Mayor Winder Post
1. Mayor Winder talked about the challenge of balancing career and church assignments with the need to be involved in serving in your community and government. Describe how you will go about including community and government service in your life.
I think the biggest way to do this for me will be through being involved in different charities and/or government organizations where I can use my leadership skills to help other. I think that if you only limit your skills to your family, church callings, and job, there is really much more that I can do with them. It would be selfish of me not to share what I can do with others.
2. In Mayor Winders research on the history of church leaders interactions with Presidents of the Untied States, one conclusion that has been apparent is the importance of good people serving in and around government. Identify ways that you can have that type of positive influence in both your community and nationally. Please include various ways in which you see yourself being able to lead.
I would say some of these ways that I can do this would be more on a local level. I use to want to be involved in higher government but now I think I would serve best in different aspects of city or county government, such as a city council or in the role of a mayor. I have also noticed that in cities and counties different divisions of labor and business have different representative. While I don’t know exactly what these are called, I think this would be something that I could be very good at too.
3. As you evaluate your experience this year in a leadership role, describe what motivated you to make the commitment you have made in your year of service with BYUSA.
The thing that motivated me initially was that I wanted to get some experience in event planning. Then after the first time I stepped foot in the office I saw how many people were there in the office and how nice everyone was. I wanted to be a part of that and get to know those new people. I thought it was a great way to make new friends. Then I realized that I liked being involved and realized that it was great to be a part of something that was bigger than myself and that I could contribute to personally.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Dean Kau Post
Dean Kau Post
1. "When we serve others we are not motivated by selfishness, but by charity." Please describe an experience where you have had the opportunity to be motivated by charity in your leadership experience
Charity is so important for leadership. Sometimes it is very hard to have, and other times it just seems to come naturally. I would say that during Honor Week is a good time I was motivated by charity. The Gala was scheduled for Friday and some friends invited me to go on a road trip with them. I told them I had to go to the Gala because I had committed to it. I was wondering if this was the right decision but I went with it not knowing how it would turn out. After the Gala on Friday I went over to Kylie and just politely said good job on everything with Honor Week and the Gala. The look on her face of relief and happiness at the week being done and everything going smoothly and having that confirmed to her by my comment made me feel good. I realized that I had to have charity to give up something that I wanted to do for something that I had committed to do and turned out helping someone else out.
2. Why is it important for you to serve and lead now?
One thing that I like to think is that if I didn’t, who would? In BYU there might be someone else that could come along and replace me because of all of the wonderful people we have here. But out in the real world this isn’t the case. I need to lead now so that I will be prepared to do it in the real world later. Leadership is also important in our day to day lives. Sometimes there are situations when once again, if I don’t lead then no one else will.
3. How will you prepare yourself to be ready for those unexpected opportunities to lead and serve, like the college students who saved the truck driver who had fallen off of the causeway?
My football coach always used to use the saying “you play like you practice.” I feel like I can prepare for unexpected opportunities to lead through practicing leadership now. Then, in the future, I will be prepared for time when I am not expecting to lead but will have to. This will also help me that when it does come time to jump off the bridge it won’t be a problem because I will have practiced jumping off things that are similar to it.
1. "When we serve others we are not motivated by selfishness, but by charity." Please describe an experience where you have had the opportunity to be motivated by charity in your leadership experience
Charity is so important for leadership. Sometimes it is very hard to have, and other times it just seems to come naturally. I would say that during Honor Week is a good time I was motivated by charity. The Gala was scheduled for Friday and some friends invited me to go on a road trip with them. I told them I had to go to the Gala because I had committed to it. I was wondering if this was the right decision but I went with it not knowing how it would turn out. After the Gala on Friday I went over to Kylie and just politely said good job on everything with Honor Week and the Gala. The look on her face of relief and happiness at the week being done and everything going smoothly and having that confirmed to her by my comment made me feel good. I realized that I had to have charity to give up something that I wanted to do for something that I had committed to do and turned out helping someone else out.
2. Why is it important for you to serve and lead now?
One thing that I like to think is that if I didn’t, who would? In BYU there might be someone else that could come along and replace me because of all of the wonderful people we have here. But out in the real world this isn’t the case. I need to lead now so that I will be prepared to do it in the real world later. Leadership is also important in our day to day lives. Sometimes there are situations when once again, if I don’t lead then no one else will.
3. How will you prepare yourself to be ready for those unexpected opportunities to lead and serve, like the college students who saved the truck driver who had fallen off of the causeway?
My football coach always used to use the saying “you play like you practice.” I feel like I can prepare for unexpected opportunities to lead through practicing leadership now. Then, in the future, I will be prepared for time when I am not expecting to lead but will have to. This will also help me that when it does come time to jump off the bridge it won’t be a problem because I will have practiced jumping off things that are similar to it.
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