Leadership Skills Gained
I feel that my leadership skills have grown in a few ways as a result of completing this study. For one thing others have started to see me as an example. I noticed that during the time I was working on my project and after I presented it at various conferences, that many of my fellow students have come up to me for advice on how they can complete their research more effectively. This stuck out to me because I know that people will always be watching me in my career and in my home. It is important as a leader to set a good example and work hard. I also think an important part of being a leader is putting in long hours in order to make sure the project gets done. At the end of the day, things need to get done and someone has to take responsibility to meet deadlines. I definitely have seen myself developing this skill. A lot of the time during this project, there were things that I knew would take a long time to do such as writing the paper, reviewing the literature and coding the data....
