Traits and Me

I cannot agree with him more. I strongly believe that knowing myself is the first step for self-improvement. However, I often get confused about who I am, especially between myself in America and myself in Japan. I feel so different about many things depending on which country I am in, for instance, public speaking such as speeches or presentations in classes. Although, I had no issue with public speaking when I was in Japan, I always get scared when I have to stand in front of class and present something. Also, I do not like to lead people or something in America even if I was a captain of the basketball team at my high school, or had experience to be a student teacher at a middle school in Japan. There are two very defferent me, and I know why this is happening. Lack of self-confidence. I tend to think my English is not good enough and let the negative thinking stop me to try something new or challenging.

Trait I admire is self-confidence. In my opinion, that self-confidence is the fundamental basis for leadership because who else believes in you if you do not believe in yourself?

Leaders are required to make decisions for themselves, their organizations, their employees, or their customers. If they could see the leader was not sure if the decision was right or not, they would lose their confidence to follow him or her. Many people want their leader be strong, do what they believe to be right, be willing to take risks, be optimism, and achieve goals. Without self-confidence, none of them could be possible. Moreover, if you don’t have self-confidence, the chance you can be passionate about leading is very low because lack of self-confidence causes being to be stuck in your comfort zone. In order to lead others, leaders need to step out of the comfort zone and push themselves to the edge. Thus, no self-confidence no leadership.

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