So, after reading through over half of the class's blogs, I've come to one conclusion....I am very unique. I couldn't find a single person that had the same leadership style as me! After reading Krystal's blog, I learned that she was inspired by Erin Bartle's compassion towards others. DING, DING, DING... then it clicked. I decided to take a look at Erin's blog, and sure enough.. we had two very similar PMAI archetypes (Lover and Caregiver). Even after reading her famous quotes, I knew we had a lot in common. Erin is all about compassion and making a difference in peoples' lives. We can both fall into a trap of focusing on other peoples' needs before our own. We both worry about other people and how they are feeling and try to fix whatever problems exist in those relationships. She admires generous people, and so do I. She also mentioned a movie called "Freedom Writers" and how it represented her leadership style. I had totally forgotten about that movie until now.. and I remembered how much I loved the idea behind it all. I loved Hillary Swank's encouragement and compassion towards her students. She portrayed a truly admirable leader in the movie, and that's something I strive to be in my everyday life.
Because I was only able to find one person that had a similar leadership style as me, it was very easy to find someone who had a different one. After reading Rachael Harris's blog, I knew I wanted to write about our differences. Rachael focuses more on trait-based leadership, whereas I focus more on relationship- based leadership. I also learned that her PMAI archetypes were completely different from mine. She is a Ruler, Jester, and Warrior; whereas I am a Lover, Destroyer, and Caregiver. I found it funny how, despite all of our differences in leadership, we have never had a problem working on group projects together!
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