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Today’s Child

others develop the skill. publishing papers, there is a lot more to
• Leadership is not a title. life than just developing your intellect.
The best definition There is an unhealthy and unbalanced
of leadership is: the focus on this element of people
responsibility you take development. Even if you are a high
achiever and school comes easy to
for the influence you you, you risk becoming identified with
have on the world smartness and success. In other words, you
around you. base your self-worth on your performance
and output, which leads to burnout, stress
THE HIGH ACHIEVERS and lack of meaning in life.
School is an academic institution
based on the principles of education, LIFE IS A JOURNEY
learning and knowledge. To measure My work offers me a unique
progress, it needs quantitative results, opportunity to engage with people on
i.e. tests and exams. Therefore, a very deep level. Many of these people
performance at school is based upon include top business leaders, successful ultimate achievement. Their success
marks and academic achievements. entrepreneurs, doctors and CEOs. Those and motivation come from their ability
Even though school takes the majority leading the most exciting and influential to embrace the journey and whatever it
of your time, you are still more than your lives have realised that there is no final brings.
marks. Unless you plan on becoming destination, finish line at the end of You do not have to have yourself, your
an academic and spending the rest the rat race, or beacon at the top of career and your life all figured out. Just
of your days reading, researching and
the ladder where they get awarded for take it a step at a time.

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