My Why, Elianna Black

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  1. Hey, y'all, I'm Alyona Black and this is my wife.
  2. So some background information about me is that I have
  3. three older sisters and two of us are actually born
  4. in October and two of us are born in June,
  5. so we're kind of in pairs Me.
  6. Having older sisters, though, is really significant because it's shaped
  7. a lot of my personality because I am the youngest.
  8. I'm constantly comparing myself to my amazing older sisters or
  9. others and trying to prove myself.
  10. So I tend to push myself pretty hard with a
  11. lot of things which could be good, but it doesn't
  12. always work out.
  13. So one of my flaws is just pushing myself too
  14. hard. I definitely have a strong work ethic, though, because
  15. I have the older siblings.
  16. I also grew up in a really small farming town,
  17. a less than 1000 people like Total in the town,
  18. and we were surrounded by corn.
  19. Growing up in that small town, though, really helped to
  20. cast a firm foundation for me in life, in regards
  21. to appreciating the simple things but also going out and
  22. making new experiences for myself whenever I can.
  23. Speaking of experiences, my mother is a medical zebra, so
  24. that means that she has this really unique combination of
  25. a lot of illnesses.
  26. I know this is supposed to be facts about me,
  27. but this is something that has really impacted my life
  28. all throughout childhood and still does now.
  29. Unlike most of my older sisters, I was pretty young
  30. when she started getting sick.
  31. I was around first grade, so I became a lot
  32. more dependent on myself emotionally and develop more emotional maturity
  33. at a much younger age.
  34. Her being sick also just makes me appreciate life so
  35. much more and appreciate every moment that I have with
  36. everyone. It also makes me very comfortable with being in
  37. a hospital setting.
  38. So it's definitely impacted me when it comes to choosing
  39. a career because I want to be a pediatric nurse,
  40. so I'll most likely be working in a hospital moving
  41. on to my values.
  42. One of my values is altruism, because I strongly believe
  43. in helping others, even if you received nothing in return.
  44. I also think everyone should be treated with kindness and
  45. compassion, just like the saying, treat others the way you
  46. want to be treated, says My family and friends are
  47. also very important to me.
  48. And I think self improvement is important because I think
  49. we can always be working to improve ourselves, even if
  50. it's just small things, because by bettering ourselves where helping
  51. to teach ourselves how to treat others better, Okay, this
  52. slide is just going over positive qualities versus negative qualities
  53. with examples of leaders in them.
  54. So some positive qualities are patients compassion, having a strong
  55. work ethic and being self aware.
  56. I think the first two patients and compassion are really
  57. important qualities because they ensure that you're treating others the
  58. way you want to be treated.
  59. And they really helped to smooth out a tough situation
  60. and increase the strength of bonds and relationships between you
  61. and your peers as well as those that you are
  62. leading. Having a strong work ethic is also really important
  63. because others Comptel, if you don't want to put in
  64. the work, and it sets a bad example when you
  65. slack off because that makes others think that it's okay
  66. to slack off.
  67. Being self aware is also important because we need to
  68. know our own limitations and be conscious that we're not
  69. always right and be conscious of when we need to
  70. ask for help.
  71. A few people that I think are positive leaders are
  72. Malala, Pope Francis and Martin Luther King Jr.
  73. And they're all still super prevalent today for negative qualities
  74. with leaders.
  75. Um, I think inflexibility, poor communication skills and excess pride
  76. are all really bad qualities toe have.
  77. If you're a leader when you're later, I think flexibility
  78. is really important.
  79. And when you're inflexible and stuck in your ways, it
  80. negatively impacts productivity and positive feel the positivity levels of
  81. the group and those your around and regarding poor communication.
  82. If you can't communicate with your group or those around
  83. you, nothing's gonna get done.
  84. And no relationships will be made with your members or
  85. those that you're working with.
  86. I also think excess pride is a negative quality because
  87. being prideful in what you're doing is good.
  88. But if you're too prideful in yourself and you could
  89. never admit when you're wrong, it can really negatively impact
  90. relationships with others because they're not going to really want
  91. to talk to you.
  92. And some examples of negative leaders are President Hoover, Ivan
  93. the Terrible and Hitler moving on to my styles of
  94. leadership. The style of leadership that I use most is
  95. the coaching style.
  96. I use it most because it's the one that I'm
  97. most comfortable in and the style that I generally have
  98. thio use while being a section leader for color guard.
  99. I do use Democratic when we're deciding a group game
  100. or something important that impacts all of us, and we'll
  101. get the general feedback from our section and then me
  102. and the leadership team will decide how we want to
  103. proceed. I also used Lazy, Fair Um, sometimes we'll just
  104. tell them like what we need to review and give
  105. them the review time while me and the other section
  106. leader go and work on other stuff I don't use
  107. autocratic as much.
  108. But there are times when decisions just have to be
  109. made and we all have to know the same thing
  110. and being be on the same page, and we don't
  111. have time to discuss it as a group.
  112. Some challenges that I face is a leader are knowing
  113. when to implement the different styles of leading and how
  114. to do it correctly.
  115. I also need to be more comfortable in the different
  116. styles of leading instead of just always reverting back to
  117. my go to sky because one style isn't gonna work
  118. for every situation or person I come across, and I
  119. also need to be more comfortable with asking for help.
  120. So some ways that I can overcome these challenges are
  121. researching the other leading styles and practicing them in a
  122. controlled environment like junior leaders.
  123. So I could become more comfortable in.
  124. And though when to use them.
  125. I can also ask advice, ask for advice from other
  126. leaders if I'm unsure how to deal with something and
  127. just kind of ask them questions about how they would
  128. deal with certain situations or people.
  129. And if something isn't working, I should try something new.
  130. I can't be afraid of trying new things just because
  131. I haven't done them before.
  132. I should also be learning from all of my mistakes.
  133. You learn more from mistakes than you do from successes,
  134. so you can't be afraid to make the mistakes.
  135. This slide is all about my why it's my personal
  136. statement. It's the reason that I want to be a
  137. leader. I want to help others develop positive habits and
  138. the confidence to self motivate so that they want to
  139. do their best in both schoolwork, such activities and life.
  140. That's it.
  141. Thanks for watching my video.
  142. Can't wait to watch yours.