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Leadership

Who is a leader?

While I had a good understanding of leadership styles and self-leadership definitions I recently learned through my first class at ACU that self-motivation is imperative to realizing a Christian vocation or calling.

I was visiting with my adult children at college last night in Stephenville, and the idea of a calling came up in conversation. One child and his fiancé (now wife) are active in the church, and the other and her fiancé are not, but we all came up with the idea that a calling is something you can’t, or rather shouldn’t, ignore. It is that passion that doesn’t just better you as a person, but we all came to a consensus that Rick Lytle’s week 10 “Cornerstone 2011” YouTube video supported that an individual’s calling should “add value to the lives of the people around you.”

I rebelled for years and two careers before becoming a teacher. Even then, I did not begin to fathom I would become a leader or “the boss.” I became a teacher while working in research for my English master’s degree. I was midway through my thesis when I was placed in a classroom as a teaching assistant, with three days’ notice, because of high enrollment, and so began my career in education.

I am truly blessed enough to not only get to do what I love, but I also have the capacity to serve others so they may discover their calling as well which leads me to leadership. My personal goal with leadership is to enable others to discover their calling.

It isn’t about money or things, but rather, it is about people: students, parents, teachers, humanity!

Rick Lytle: Christian Vocation

Stephany York

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There have been so many positive changes in my life, but this one, by far, has had the biggest impact in my life. My goal is to post at least once a week on my blog. I will include from my life, my school, my family, my career, and my beliefs. Most of all, I just want to have fun, learn, vent, and promote a forum of positive thinking.