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Lifestyle

• Leaders are not in charge of others – those of your time, you are still more than your
are managers. You can be a manager marks. Unless you plan on becoming an
without leadership skills and be a leader academic and spending the rest of your
without being a manager. days reading, researching and publishing
• Leaders are not appointed. papers, there is a lot more to life than just
• Leaders do not control others. developing your intellect.
• Leadership is a learnt skill. Some people
are natural leaders, where others develop There is an unhealthy and unbalanced focus
the skill. on this element of people development.
• Leadership is not a title. Even if you are a high achiever and school
comes easy to you, you risk becoming
The best definition of leadership is: identified with smartness and success. In
the responsibility you take for the other words, you base your self-worth on
influence you have on the world your performance and output, which leads
to burnout, stress and lack of meaning in
around you. life.

THe HiGH ACHieveRS LIFE IS A JOURNEY
School is an academic institution based on My work offers me a unique opportunity to ladder where they get awarded for ultimate
the principles of education, learning and engage with people on a very deep level. achievement. Their success and motivation
knowledge. To measure progress, it needs Many of these people include top business come from their ability to embrace the
quantitative results, i.e. tests and exams. leaders, successful entrepreneurs, doctors journey and whatever it brings.
Therefore, performance at school is based and CEOs. Those leading the most exciting
upon marks and academic achievements. and influential lives have realised that there You do not have to have yourself, your
is no final destination, finish line at the end career and your life all figured out. Just take
Even though school takes the majority of the rat race, or beacon at the top of the it a step at a time.

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