Blog #6

The LPI found my top principles to be Model the way and Enable others to act. My lowest was Encourage the heart. I pretty much expected my top principles to be ranked fairly high after completing the survey because it was more personal based, similar to Strengths-quest. I would say Model the way and Enabling others to act are correlated in a sense that when you lead by example others will pattern their actions around yours which ultimately enable others to act. I was a little surprised by lowest principle, Encouraging the heart. I'd like to think I am empathic person, but clearly that is not the case because Empathy didn't make my top 5-10 on the Strengths-quest survey. To put encouraging the heart in context of group leadership, one way I could improve this is to be more of vocal leader. Encouraging my group members at all times to achieve the ultimate goal of the group. This can be a tough task for me because I am not a fan of the "horah" type leaders which is why Model the way was ranked the highest on my LPI. Overall, the LPI survey was very helpful and opened my eyes to the weakness in my leadership skills that need to be improved.

Blog # 5 Random Act of Kindness

For my random act of kindness, I decided to let a friend use one of my swipes at Scotts Traditions. I have the unlimited meal plan and he had the 12 swipes meal plan. He only had 1 swipe left for the week so I thought he would benefit from this. Seeing his reaction made me feel really good about what I did. It was something simple but also something that could have saved him finacially in the long run. I chose to do this because a lot of my friends have the certain amount swipes plan and I always hear them talking about the amount they have and rather or not they should use one at a particular place. It is something they have to be conscious about, whereas I just swipe and go. What I took away from this assignment is that you never know what someone is going through and how you can affect their day both positively or negatively. Kindness is contagious and if we can continue spread that around, our society can be a better place.