1. I am really liking this book now. The beginning was all about his life and now it is about how he developed his pyramid for leadership. It is very inspirational. The things that stand out so far are definitely the things about what you need if you want to be a leader. The main thing that stood out to me is the part on Self Control. "Control of self is essential for consistency in leadership and team performance." "Self-control in little things leads to control of the bigger things.
2. My views of leadership have changed in the way that I didn't know that it took so many elements to be a successful leader. I am learning all of the things that are necessary qualities to have to be a good leader. Such as, self-control, enthusiasm, initiative, effort, skill and many more.
3. I was put in a leadership position when our class was decorating the hallways. Ana and I were the main ones who led and told people what to do. We had to come up with a lot of ideas and we had to help direct people on what to do. We didn't have much time so we had to keep people on task. I wouldn't do anything different unless maybe be a little more prepared on what we needed to do.
4. "A leader must have initiative- the courage to make decisions, to act, and the willingness and strength to risk failure and take a stand even when it goes against the opinion of others (Wooden, 43)" I can use this quote in the future to motivate me to take a stand for what I believe in. You can't worry about what others will think of you or weather you might fail or not.