I’m cleaning out old boxes to make room for new boxes, and found my application to the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership program in 1998.
Q: In your school and community, what is the most rewarding and challenging aspect of being a leader for you (75-100 words)?
A: The most challenging aspect of being a leader is that between all the activities of leading, you have to keep in the front of your mind who you are and where you want to go. If you go out walking, chances are people will follow you, but you have to remember that the primary goal of walking is getting somewhere, and that if you don’t know the way, then the people behind you are lost as well. I think the most rewarding feeling would be to take a look around you and know you’ve arrived where you want to be, and then take another look and know you’ve helped other people get there too. That’s what leading is.
