“Opportunities to build the wisdom can easily be lost if one is not willing to process and recognize mistakes”.
My name is Stephen and I am 29 years old. I am from Charleston, South Carolina. We are three siblings and I am the oldest one among all of them. My sister is the second oldest and her age is 26 while my younger brother is 21 years old. Now, I am married and have two children as well. When I was young, my mother was the working women and only bread earner for the family. While growing up, I was not the best student in the class and I also used to get in lot of troubles due to the various reasons. I am an introvert since my childhood and always enjoy my own company. Because of following the wrong crowd, I went to jail once and that too during my adulthood.
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I used to be very arrogant and self-doubt person and if you told me that I would obtain my associates and bachelors and work on my master, I would have probably not believed in you. And if I talk about my siblings, my sister received her graduation degree from Morris College which is in Sumter, SC, and got her master’s degree at North Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical University. She is also a two-time business graduate. After that she found her interest in military and joined the same as an officer. The youngest among all of us is my brother who is a football player at Clemson. He is a great player and has won many prizes but back in the high school he tore his ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament). My younger brother also got a scholarship to complete his bachelors in education as major and minor in sports communication. His university is A&M university at Alabama.
Empath and Resilience are some values that are inculcate by my granny. My granny made me value what a good leader should be. She always used to believe in me even though I was the one who always wasted time. But her trust and believe in me made me the person who I am today. She was stern with me, my sister, and brother going to school and she adored our development as kids. The second thing I would say I valued about my granny was her empathy because despite me getting in trouble, she and my mom always going to the school for me, she was a forgiving grandmother. One of the quotes of Malcolm X stated that “I am going to tell it like it is. I hope you can take it like it is” [12]. I remember my grandmother always saying, Stephan, they aren’t laughing with you. They are laughing at you. It wasn’t until my 11th-grade year of high school I started to understand that. However, my grandad side of the family struggled, but all my aunts and uncles went into the military and attended Howard University. I would say those leaderships styles from my granny and traits of my family have passed down for me, especially with me being that kid in school who didn’t care much about anything. Collin Powell states that “There is no secret to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” I have learnt from my failures, and from my past and in future I am planning to study at Howard University or Morgan State University and get my Ph.D. in education.
The core value that are derived in me from my past is empathy and resilience. These are the two leadership qualities that are inculcate in me while growing up[8]. The most influential character in my life was my granny. She had a great hand in building me a person who I am today. Her belief in me has given me enough courage to fight with my insecurities, my bad habits, and my arrogance. “She is a friend of mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order” [11]. This quote is of Toni Marrison and my grandmother was same for me. My granny has supported and believed in me in every phase of my life even when I do not trust myself and getting in troubles due to my ego. My granny was a role model of my life. She always told me her growing up stories and wanted to do better. She came from a very good family and taught me to fight for yourself and believe in yourself no matter what. However, my grandad side of the family struggled, but all my aunts and uncles went into the military and attended Howard University.
“None of us where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. We got here because somebody a parent, a teacher, an ivy League crony or few nuns-bent down and helped us pick up our boots” [6]. And for this I would say those leaderships styles from my granny and traits of my family have passed down for me, especially with me being that kid in school who didn’t care much about anything. It wasn’t until maybe 2013. I went back to correct my life. I went back to correct my life. I want to point out resilience because having two kids and making it this far has been nothing but a blessing from God. I lost my grandmother in 2016, and I remember before my grandmother passed, I asked her. ” Well, granny, what if I got on child support? She told me you’ll figure it out.” Fast forward to 2017, I got accepted to Alabama A&M University and was put on child support in august 2017. I think it was then that I truly realized what being resilience was. “The chances you take, the people you meet, the people you love, the faith you have. That’s what’s going to define you” [9]. I truly believe in these words of Denzel Washington. The values inculcate by my grandmother in me is consistent in making decision in my day-to-day life. These values also guide me in moment of uncertainty. The other core value that is passed in me by my mother since my childhood is accountability. And this is one of the best quality or characteristics one could have. I accept my mistakes and always accountable for my mistakes [7]. Especially with being in this graduate program, I want to put my best foot forward and take the initiative to attempt to do the group assignments at the best of my ability and also want to learn new things to build the new set of skills that help me in my professional as well as in personal life. The leadership style that is defined by my colleagues, family members, and friends is Affiliative. For me people came first and I believe in building emotional bonds and creating harmonious environment. This leadership style is most up personal and close and I also believe that people should always come first irrespective of the situation [5]. This style of the leadership is focused on creating a harmonious working environment and creating emotional bonds. My communication skills are good and I am also good with building the relationships. I believe that is a leader can easily achieve its goals if he became friend with his team and prioritize harmony in the organization.
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I want to get my Ph.D. at another historically black university. I am learning towards Morgan State University and Howard. I would like to learn new things that challenge me and that help me grow as an individual in the professional environment as well as in personal life. I will consider this as my achievement.
“The chance you take, the people you meet, the people you love, the faith you have. That’s what going to define you”. My first core would be integrity. I love to approach all my work with the coherency, consistency and I always try to keep my words and also try to spend time with my loved ones that includes friends, family, and most especially kids. I know I have been in school these past six years but family means everything to me. I love to do what I feels right and always try new challenges in ways that are intelligible with other beliefs and values.
The second core value is accountability. I would always be accountable of all my actions, responsibilities, and goals [4]. Especially, with being in this graduate program, you want to put your best foot forward and take the initiatives to attempt to do the group assignment at the best of your ability. Chadwick Boseman quotes that “Sometimes you need to get knocked down to understand what you fight is”.
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The third core value that would be resilience. With the time, most of thing change and one should know whether the efforts are worth it or needs to rethink about the actions. Surround yourself with the people that will help you in grow and take their work seriously but not themselves and those who play hard and work hard. Empathy is also one of the core values that I would follow in life [1]. Everyone has a different story and I would like to see or listen to their point of view about the work, life, or a specific situation [10]. Value the feelings of person and understand their situation sustain and build productive and positive relationships.
If I would talk about this assignment, this will help in understanding and recognizing the core values of others and would be helpful in understanding an individual in a better way. The next core value is fairness. I would like to be fair to people of all certain backgrounds. I believe that everyone should deserve a second chance and I would like to give people a second opportunity in life so that they come out from that regret or mistakes that they commit in past and want to rectifying that with a lesson [2].
In future, I want to learn more about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in trade partners and put myself in a position to help local companies, especially working in construction, or anybody who just need help. Here diversity refers presence of difference in workplace in ethnicity, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, gender, age, and socioeconomic class. Equity defines the act of ensuring that programs and processes are fair, impartial, and also provide equal possible outcomes for each and every individual while the term inclusion is a reflection of feel of belonging in the workplace [3].
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I will ensure to take all the possible steps that will help in deriving in the position of help people who need it and also to the local companies as well. Lastly, I would in the future, I want to keep learning and build the skillset that help me in grow not only professionally but also personally. I believe that personal and professional growth are important for an individual and a person should always keep this in mind. In future, in terms of education, I want to get my Ph.D. at another historically black university. I am learning towards Morgan State University and Howard.
I would like to learn new things that challenge me and that help me grow as an individual in the professional environment as well as in personal life. Sense of emotional intelligence and self-awareness is also equally important for the better opportunities and development in different stages of professional growth. I believe in constant learning and I would like to learn as much as I can and incorporate the same into the industry and give back to society or to the community so we all can have a better playing field especially the youth.
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