Being a leader is tough…

Seriously, try it, it’s all about pleasing the people.

I am the president of two clubs this year, running to become district vice president for another one, and organizing and planning out a brand new club for Zinch. It is a lot of preparation but even more about pleasing the people. You need to be charismatic so that people will listen to you but you also need the support from the people in order to get anything done. But is it ok to compromise what you want to do to please others? When I grow up I don’t want to work for someone else higher-up, I want to be my own boss and have things run my way. But right now I’m getting a lot of opposition…

Living in a world and time when people are so diverse, opinions are flying around everywhere. I have people that support my ideas and people that don’t. I respect what everyone believes in and I really like to understand the other person’s viewpoint as well but people should at least give my idea a chance. There are some people that won’t even take me seriously and straight-out oppose my ideas right away. I have support from many of my friends and teachers in school but I am getting opposition from many of the senior higher-ups that probably have some hidden motive to not take me seriously. I am a dreamer but in order to make anything of those dreams I need to take action and I am being prevented of this. My creativity and my leadership need a spark.

I guess I just have to create a wider influence until they understand what I’m all about. I’m not the kind of guy that gives up so easily and I will get them to take me seriously. Being in high school, adults might just think we’re all just ‘teens’. But in the business world, I hope to be taken seriously because I’m just a ‘teen’.

~Kevin X