Leadership Symposium 2016

After what seems like a long, hectic week in terms of academics, especially since we are expecting a week-long break in lieu of the holy week holiday, my last agenda for the end of the week is to attend the Leadership Symposium 2016 conducted by the Business Management Society organization. I was impartial in attending for I had no expectations whatsoever in what this symposium would make of me by the time it finishes. It turns out, this symposium became an inspiration to me to start planning my future. The speakers focused on their achievements and how they give back through various communities but most especially, they discussed how they hit rock bottom when they were of a certain age but bounced back to be successful businessmen.

I, personally, am not so fortunate in terms of having the means to start my own business. I can admit that financially, I may lack cash equivalents to make big in the business world but I also realised, that is where it starts. You have to start from the ground up to make it big in the future. I may have nothing now but as long as I work hard and strive to be on top, I will get there. The qualities all these speakers had in common are their determination and passion to have the life they’ve always dreamed of. They were not ashamed to be stepped on as they were starting, and most definitely, they were not ashamed to start as mere dish washers and the like.

My first year high school math teacher once told me “The harder you fall, the higher you bounce back.” And this simple line hit me the hardest since I was slacking off during my first year in High School, especially in her subject. But I worked hard to get back up, I had to face criticism from my classmates who were judging me for needing a tutor and I had to spend long hours trying to figure out the lessons and such. But all these paid work for at the end of my high school life, I graduated with an Academic Excellence Award and a grade in Mathematics of 95%.

I saw myself in those speakers. I know my problems are petty as of the moment but it’s gravity to my future is widespread. I know if I continue my mentality of being a pessimist, I would get no where. So I am aware that I have to bring back that attitude - the determination to do my best in everything I do and not succumb to demoralisation every failure.

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