First Assignment

My best lessons in leadership come from:
1) My mission. Here I learned that people are more productive and happier when a leader focuses on them rather than results.
2) My family. I am the oldest of 11 children and I have had to learn aot about gaining respect rather than expecting it because of the role I am placed in.

My best lessons in communicating come from:
1) My mission. I learned to work with people, be it bishops, members, companions, or street contacts, who had opposing points of views. I learned a lot about compromise.
2) Reading and practicing principles taught. I've studied and worked at principles taught in "How to Win Friends and Influence People," Stephen R. Covey lectures and books, and Church leaders.

Organizations experienced and what I have learned:
Boy Scouts/Church quorums- the most effective learning is through experience
Stake Youth Committees- same as above
Student Government- when one person takes initiative, others follow
Visalia School District Executive Student Board- Greater involvement of people in something they should do leads to greater group happiness
Old Navy- energy attracts and enlivens others
Antique/Furniture store-everything about bad leadership
Wrestling Team- leaders have to work harder than those they are trying to lead
Ireland Mission- seek first to understand, then to be understood
Snake River Log Homes- People work best when their leaders work alongside them

I have lived in:
Visalia, CA
Rexburg, ID (my family moved here 3 years ago)

Achievements:
Something that I am proud of, and I think says a lot about me, is that I received my high school wrestling team's "Most Dedicated" award. I was really dissapointed at first because I thought I had deserved All-American or MVP. But now, I think that this really says who I am.

Industries:
I am interested in government, especially international relations.

Goals:
I would like to get a master's degree in international relations from either USC, Georgetown, or The University of Chicago.

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