Public Speaking

I absolutely loved this week's lecture on Public Speaking! It was very beneficial to me, for next week I am going to go back home to my high school and perform a speech when I go crown the next Daffodil Princess.

In my community, there its a huge Daffodil Festival, which has been taking place in the Puyallup Valley for 77 years. A princess is chosen from each school based on a interview with the judges, a one minute speech, and answering an improv question. I was selected last year to represent my high school as a Daffodil Princess and now I get to give up my crown to the next princess. Through being a Daffodil Princess, I had the opportunity to do a lot of public speaking whether it was in front of the entire student body, at an elementary school, in city council meeting, and even nursing homes. I even spoke at my high school graduation. I feel like I have had a lot of experience with public speaking, but the lecture this week was so beneficial! I really learned various methods in how to present a speech that actually captivates the audience, while still presents the point I am trying to make.

In the future, I will most likely be speaking as a Princess for the Daffodil Festival, which is where most of my public speaking experience comes from. I can also see myself speaking as a Professional Clown, whether it be at a birthday party, corporate event, or possibly a clown convention. Though I am undecided in what to major in, or what career to pursue, I know I will probably be doing a lot of speaking as a representative of a company or lecturing about a field in which I have expertise.

In my leadership role, I will most likely use my public speaking skills to present what ideas I have for Freeze Fest to the other members of the BYUSA activities committee, and speaking to volunteers and various students to advertise Freeze Fest. I can also use my public speaking in my other leadership role as First Counselor in the Relief Society Presidency in my hall, whether announcing upcoming events, or teaching a lesson.

Official Princess Picture

April Fools with Santa and the Easter Bunny

 Signing Autographs at Recess

time management...

This weeks lecture was on balance and time management, and is probably the most applicable to my life out of all the lectures we have had thus far. I have had a difficult time managing my time while being a BYU, there is so many things to juggle and its hard to have a stick to a set schedule when I have different classes at different times everyday. The one principle that I am going to strive to be better at is being proactive verses reactive. I need to start planning what I need to do things ahead of time instead of waiting for an opportunity to find time, which will never come.

A prime example of this, I regret to say is completing this blog post in time. I usually write my blogs every Friday, because that is when I would find time, which seemed to work okay for me. But this Friday, I had the most stressful day ever, and I was completely overwhelmed that I forgot to complete my blog. I remembered on Sunday, but decided that I wouldn't ever do homework on Sunday because I want to keep the sabbath day Holy. So here I am sitting in the hallway before class writing my blog.

I can honestly say that I learned my lesson, and I actually planned my whole week ahead of time, so any little stress that pops up won't let me completely forget the assignments that I have to do. Instead of waiting to find time, which just wouldn't happen, I am planning ahead. By doing this will also strengthen my capability to fulfill my leadership role, because I will be more prepared. Instead of focusing of the stress, I would be better able to serve and fulfill my role in advertising for Freeze Fest in BYUSA, as well as being the first counselor in the Relief Society Presidency.

Divine Centered Leadership

This weeks lecture was very powerful. We went over various definitions of divined centered leadership, my definition would be doing what the Lord would have me do. And I think this definition pretty much sums it up. We need to live each moment remembering Christ and trying to live as he did, whether that is being called in an official leadership position, or just being a friend. We need to be more in-tune with the Holy Ghost so we would be able to make the most of our time here. Reflecting on the past week, I realize I could have done so much more to follow Christ, and become more of a divined centered leader, by not getting caught up in all my pity worries and be more self less. In the lecture the speaker described Jesus Christ and his leadership being:

-at the right place, at the right time
I can really testify of this because someone has been at the right place at the right time for me. I will be having a horrible day, and someone did something to show me that I was loved. They were really an answer to my prayer, and were in-tuned with the Holy Ghost. I can apply this principle to my leadership postion in BYUSA as well as being First Counselor in the Relief Society Presidency, by praying for the Holy Ghost to lead me to do what He would have me do, and being there for others who need that extra bit of love.

-love
Love is so important. God is love, and we need to recognize that others need to be loved as much as we do. The eyes of world views everyone on the outside, we are constantly being judged by out outward appearance, which does not show the beauty of a person on the inside. I Lord looketh on the heart, (1 Samuel 16:7) and we should as well, loving everyone for who they truly are, as well as ourselves. We need to see the infinite worth and potential in everyone we come across( D&C 14:7), and loving, serving, and doing all we can for them because they are children of God, and they are worth it.

There is so much I can improve upon in my leadership positions, and in my life. There is so much more I can do, Christ did everything for me as well as everyone else, and I don't want to let him down by wasting my time here, when I could be leading others to him.

I am just a Clown

I was absolutely giddy to get back my results from the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator test, I have been unsure about my major and I figured the result would allow me to make my decision clearer. Before we looked at our results, we were asked to guess what type we would fall into, and I guessed my exact results! I guess I know myself better than I think I do! I am a ENFP, being

E-Extraversion, focusing on the outer world of people and activity
N-Intuition, using intuition, taking information from patterns and the big picture
F-Feeling, tending to make decisions based primarily on values, and person centered concerns
P-Perceiving, preferring to be flexible and spontaneous, keeping options open

With these results I am able determine not only what career would be best for me but what kind of leader I am. I am more of the leader who focuses on the people and service, rather than mere facts and numbers. I can use these results in my leadership position being a committee member for BYUSA's Freeze Fest, I can lead the BYU student body to participate in Freeze Fest by being extroverted, perceiving what the students what, focusing on the individuals, and creating a flexible, spontaneous environment where the students can have fun and become more involved with campus activities.

The results from this test intrigued me to do more research on how these traits can impact other outlets of my life. I found a great website that goes into great detail on how these traits can affect my relationships, friendships, parenting, personal growth, potential problem areas, career path, and ten rules to live by.
http://www.personalitypage.com/ENFP.html

Reading the analysis of ENFP really freaked me out on how well they were able to know my habits, and qwerks! It was bizarre how well I could relate to their findings! What I did not expect was how well the career paths would relate to my desires in a career. The top choice being a child care provider, which spot on because my biggest dream is to be a mom, and the next being an artist. My passion is clowning around, and being a clown is an art in my opinion. Though I could just drop out of college and become a clown full time, I need a more stable career that I can tie clowning into. Further down the list, another career that would fit my personality type is being a counselor and a pediatrician, which make so much sense! I love people, and I love to get to know people and help in any way that I can. With these careers, I would also be able to be a clown in a sense, because laughter is the best medicine and can truly help people heal faster whether they are physically or mentally ill. So, I'm going to do some more praying, and see which what I should major in and where I could be the most benefit to other people using my specific personality.