LPI Reflection Blog#6

The leadership performance inventory (LPI) looks at how strong you are in different styles of leadership. After taking the assessment, my highest principles were both modeling the way and enabling others to act. My lowest  principle was challenging the process. I was not surprised by my results because, comparing to my StrengthsQuest results, includer and individualization were in my top five strengths and I think that this goes in hand with the enabling others style because those who usually enable others, build relationships and help make others feel like they are part of the group and making a difference. I think that the principle of modeling the way goes in hand with my leadership philosophy because I think those who are leaders should guide the way for their group members and be clear and consistent on their beliefs. I am also not surprised that challenging the process was my lowest because I have noticed that I tend to usually want to take the safe route when doing things so things can turn out well. I usually feel like there is more of chance sometimes to fail when challenging myself which makes me not want to do it. In order to work on improving this aspect I think I should take more risks and challenge myself to be and do better. I think that even though I may fail, some benefit may come out of it that can help me in the long run. I think I can also improve this by trying to fix things in a group or project that are seen as challenging and try to think of ways to improve them instead of just ignoring them and taking the safe route. I think that improving and continuing to do all of these aspects will help me in the future to be a better leader all around.

Random Act of Kindness Blog #5

A random act of kindness occurs when someone does something selflessly for someone else that makes them feel happy even if it is just a small act. A small act of kindness can go a long way. I realized that even though most of us may not specifically go out of our way to do a random kind act, we usually do something along those lines even if we do not think we are. For instance I can think of many times when I or one of my friends have gone out of the way to help someone out without thinking twice about it or cheering someone up through random little acts. 

For this assignment, I chose to cheer one of my friends and give her a confidence boost. My friend is in the middle of studying for her dental school entrance exam and I can see she has been stressed out lately over it. She has two more weeks until she takes the exam and spends almost every free time studying. I can tell that she is stressed and nervous and just needs a little confidence boost. So for my random act of kindness I decided to give her a bunch of snacks and chocolates that she loves and a note of encouragement for the exam explaining my best wishes and telling her that I think she will do well on the exam. I also know how much she loves surprises so I went to her house and set the stuff on her bed when she was gone and waited until she found it. When she saw the surprise, I could tell that she was happy and that it brightened up her day. She was not expecting it and was so happy when she saw it. She called me instantly when she found it and told me how this made her feel so much better.

After doing this random act of kindness and seeing her response, this also made me feel good. I was happy to see that I brightened up someone else's day and that made my day better too. I noticed that doing a random act of kindness can not only bring joy and happiness to someone else but also make you feel happy just because you were able to cheer someone else up. I know that my friend will do great on her exam and that she just needed more confidence and I think that with my random act she was able to realize that she can do it and she has people supporting her no matter what. Even though my act may not have been over the top, it is the little things that matter and will go a long way in the end and I am glad to have helped make someone else's day a little better. 

Here is a picture of my friend holding up one of her favorite chocolates that I gave her!