Choose someone, fictional or nonfictional, historical or contemporary, whom you consider to be a leader. Suppose you are this person's primary advisor. How would you advise this person and why?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I'm also wondering whether I should add another sentence at the end
Once every four years I bleed blue and white. It is my birthright, accorded to me by my Argentinean upbringing. For four weeks during the World Cup my life is dominated by La Seleccion, the Argentinian national soccer team, and I watch with deep affection as Lionel Messi, the tiny Argentine dynamo, lights up the pitch with his dazzling footwork and mazy dribbles.
At only 23 years old, Messi has already won nearly every individual award there is to be won. It's not his silverware though that inspires me, or the reason why my walls are plastered with pictures of him in action. My respect for his talent is outclassed by my respect for his humility and grace.
And yet I'm not quite sure that humility and grace are enough to be an effective leader.
In this year's tournament, in a group match against Greece, Messi wore the Argentina captain's armband for the first time. For the first time, la Pulga (a.k.a the Flea) got to show whether he had the chops to lead Argentina to World Cup gold glory.
In short, the answer was no. I won't go into the tactical details because I'm still a little traumatized by our side's devastating loss to Germany in the quarter-finals. Suffice to say that the team got carried away by their early success and so neglected to make improvements to their weaknesses. Therefore, the advice I would give to Messi is one of my personal mottos, and one that I use in my capacity as the leader of our school's Cappies program: success is never final, failure is never fatal, and courage always counts.
As Cappies critics we go to see plays performed by students at high schools around the city and review them. For each performance, one review is selected to be published in the newspaper. While Messi's responsibility as captain is to help his teammates win games, as Lead Critic it is my responsibility to help my team get their articles published.
If one of our critics' reviews is chosen we celebrate their achievement, but I remind them that success is never final; I still go over their review with them and we make improvements to their writing style. For those whose articles were not published I remind them that failure is never fatal; we go over their reviews as well to develop their skills before they write their next one. And of course, courage always counts; in the same way I would suggest to Messi that he take more risks on the pitch as an example to his teammates, I encourage my teammates to take chances with their writing, and have fun with their work.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I'm also wondering whether I should add another sentence at the end
Once every four years I bleed blue and white. It is my birthright, accorded to me by my Argentinean upbringing. For four weeks during the World Cup my life is dominated by La Seleccion, the Argentinian national soccer team, and I watch with deep affection as Lionel Messi, the tiny Argentine dynamo, lights up the pitch with his dazzling footwork and mazy dribbles.
At only 23 years old, Messi has already won nearly every individual award there is to be won. It's not his silverware though that inspires me, or the reason why my walls are plastered with pictures of him in action. My respect for his talent is outclassed by my respect for his humility and grace.
And yet I'm not quite sure that humility and grace are enough to be an effective leader.
In this year's tournament, in a group match against Greece, Messi wore the Argentina captain's armband for the first time. For the first time, la Pulga (a.k.a the Flea) got to show whether he had the chops to lead Argentina to World Cup gold glory.
In short, the answer was no. I won't go into the tactical details because I'm still a little traumatized by our side's devastating loss to Germany in the quarter-finals. Suffice to say that the team got carried away by their early success and so neglected to make improvements to their weaknesses. Therefore, the advice I would give to Messi is one of my personal mottos, and one that I use in my capacity as the leader of our school's Cappies program: success is never final, failure is never fatal, and courage always counts.
As Cappies critics we go to see plays performed by students at high schools around the city and review them. For each performance, one review is selected to be published in the newspaper. While Messi's responsibility as captain is to help his teammates win games, as Lead Critic it is my responsibility to help my team get their articles published.
If one of our critics' reviews is chosen we celebrate their achievement, but I remind them that success is never final; I still go over their review with them and we make improvements to their writing style. For those whose articles were not published I remind them that failure is never fatal; we go over their reviews as well to develop their skills before they write their next one. And of course, courage always counts; in the same way I would suggest to Messi that he take more risks on the pitch as an example to his teammates, I encourage my teammates to take chances with their writing, and have fun with their work.