MY REFLECTION NO 2 Factors that Shape you as a Leader by Leader Elizabeth Anne Yturralde Medina

MY REFLECTION NO. 2 (Elizabeth Anne Yturralde-Medina), sir I have opened up so many doors of my consciousness , it turned out to be a 7 page reflection paper.  thanks so much for taking the time to read.

"WHAT SHAPED ME TO BECOME THE LEADER I AM NOW?"

1. External - what are family, environment school and work experience that shaped you today?

2.  Internal - your values, strength, weakness and how do they affect on how you decide act

3.   How do they prepare you for your future challenges?

Analysis of one's self is really hard at times because it opens up everything our fears, our sorrows, our pains and yet it is a very rewarding experience as well because we get to delve deeper into ourselves and somehow get to know ourselves even more.  Our leadership course has opened so many doors for me; it has been quite a journey to self-awareness.  It made me have a clearer perception of my personality, including my strengths, my weaknesses.  My journey to self-awareness allowed me to understand other people and how they perceived me as well.  The person that I have become is a mesh of all the external and internal factors that I have experienced and affected my life.

MY FAMILY's ROOTS ( my Genogram) by Leader Liz Medina

MY GENOGRAM Elizabeth Anne Yturralde- Medina

It was a difficult task for me to trace the roots of my family because of so many reasons, My Father married quite late especially during his time at 48 he was already what we call an old bachelor (matandang binata), he was married to my mother who was already 37 at that time.  They had me when my mother was 44 and my father 55.  So it was unfortunate for me that I didn't get to have much contact with my father's side.  I was able to at least meet some uncles and aunts but just a few of their big brood of 13 some were already deceased while some have migrated in the US.  So I sought the help of my mother who is now 79, thus we had to contact some older cousins who were a big help to my quest to get to know my lineage. This was a welcome challenge because this would help me retrace my roots. I wish I could ride a time machine and re visit them and maybe just get to know them better. 

PATERNAL SIDE (Yturraldes)

a.    Jose Yturralde Sr. – grandfather

I have no clear picture of who my grandfather was except for his roots in Concepcion, Tarlac. My father told me before that they had strong Spanish roots thus the unique surname. My mother described my grandfather as a man of few words but he was known to be a good disciplinarian and a good man.  I was told that he was a ladies man to because my father had half brothers and half sisters.  He was a landlord and had acquired a lot of farm lots in his town.  He died of poor lungs (Primary Tuberculosis)

b.    Felisa Surla Yturralde – grandmother

My grandmother was a housewife and tended to the children.  She was said to be a nurturing mother to her 13 children and acted as their second teacher as well.  She died because of a heart ailment.

Reflection paper 1 DEFINING MOMENTS by Leader Dra. Liz Medina

MY DEFINING MOMENTS ( Elizabeth Anne Yturralde- Medina)

                  I feel that I have lived a full 35 years and yet there is such a big world to conquer!  In this stage of my life there is still a big thirst for learning, enjoying, keeping up with the daily struggles of life and yet I look back and see that a lot has already happened and with the grace of God he has fulfilled most of the grand plan I perceived when I was younger.  In my younger years since I was exposed at an early age to the wonderful world of Medicine, it has been my one and only dream.  I had an affinity for science and reading , which was a big help with what I wanted to be.. a doctor.  As early as kindergarten if people were to ask me what I wanted to be when I grow up the only answer I could come up with was to be a doctor.  My mother was of course my greatest influence and Idol because she was a successful Obstetrician-Gynecologist and she was self made.  She didn't come from a family of doctors and yet she was determined to be a good doctor.  She would often tell me of her struggles in the province.  They were a rich now poor later family relying on short term businesses and deals made by my grandfather.