Thursday nights speech from Robert Temple was very interesting. Learning about the nuclear power plant that he runs was exciting. I never knew how much went into running a nuclear power plant before or even what they really did. He had many new takes on what holding a leadership role is. He was a firm believer in that there is no true definition for a leader and I agree with him on that. Leadership is not something that you can put into one sentence it is the type of character that you portray and the life that you live. Each person has their own way of being a leader. He also talked about his career and how he got to where he is now and he said that all the leadership opportunities that he participated in helped him get where he was but being a leader doesn't automatically mean that you are going to get that job/position that you want it is everything put together that makes you qualified.

Diana Patten was a very informative and exciting speaker. For one she taught me a lot about the career services office that I did not previously know. I look forward to using their resources that are available in order to progress in my career. The activity that she did for us was very interesting and involved a great deal of trust and when you have a leadership role it is important to have trust in your peers. Her power point made many good points on what being a leader is and is not. She also pointed out how many different types of leaders there are and that was a new perspective that I had not looked at ever before. Going through high school I always thought that a leader meant that you had to have a higher position but it does not mean that at all and she made this very clear in her speech.

I thought that Katie Roger did an excellent job speaking. It really inspired me to get more involved in campus activities. Seeing people that are just like me so involved in Coe College helped me know that I can be part of all of it too. All of her props were excellent things to bring with her to help us visualize her speech and keep in fresh in our minds. Also having Lucas and Mitchell was nice to have other perspectives because all of them had different leadership involvement. It was great to hear all three of their stories and how their involvement at Coe has shaped their leadership skills.

I really enjoyed the session where Katie Roger came in to talk to us. Its good to have students from Coe relate a message to us because they know what were going through and they've been in our shoes. I really liked what Mitchell said, where being a leader doesn't have to be a defined role like being the president of a club (doesn't require a title) but it can mean just being involved and trying a bunch of new things. And I think thats really important to know. From this session I learned a lot about starting new clubs or organizations on campus and how you can get funding for those organziations

This exercise showed that people can accomplish more when they work together. This is because when I combined my answers with other people I improved my score. This exercise was very important because in life so many things that we do are with groups. If you want to be successful in life you must be able to work with other people.

Ben Zander was the most positive man I have ever seen. He was more concerned with the process of learning rather than grades. It would be great if all teachers would be like Zander, because if that was the case we would not have to worry about grades. This would be great because in college grades put a lot of pressure on students.

These videos showed how important it can be just to go out of your way and help one person. It shows that you can change peoples life. The video when the two guys helped the cook was my favorite, because it just showed that someone can turn their life around with the help of other people. In the future I will try to help people that may be struggling with life.