Leadership is one of key elements to succeed in life. Many people envy others who show excellence in leadership believing that they are born with the talent. However, leadership is not the quality that people only can dream about but it can be gained through experience and social interaction.
First of all, experience is the best teacher. Through a variety of experiences, ranging from insignificant to significant ones, people have opportunity to discover their personalities and talents. For instance, through mistakes, people can learn from and improve to become a better person. To take a personal example, one of my friends was extremely shy to the point that he had serious problems of interacting with people around him. He was always found alone and always looked blunt and impassive. He could overcome his weakness through a leadership camp called Voice that was held for 2 days. Through a variety sessions such as fun activities getting to know other participants and seminars on tips to become a leader. As a result, he was elected as a SRC, the school's vice president, in year 12. His example establishes the fact that one who showed no leadership in the first place can become a leader through particular experience.
On top of that, social life is important. Meeting a range of people working in different fields opens a gate into the new world. Also, sharing opinions with them widens one's perspectives and naturally instills how to accept other people's ideas and respect them. If one knows many people possessing various interests and characteristics and is able to keep a stable relationship with them, it means one can interact with anyone. This proves the ability to control, lead and unite the followers who may have different backgrounds as a whole to achieve the same goal. This combination is so called leadership which means everyone can expand leadership if they consciously or unconsciously practice interacting with a variety of people. In addition, not avoiding any chances to meet new people or not being afraid to work with people with contradicting assertions can pave a way to a successful leader.
In conclusion, people should not renounce easily thinking that they are not capable of being a leader. There is a saying that if you are determined, 50% is already done. This conveys that with endless effort and passion people can accomplish whatever they desire.
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