Some people says a leader is always on the controversial table. So it is much better to be a follower.
However, I think it is worth experience in being a leader in some aspects. This is because you can have chance to develop your skill as a leader and enlarge personal social network.
To being with, you can discover your aptitude and develop your skill as a leader. A leader should have a lot of skills to control everything such as members, plan, strategies and so on in a team. Don't be afraid that you don't think you have these skills. You do not know if you have these aptitude within. These skills can be developed If you become a leader, then you can take advantages of being a leader than those who doesn't take a chance. For example, from my experience, I became a leader of my department in my university. I was very afraid of taking responsibility for my department. However, I didn't know what benefts waited for me and just tried my best at that time. Sometimes it's so hard to play a role of a leader. However. as I look back at this time, I was able to develop how to control a large of people, how to make a plan for a field trip and how to win a competition for college festival. Being a leader taught me a lot of leader skills.
On tope of that, you can have a chance to enlager your personal network. A leader have a bunch of oppotunities to meet a variety of people from different field. It can be awkward to meet new people every time. However, these people can big helps when you have a trouble. For example, my uncle who was a leader in his department was fired from company due to bad economy. He was 45 years old so he knew that it was going to tought to get another job. However, one person whom my uncles met for a business when he was a leader offered him to work in his company, so my uncle could start working again. That person said later that he was so impressed by my uncle's working style as a leader when he met my uncle.
To sum up, being a leader has much greater advantages than just being a follower. This is because not only you can achieve great skills of being a leader, but also you can have a wide personal network. Therefore, you shouldn't miss being s leader and try to be a leader.
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