership were earned due to the respect and integrity…

Money can cause happiness and pain in everyday life, whether you have it or not. Take famous people for example, when they got rich and famous they didn’t bring up all their friends. They chose their happiness over their friendships. Memes today have pictures about whether or not you would slap your best friend for a million dollars and then seeing someone getting smacked in the next picture which shows how quickly money can turn your best friend into a paycheck. In “The Pardoner’s Tale” it…

A successful person sees an opportunity, and works hard to accomplish the task at hand. However, I believe that a leader needs to be more than successful, rather revolutionary. Success is a step-by-step process. A revolutionary seeks to change. When I became the president of PeaceJam at my school, I transitioned from childhood to adulthood by stepping into a role of leadership. PeaceJam is a worldwide environmental club. I joined due to my passion for the environment. My passion began young,…

If you do not have a good leader for your country it can go downhill fast. Countries are the most important thing to have a good leader for. Without a good leader many wars can be caused and we all could die or another country could take us over because we do not have a good leader. When we vote we need to look for the best qualities in that person. He or she needs to have honesty, be loyal, know what he or she is doing, and be a people person. One of the important qualities to look for is…

After fear, our journey's next stop is at happiness. Finding happiness, isn't that sums up our entire life? Everything we do in our lives is to achieve that satisfaction or meet that expectation or to be calm and content. All these are what I call the quest for happiness. The problem with us is that we are dependant on others for our happiness. What we need to understand is that happiness is not a physical entity that someone can give us rather it's a state and an elusive one at that. What if…

There are so many values and traits that could possibly contribute to the society’s happiness. Eric Weiner, the writer of the book called “The Geography of Bliss”, had travelled to multiple countries around the world, including Netherland, Switzerland, Bhutan, Qatar, etc.. trying to gather information of what values he believed contribute to the society’s happiness. For instance, people may think of money; with more money, you will be happier, you can literally buy happiness to yourself. How…