Entry 41: Leaders in the Making

Choose someone, fictional or nonfictional, historical or contemporary, whom you consider to be a leader. Suppose you are this person’s primary advisor. How would you advise this person and why?
--Claremont McKenna

• In my opinion, I would say that Sarah Liu, my classmate, is my contemporary leader. Why? This is because she is one of the best students in my class, and being friends with her motivates me to study hard so I don't fall so far behind her in terms of score and make myself feel bad.
• If I were to advise Sarah in anything, I would tell her to work as hard as she can, but still, she should spend every single moment studying. Instead, she should enjoy herself sometimes, and be more active and athletic. Why would I advise her in such a way? Well, this is because I believe that she already has good enough scores, so she doesn't have to be studying every single moment other than the times that she eats and sleeps. I would advise her to relax because relaxing will allow one to recuperate from stress, and I believe that this is something everyone should do, not just Sarah. Finally, I would advise her to exercise more and be more active and athletic because she barely exercises, and she's not exercising lately because of junior year, and this will have a bad impact on her health. She should work out some time to maintain her health and keep strong, or else her immune system might weaken and she might become sick. Then, all her efforts into studying would be wasted.