SusyCS
Jun 25, 2017
Scholarship / Ship for the World Youth Program JAPAN- LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIETY ESSAY [5]
Thank you so much for your help, I would really appreciate if you could correct my essay
Write a 700-850 word essay on how you have exercised your leadership skills and contribution to society. Essays must not exeed or fail to reach the word limit to be considered.
Leadership has many shapes and sizes, each one of them molded to fit perfectly the person who decides to dress it. And as we grow, we see ourselves on the urge to change it as soon as we notice it doesn't fit anymore to who we are now. In my case, I had to change of sizes quite often, being immensely blessed with the richness of hard work, dedication and experience.
In 2015, I became an administrative construction assistant in charge of a small group of workers for the enterprise TECNOQRO. During that time, challenges such as working under pressure to meet the dates scheduled, improve the productivity of the workers and increase my cross-cultural managing communications in order to successfully team up with people from other cities made me wait excited every week to see our progress in the site of construction. When there was a new worker, one of the most gratifying things I did was to talk with him and see the way to help this person in front of me, maybe he had a hidden talent I can polish to improve his current condition or maybe he was just in need of an advice that brings him confidence to chose to go back to the school and find better opportunities. The beauty of this leading position was that I could use my academic and work experience to guide others to take decisions, always understanding their current situation.
That summer I became an exchange student in a small town of South Korea for a year. In words of Mark Twain, my literary inspiration, being there gave me a "broad, wholesome, and charitable view" of what was surrounding me. During my stay, I was determined to transform myself to become a more capable person, which decisions could make an impact in society and transcend, maybe not immediately, but in the near future. I was not fully satisfied with the person I was, so this is how my personal development, career, adventure and contributions goals made an impact on my stay in such a beautiful country.
Having a mix between school, work and volunteer activities made me aware of how some groups struggle more to "fit" on a community such as the Korean. At school I became close to Muslim community, while searching a way to make eastern and western people interact in activities that were inclusive to both of us, and that's how the hiking team was born, creating lifelong bonds between different cultures. For three months, I volunteered in one of the biggest events held in South Korea. During the sporadic meetings of preparation for the Lotus Lantern Festival, I was given the opportunity to share my manual abilities with small groups of children and teach others some energetic dance movements to show in front of the crowd. When the event finished, I was so grateful to have given others a cheerful evening where they could see us dance, sing and give our souls to commemorate a special day for Buddhist's. After I left Korea, what began as a hiking club became a bigger association of international students in which until now I am being counted in as an advisor.
Back in Mexico I started looking for opportunities to give back to my community for the opportunity to go abroad. Two new journeys began in 2017, starting with me becoming part of the Academy of volunteer firefighters of my city, having the potential to go to schools and teach the next generation how to be successful individuals by giving back to their community. In the 2 hours we spend with them, all I want to transmit is how they should be empathetic with others; teach them our values and how to be trustworthy with other individuals. My purpose by being there is to encourage those genius minds to create positive actions, being helping others, planting a tree, recycling, etc. The other journey has just started, after some brainstorm and the help of two friends, we began planning new sustainable strategies to develop better infrastructure for our local communities in order to boost local commerce, integrating elements of nature to generate clean energy and thus counteract the negative consequences globalization has made on rural or impoverished communities.
We as individuals have to place ourselves in different contexts to stretch ourselves. So, having this collection of experiences just increased my urge to succeed on what I consider I am really good at, helping my community to grow and be recognized for our values. I would love to improve and refine my leadership abilities, since I know for sure how Mexico, Japan and our world requires leaders who love what they do and guide others by taking positive actions. I see the day where I can become one of those global leaders who devote themselves to break conventional notions to create something new, always prioritizing people over profits.
Thank you.
Thank you so much for your help, I would really appreciate if you could correct my essay
Write a 700-850 word essay on how you have exercised your leadership skills and contribution to society. Essays must not exeed or fail to reach the word limit to be considered.
collecting experiences for further success
Leadership has many shapes and sizes, each one of them molded to fit perfectly the person who decides to dress it. And as we grow, we see ourselves on the urge to change it as soon as we notice it doesn't fit anymore to who we are now. In my case, I had to change of sizes quite often, being immensely blessed with the richness of hard work, dedication and experience.
In 2015, I became an administrative construction assistant in charge of a small group of workers for the enterprise TECNOQRO. During that time, challenges such as working under pressure to meet the dates scheduled, improve the productivity of the workers and increase my cross-cultural managing communications in order to successfully team up with people from other cities made me wait excited every week to see our progress in the site of construction. When there was a new worker, one of the most gratifying things I did was to talk with him and see the way to help this person in front of me, maybe he had a hidden talent I can polish to improve his current condition or maybe he was just in need of an advice that brings him confidence to chose to go back to the school and find better opportunities. The beauty of this leading position was that I could use my academic and work experience to guide others to take decisions, always understanding their current situation.
That summer I became an exchange student in a small town of South Korea for a year. In words of Mark Twain, my literary inspiration, being there gave me a "broad, wholesome, and charitable view" of what was surrounding me. During my stay, I was determined to transform myself to become a more capable person, which decisions could make an impact in society and transcend, maybe not immediately, but in the near future. I was not fully satisfied with the person I was, so this is how my personal development, career, adventure and contributions goals made an impact on my stay in such a beautiful country.
Having a mix between school, work and volunteer activities made me aware of how some groups struggle more to "fit" on a community such as the Korean. At school I became close to Muslim community, while searching a way to make eastern and western people interact in activities that were inclusive to both of us, and that's how the hiking team was born, creating lifelong bonds between different cultures. For three months, I volunteered in one of the biggest events held in South Korea. During the sporadic meetings of preparation for the Lotus Lantern Festival, I was given the opportunity to share my manual abilities with small groups of children and teach others some energetic dance movements to show in front of the crowd. When the event finished, I was so grateful to have given others a cheerful evening where they could see us dance, sing and give our souls to commemorate a special day for Buddhist's. After I left Korea, what began as a hiking club became a bigger association of international students in which until now I am being counted in as an advisor.
Back in Mexico I started looking for opportunities to give back to my community for the opportunity to go abroad. Two new journeys began in 2017, starting with me becoming part of the Academy of volunteer firefighters of my city, having the potential to go to schools and teach the next generation how to be successful individuals by giving back to their community. In the 2 hours we spend with them, all I want to transmit is how they should be empathetic with others; teach them our values and how to be trustworthy with other individuals. My purpose by being there is to encourage those genius minds to create positive actions, being helping others, planting a tree, recycling, etc. The other journey has just started, after some brainstorm and the help of two friends, we began planning new sustainable strategies to develop better infrastructure for our local communities in order to boost local commerce, integrating elements of nature to generate clean energy and thus counteract the negative consequences globalization has made on rural or impoverished communities.
We as individuals have to place ourselves in different contexts to stretch ourselves. So, having this collection of experiences just increased my urge to succeed on what I consider I am really good at, helping my community to grow and be recognized for our values. I would love to improve and refine my leadership abilities, since I know for sure how Mexico, Japan and our world requires leaders who love what they do and guide others by taking positive actions. I see the day where I can become one of those global leaders who devote themselves to break conventional notions to create something new, always prioritizing people over profits.
Thank you.
