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leadership skills and be a leader without papers, there is a lot more to life than just
being a manager. developing your intellect.
• Leaders are not appointed.
• Leaders do not control others. There is an unhealthy and unbalanced
• Leadership is a learnt skill. Some people focus on this element of people
are natural leaders, whereas others development. Even if you are a high
develop the skill. achiever and school comes easy to
• Leadership is not a title. you, you risk becoming identified with
smartness and success. In other words, you
The best definition of leadership is: base your self-worth on your performance
the responsibility you and output, which leads to burnout, stress
take for the influence and lack of meaning in life.
you have on the world liFe is a Journey
My work offers me a unique opportunity to
around you. engage with people on a very deep level.
Many of these people include top business
the hiGh aChievers leaders, successful entrepreneurs, doctors
School is an academic institution based on and CEOs. Those leading the most exciting
the principles of education, learning and and influential lives have realised that there
knowledge. To measure progress, it needs is no final destination, finish line at the end
quantitative results, i.e. tests and exams. of the rat race, or beacon at the top of the
Therefore, performance at school is based ladder where they get awarded for ultimate
upon marks and academic achievements. achievement. Their success and motivation
come from their ability to embrace the
Even though school takes the majority journey and whatever it brings.
of your time, you are still more than your
marks. Unless you plan on becoming an You do not have to have yourself, your
academic and spending the rest of your career and your life all figured out. Just
days reading, researching and publishing take it a step at a time.

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