Wanda's Oratory UB 08

[Good (morning / afternoon) ladies and gentlemen in the audience, I will now deliver my speech on: Leader in Action.]
What is a leader?
According to John C. Maxwell a leader is a person that masters skills such as: disciplined, relationships, attitude and respect.
Some people believe that a leader is a person who speaks for others, or the one who raises his voice so his words can be heard. I believe a leader is someone that leads by example!
No matter who we are or where we come from, we can all be leaders!
Nowadays, some teenagers constantly express that they are not leaders; following others thinking is cool to perform the same way as someone else in order to fit in the crowd. Sadly, this is the reason why many join gangs and become followers instead.
In fact, this doesn’t have to be like that, because inside of all of us we have the capacity to be successful leaders. Probably, we are not good at everything, but there is always something that we are good at, so parting from there, we can become leaders at what we can do best.

-Take Martin Luther King Jr. as an example.
Martin Luther King Jr. was a leader who impacted the world with his mighty voice. He spoke; he raised his voice, proclaimed and said: “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character”. He fought, not only for his own rights, but for the rights of all living beings. An individual who spoke out his dreams to the world and those words were heard. His words were the cry of millions, but no one heard these cries until Martin Luther King Jr. stood up and spoke.
-Bringing freedom!
-Bringing peace!
-and stopping segregation!
These things were obtained by just standing up and speaking out loud. It only took one person for all of this to occur, so without doubts, Dr. King is one of the greatest examples of becoming a leader.
Another great example of leadership which impacted the world was Mahatma Gandhi. He led his country to independence, becoming one of India’s greatest leaders. Gandhi is known today around the world for his example of leadership and virtue.
On one hand we have to acknowledge some worldwide, well known leaders such as:
-Rigoberta Menchu: recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and The Prince of Austria’s Award
-Nelson Mandela: President of South Africa. Leader of the African National Congress which led his country to the first multi-racial election
-Princess Diana of Whales: also known as Lady Di. An advocator of AIDS Awareness and Spoke activist against landmines

On the other hand we have leaders which are unfortunately only known at their own little neighborhoods, but nonetheless as important as all those well-known people!
Do you know who Julio Ramirez is? Maybe you do not know him, but I do! Despite his limitations, he decided to stand up and work for those in need within his community. Julio decided to become a leader in his community and make a difference, by remembering everyone to be loving and compassionate toward others.
By seeing the lives of these people, helps us to acknowledge that we have to raise our voices in order to be heard. We can and have to become good leaders and stop being followers, stop imitating the bad things that other people do. Leading not only with our voices, but with our daily actions!
True leaders always make their words heard. Leadership is not a word; it’s what one decides to be today. True leaders speak for those who need to be heard. A leader tries to make a difference in ones society, country and even the world.

This is my question: Are you a leader or just a follower?
-You select!
-You choose your destiny!
-Today is the day to decide!

We can reach leadership today, its right there for us and it’s not impossible to reach. Just by standing here and speaking about leadership helps to become a leader.

Today, I stand here eager and full of hope that my message could encourage every one of you to stand up and let others listen to your voice!
-Let us make a difference in the world!
-You can not wait for this to get any better by itself!
-You should stand up today!
Raise your voice; let everyone listen to your words. Let those words be filled with love and compassion. Let us lead not thinking of us, but in everyone else’s looking within people’s hearts, seeing what’s inside of them and by doing this we all can say:
-I am a leader!



Thank You!