It would be foolish to think that a leader is without flaws, I am not foolish, therefore, I recognize that I have several areas that I would like to improve upon. The first weakness I find with myself that holds me back from being a better leader is that I procrastinate. I am full of these great ideas and wonderful plans, but often find it is too late, because I chose to do other mindless things, despite the fact that I really did want to accomplish whatever task it may have been. I make ‘to-do’lists’ on a regular basis and find myself putting more X marks through various objectives than check marks (check mark means I completed a task). I also find that when looking back at the list most of the things that I accomplish are of mediocre importance in the grand scheme of things, which is frustrating. Although this is not always the case, it is more frequent than not and I would really like to try and improve in this area.
Another area that I feel I have a sub-par ranking in that holds me back from taking on leadership roles within electronic media in particular is my multimedia skills. Yes, multimedia. I know that is essentially a foundation of my program, but since the beginning I have had more of an interest in doing on camera/ on air work, advertising/marketing or sales in the media sector. I am not confident in the fact that if I had to record video, then cut and edit it all on my own that my final product would be anywhere near as good as what some of my peers are capable of. Nonetheless, I am happy and willing to learn in any way I can, because I understand that I will not just walk in to a news station and automatically be placed on camera or that I will walk in to a radio station and be handed a mic. I dismiss this fear sometimes by reminding myself that my concentration is in broadcast, or that I have a desire to work more in the business side of the media industry, but at the same time I feel graduating with a degree in electronic media would have most assume that I at least can operate a camera properly on my own or that I am proficient in some of the various editing programs/tools.
The final quality that if improved upon, would enable me to be a stronger leader would be my indecisiveness. I often second guess myself about how to create something or on the basis of others opinions. I find that in the end most of the time I should have stuck to my original idea; but out of fear of points being deducted or not getting it quite right the first time, I chose the more safe route. Most of my indecisiveness stems on simple unimportant decisions like what I want for dinner, but I find that it sometimes inhibits my creative process as well and I would like to change that.
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