Learn to be a Leader! by Mitchell

Learn to be a Leader! by Mitchell - March 2015 Scholarship Essay

How often do we depend on leaders in our life? Whether it be from our teachers and professors or from leaders in the community we have always depended on leaders to teach us and guide us in our lives. If they didn’t act as leaders in teaching us how to act, how to work, and how to learn. Without that direction it would have been impossible for most of us to learn anything. I firmly believe that learning with leadership is impossible and for this reason I firmly believe that it is an essential skill that we need to learn and develop in order to have success in college and throughout our lives.

The whole purpose of college is to learn and develop the skills needed to go out and have a successful career in whatever profession the student chooses. To perform well in any profession, students need to learn the trade. That includes a variety of skills in various areas, whether it be writing skills or computer programming skills everyone has to learn very specific skills to do their job. In all that studying and training a skill that often gets overlooked in our day and age is leadership.

College success is what prepares us for future professional success. The things you learn in college are what set you up for success in the future. Most businesses are looking for leaders that can carry their business and help it grow into something even better and move it forward. Leadership is what makes students and employees stand out from the rest. If you fail to learn leadership in college then it will be all the more difficult to learn in the work place.

Leadership is the single most important skill you can learn in your time in college. With it you will be successful in whatever field you choose. Without leadership the success will come but you will be overlooked for a lot of opportunities to grow and learn more in the future. The world need more leaders and college is the place to rise to the occasion. The students who do will find themselves with many opportunities that put them on the path to success.