Patience is probably one of the things I lack the most which is one of the very important traits that a leader should have. I believe that being the eldest child has made me the way I am. Being the eldest sibling comes with a lot of pros and cons, and has also been a huge reason for my short temper and lack of patience. I think my upbringing and home life have been a great factor in why I don't have much of it. I have grown up as the eldest sibling. Being the eldest gives you a lot of responsibility, but also a lot of freedom that my younger siblings do not have. Parenting my younger siblings, and just living with them in general, has affected my patience. Let's be honest, what older sibling has patience for their younger brother or sister? Not very many, but I know that I certainly do not. I try to work on being more patient every day, knowing that it's something I have to work on. To be a good leader you need to have patience, it's a must. I know that patience is something I have to work on based on how I react to certain situations. I notice that I tend to snap at my younger siblings when they upset me over something small and unimportant. Such as asking me to help them with a simple task or taking my things without asking me in advance. I need to change those habits because they can get me into trouble a lot of the time, which is something I obviously don't want, but is sometimes deserved based on my response. Those are just a couple of examples of many times that I will over react instead of responding in a patient and orderly manner. I hope to one day become a more patient person. I hope to learn to not over react as much as I do now. My grandpa is probably the most patient person I have ever met so I can try to learn from the best. He is a very selfless person and is always doing things for other people, no matter what. I will continue to look up to him in hopes of being as patient as he is one day. He is a gem. I have always been told to be patient and to wait for things, and hearing those words always made me feel more impatient. I would sit and tell myself to just be patient, but I then realized sitting there and thinking about it made me feel worse and more stressed out. I think this happened because I would be so incredibly focused on trying to be patient that it just started to upset me. Some things I have been trying to do to improve my patience is to not hyper fixate on things, I'm trying to “patiently” wait for. I also try my best to think before I speak, which prevents me from snapping or getting easily triggered by small things. Becoming a more patient person is definitely a difficult task but has gotten easier considering I have been more aware of it. If you can relate to having a difficult time being patient try not to focus so much on things and just let it happen naturally. I have realized over time that good things come from being patient. Yes it does sound a little cliché, but it's true.
Amelia H
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