Saving the animals from explosives.

We had the difficult challenge of saving animals from explosives inside a sink and we had to move these explosives out of there without setting them off. First of all we made a code of conduct while trying to solve these problems. Examples of this code was like listening to every ones ideas and showing respect to your peers, this helped us get things done faster and we didn't get frustrated with group members.
Then we moved onto trying create ways to move the marbles from sink to sink. we came up with three different ways of doing this and even though one didn't work out so well we still remain respectful towards our group members.
We created a if then graph to show the effect our actions took and we saved the animals.

The law of choice

Everyday we are given choices to make that will effect the outcome of your day and even your life. The law of choice is a very powerful tool that we use that shapes leaders. Like our speaker Tim Jones we make hundreds of choices a day, and we need to start thinking about the effect that these choices have on our life. These choices can be very simple like what kind of donuts you want or what kind of college to go to.

Not only is the law of choice used to make simple decisions it can really impact a leaders life. A leader needs to know how to responded to challenging decisions quickly. A leader know that these decisions will greatly effect the the lives of his or her followers as well.

Going Green

My mom started to teach me the value of going green as a young child. Be raised in that kind of enviorment where you learn to respect things around you helped me greattly in the future about how i treat my familly,friends,and the planet.
When you hear that someone is environmentally safe you think of them as a "hippe" or other things. But you don't have to be a hippe to help the planet about going green. Just do little things like bringing a water bottle, picking up trash, and recycling. These small things can make big diffrences for the future of this planet which we need to help, becasue we don't want our kids living in a poisned world.

Be a follower

Watching the video of the man dancing  kinda help me see what it takes to be the first follower. If you are the man who was dancing by yourself, you need some courage to stand out there in front of everyone, and display your awesomeness to the world. the first follower is the bravest though. You need to stand up and follow and support the person while no one else is. If you do this you should stick with it and not give up on the person you are following, and don't let him do all the work make sure you are pulling others with you so they to can follow. There is no movement without the first follower

My Three Goals

1.Find out what college to attend before I graduate, I will accomplish this goal by applying to at least one college before thanksgiving.

2. Study for my act exam at least once everyday for thirty mins before bed.

3.Try to contacted my older brothers by email, face book, or cellphone at least once a week just to check up with them.

My core values

1.Character- this value goes over most basic character terms like honesty,kindness,and work ethic.

2.Family- I put my family first on alot of things and always work to keep healthy relationships with parents and

siblings, because you will be happy if you have a good relationship with family.

3. Faith- I try to live by my faith and relationship with god everyday and put his teachings into my life

4. Friendship- having good friends with the same morals and values as yourself lets you live a more meaning full life. Good friends help you keep accountable of your actions

5.Health- This helps me live better and have more energy to pursue my goals.

Leadership with Will Smith

As the third week of leadership rolled around we watched a very inspirational movie called the Pursuit of Happiness. The movie stared Will smith as a inventor/ salesman as he tired to become a stock broker for a major company. His dream as he tired to become one was happiness, but to get to his final dream he had to follow the following instructions, which where dreams,risk,opportunity,and determination.
I chose risk as the most important factor to pursue a idea. You need need to be ready to give something up in order to achieve your goal for Will he gave up his home in order to reach his idea. Don't try to get to your goal by the easy way or you won't really reap the benefits, you have to put everything on the line and willing to fall down on your face.

On my 80th Brithday.....

    So if I was still alive for my 80th birthday and I was surrounded by friends and family, and they where all inspired someway by my actions what would they say? I hope that they would say or felt these things about me and how i was a great inspiration.
    I  want people to not necessarily say something about me but i want them to tell me when they look at my offspring that they see my attitude and drive for life inside of them.That would make me feel like I did something in my lifetime.
    I also think they would say how about how much time i used in my life to get to know my friends and family. t always take extra time to find out what motivates everyone around me. By showing kindness towards people I can find out how they live there lives so I can be a better leader for them.
    Also I want to be remembered about how much I had fun in my life time.Some people go through there lives as boring people who never really live life to have fun but everything is a chore for them. Living a fun filled life is great, but I have to remember to keep my purpose my main focus. People would like it better to follow someone who can lead great and have fun at the same time. 

My Daily Dozen

This is my daily dozen these are the things that are going to affect my attitude and help me become a better leader each day

1.Let your faith guide you
2.Find a close and good set of friends
3.Do what others won't
4.Enjoy the little things.
5.Reach out a helping hand to those who need it.
6.Be the first one to step up to a challenge
7.Don't take things for granted
8.Be forgiving
9.Try and live positive
10.Pick myself up when I fall and learn from it
11.Focus on changing myself before i change others
12.Find something or someone who inspires you

My first week in LD

"we have to make peace an attitude. Then we have to make it a habit.Finally, we can then make it our lifestyle, and then we can share of around the world-not just talk about it."

This was a quote from a boy named Mattie Stepanek who was a great inspiration for me this week, his message helped me understand the basics to start sharing your ideas with others and becoming a leader. First you need to make your passion  your attitude, I will use my faith as an example, once my faith is an attitude I can go around my everyday life living by it. But attitude isn't enough if you want to share ,you must then make it your habit and then your lifetyle only then can you share it with the world. You should believe in your faith or idea first before you share becasue nobody will belive it also if you yourself can not firmly believe it. Then you have to take the intivative and spread your faith and ideas to the world. I am going to start living by these principles so I to can share and become a leader.