20 Feb 2015

Week 8: Brent's Guest Lecture

Week 8, we had a guest lecture by Brent A. Conkle, who has been consulting, training and coaching executives on leadership. At first, executive leadership seems not so much relevant to we university students' life but actually, he told us that being a good executive leader and having happy life as an individual is fundamentally same thing. And I think he's right: I do think skills necessary for good leaders can be interpreted as essential skills for ones' good life. 

I'll write this post just to share my result of the chart because it looks somewhat unique.





So, this is my result. Basically high scores in three areas: Integration, Development, and Baser...Baser is a little bit higher than other two, and extremely low score in "Results". One thing interesting was, Mai, who has spent lots of time with me in club, expected me to have highest score in "Results" but in fact, I didn't. 

To me, this result partially seemed convincing but at the same time, surprised me a little.
I expected myself to have high scores in Baser because I really love systematizing everything. You can hear how much I love using Excels in marshaling datas from my fellow members. I myself am aware of my this kind of tendency. Also, I think yes, I tend to come up with flexible ideas....sometimes lacking the feasibility.

However, I thought, and actually still now I think, I am not so good at integrating. Rather I though myself have more "Results" tendency. In fact, many times I was told from my friends or (Japanese) teachers that I am being too strict and harsh to others. Since that experience was not only one time, I've been trying to change that tendency. (Actually, to be honest,  to be said about this thing has now became trauma for me)

But as I spent almost one and a half year in Debating Community, which is really a competitive community, I came to acknowledge myself do not like such a competition so much and rather, I came to know that I prefer more "equality" or "peace". 

I dealt with Machiavelli in my essay, and his argument was one of the most convincing one for me. I do think that one sometimes has to be a fox in order to survive or in order to avoid being eaten by others. In that sense, I'm a realist. However, same as Machiavelli, I do not like doing this and if it's possible, than I would rather don't. But in order to live like that, precondition is all members of our community should share same peaceful view. 

I wish I can believe someday it will be possible in the entire world.





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