"To demand much from oneself and little from others is the way (for a ruler) to banish discontent." They always say that a good leader must be a good follower. But why is it that there others who just likes to sit and boss around other people? They are the people who likes to use their power as an advantage among the others. There are leaders who likes to give obligations to other people because they just want to relax and feel the power that they have. In my opinion, people somehow misunderstood the meaning of a leader and a boss. A leader does everything that he can to ensure that his people is treated equally while a boss just likes to order around other people. There are many things that a leader must possess in order for him to become an effective ruler. He must be open to suggestions and opinions of his members. He must know how to listen from the others to know what they feel about a certain situation. A leader should not think of himself highly to promote equality. Lastly, a leader should somehow make sacrifices. They have to sacrifice their time because a leader should be dedicated to his own works. Not all the time, that we need to pass to our members the obligations. There are responsibilities that only a leader can make with the help of opinions from his members. All of us should know that not all the time, things will go as the way it was planned. We should also take consideration of the people around us whenever we make decisions. The actions that we make would have consequences that may reflect on us. We have to bear in mind that we have limitations. If everyone would act as a leader and not a boss, I think our world would become a better place. "The good man does not grieve that other people do not recognize his merits. His only anxiety is lest he should fail to recognize theirs." Humility. That is one of the values that Confucius would like to emphasize in his Analects. We should not be proud of what one has done but instead, we should bear in mind that we still need a lot of improvements. We should not stop when we already receive awards but we should do everything to be the better version of us. A person cannot have humility when they always say that they are humble. We should learn how to appreciate other's work. A humble person would not seek for compliments and praises. I had a friend who is an honor student in their class. He is good at spelling and in general information because he always reads informative magazines. Whenever I would ask questions to him, he would always answer me and he would teach me how to answer it correctly. Since then, we became best friends. With all his achievements and everything, I haven't heard anything from him. Whenever people would praise him, he would always deny it. Up until now, he is one of the humblest person that I know. He would always tell me that I am now smarter than him but I would always say that it is not true. He may achieved so many things at a young age, but that did not stop him to continue learning. He knows how to share his knowledge without thinking that others may outrun him. All of us should learn how to appreciate the work and effort of others. In everything that we do, we should not expect anything in return. If we truly love what we are doing, we do it willingly without waiting for the others to repay you for what you have done. Be an inspiration to others and don't let criticism get into you. Achievements does not define who you are, it was how you achieved it. "In old days, men studied for the sake of self-improvement; nowadays men study to impress other people." All I know is that back in the old days, not everyone can go to school because not everyone can afford. That is the reason why people are hungry for education and learning back then. No doubt that our ancestors know many things and their knowledge are being passed generation after generation. Though I must say that may has changed when it comes to giving quality education. Modern technologies weren't invented back then so I thought that self-improvement is needed. Nowadays, men study to impress other people. They seek for compliments because they love being praised. They do not study for their own sake but instead they want to prove to anyone that they can do anything. Usually, we read without understanding, we only read for the sake of memorization. Men could be hungry for attention that is why they love to be the center of everything. The result of wanting to impress everyone could be greed. You can't accept the fact that anyone could be better than you. "He who will not worry about what is far off will find something worse than worry close at hand." Carpe diem. They always say to seize the day. To start living today and to not worry about tomorrow. Two words that says that we should enjoy our life to the fullest because life is too short to have doubts and to not take risks. But have we ever thought of our future? What would we do when we finish in high school? Do you have plans? Do you even have a dream? These are questions we often ask to ourselves whenever we think of our future plans. I know that everyone of us have their own dreams. We have different ambitions in life, so in order for us to achieve it, we must plan to know what we should do. It is good that we get to enjoy our life while we are still young but we also should know our own limitations. Carpe Diem, seize the day, but why do we still worry about our future? Because we know that we have our goals in life that we want to achieve. Life will be useless if we don't have any inspiration that is why we still need to prepare for our future. If we won't have any plans for today, then what will wait us tomorrow? The reason why we should be more mindful of the present is because we need to be ready when the time comes that we need to stand on our own. All of us know that we don't have the time in the world to do everything that we want to do so we enjoy every moment of our life. But we need to know our own limitations because we have responsibilities that were given to us. We should be ready when the time comes that our life gets more complicated. All of us have their own dreams, so we should do everything to reach it. "A gentleman can see a question from all sides without bias. The small man is biased and can see a question only from one side."
People have the tendency to speculate easily especially when the situation is not clear and information are not complete. They always say that actions speak louder than words but they forgot to consider that actions without words could be confusing. This is where the big person and the smaller person will be introduced. Irrational people only consider what they think is true. They would easily judge people without knowing the other side of the story. I know that everyone of us has experienced a situation wherein the person you are talking to won't give you a chance in explaining your side. They only believe to what they only see or as to what they only hear without considering the fact that there is a story behind it. I remembered my GMRC teacher would always say to us when I was still in elementary, "If you know the whole story and if you can understand everything then be the bigger person. We should not stoop down to their level. We should learn not to decide out of anger because that is only a temporary feeling." I remembered everything that he taught us. Arguing to the smaller person is useless because they won't listen to you and they could be narrow-minded. They let their feelings trigger them to make stupid decisions. All of us should learn how to give chances to other people. Know the whole part to every story. We should also learn to be clear in our actions and words so that other people won't assume. Sometimes, actions are not enough because it could be misinterpreted without words. We should be the bigger person that we think we are and communication is very important to have a better understanding.
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