As someone who is mostly uncomfortable with change, it is important that you find ways to be a leader in an ever-changing world. To be the best and most prepared leader possible, you need to be aware of your core identity and the values, talents and strengths that are included in it. Consistent with Vaill's term, “permanent white water,” the world's tendency to change is inevitable and “continuous.” We as leaders must find ways to adapt and acclimate to these situations. Through discovering my core values, talents and leadership style, I will be able to develop an action plan to turn my talents into strengths and use leadership techniques to best fulfill my ambitions. Although I have many core values, including diligence, happiness, helpfulness, true friendship, freedom, and intelligence, the most significant in my life are love, morality, honesty, and forgiveness. Throughout my life, these particular values ​​have proven essential to becoming the person I wanted to be. “The term leadership involves our self-image and our moral codes” (Values ​​in Leadership). In order to lead and be someone who upholds their values, you need to be fully aware of what is important to them and what drives them. Throughout high school, my values ​​played a key role in the examples I set and people's actions. I was around. For example, one of my best friends wanted to steal a small item from the store we were shopping at. I informed her that I simply would not allow her to do such a thing while I was with her. I couldn't control his actions when I wasn't there, but I would alert someone if he decided to carry out his plot. In this case, Assuming... half of the paper...... going to church at least three times a month, starting in March. Over the next year, I will also take time each evening to read the Bible (at least three chapters) and pray for guidance on the direction my life should take and to further internalize my pre-existing set of values. Additionally, I will go on at least one mission trip before I finish my degree. To develop my talent for individualization, a goal for the next quarter is to keep a journal in which I record one observation of any one person per day. In addition to the observation, I will also explain how this feature could be useful, harmful, etc. This will help sharpen my observation skills making them more meaningful and active. Works Cited Vaill, Peter. Learning as a way of being: Strategies for survival in a permanent whitewater world. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1996. Print.