MM Leadership – Reflection Paper #2
Internal and External Factors That Shaped Me as A Leader
by Leader Anna Choco
Questions needed to be reflected on:
I. EXTERNAL: What are family, environment school and work experience that shaped you today?
II. INTERNAL: Your Values, Strength, Weakness and How Do They Affect On How You Decide or Act?
III. How Do They Prepare You For Your Future Challenges?
And Here we go….
EXTERNAL: What are family, environment school and work experience that shaped you today?
Family was defined as a basic social unit consisting of parents and their children, considered as a group whether dwelling together or not. As I've shared on my defining moments, as a family, we are not well-off but we were taught by our parents to live as simply as possible, to be God fearing and should abide the Ten Commandments, to go to church every Sunday and special occasions, to help each other in times of tribulation and in need. My father gave emphasis on "honor your father and your mother" reason why we have high respect for them. Growing up, we were trained to learn and follow the family's rules of right or wrong. I realized that my father's discipline to us helped me a lot as a person, as a follower and as a leader. I learned to be a good follower not by fear but by the good example that my father exhibited. We all know that being a good follower has a lot to do with being a good leader and leading by example is an effective way to lead. My mother taught us to be hardworking. I grew up seeing her helping my father to earn a living. She was a businesswoman who did retail and ran a junk yard. I remember those times where we were obliged to help in the junk yard doing all those dirty stuff like sorting of bottles, plastics, metals, carrying heavy sacks for stacking. During those times, I hate doing those stinky dirty jobs, knowing that we can afford to pay for a helper but why do we need to do it ourselves? Reflecting about it now, I realized that doing all those stuff was intentional to taught us to be humble and learned to mingle with a lot of people especially those unfortunate ones. It made me realized that hard work and humility was the learnings I got from that "hard and stinky" responsibility I did for my mom.
