The real reason I wanted to start blogging again is because of LeaderShape. LeaderShape made me feel like a changed person at the end of the week. For a six days I explored my vision for the world, learned about my personality traits, and defined my values while working with a "family cluster" of 16 other unique college students. Most people call LeaderShape a "leadership camp" but it was so much more than that. It really inspired me to be the best person I can be.
Learning about my personality style helped explain how I go about my daily life. I am an "S" which stands for steadiness. I make an emphasis on cooperating with others and work within existing circumstances to carry out tasks. I have a tendency to be consistent, patient, loyal, and I am a good listener. When I read this I had a mini freak out since it seemed so accurate. But what made me feel great is that these traits I usually viewed as negatives were actually viewed as powerful leadership skills. This affirmation really gave me the confidence to go through the week acting as me.
Through that personality test and working with my family cluster as a team, I realized that I really lead with my heart. And while leading with my brain, or with your feet for that matter may be ideal in some situations I've found that seeing the world through my heart is MY best way of going through life.
This sense of seeing the world through my heart inspired me to change my blog name. Because while I do like to write about My Beautiful Life beauty seems so finite and limiting to me. In my heart I hold values like
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