Google image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAt Jackson State University\u2019s annual Leadership Symposium, students gathered inside of the Student Center Ballroom on Oct. 16 to obtain advice on how to be an effective leader.<\/p>\n
Logan Rena, professional speaker, self-love coach and author, led the symposium for the night. She encouraged all leaders in attendance to embody confidence and how to be prepared to take the world by storm.<\/p>\n
Rena stood firmly on knowing who you are, elaborating that if you do not discover who you are personally, you will not be happy in anything you do. She shared a list of words that she reads every day and had the students stand up to read each word aloud; she even shouted out several podcast and books that she listens to and reads daily.<\/p>\n
In an effort to help students become more comfortable with meeting new people, Rena came with three exercises that required the attendees to move around and find a stranger. The objective was for students to learn a new characteristic about themselves.<\/p>\n
Briana Henderson, a junior business major from Byram, Miss., feels that self-awareness is an essential feature that she learned is essential to having.<\/p>\n
\u201cI learned that in order to be great you have to know yourself. The best thing you can do before you leave campus is know who you are. I will learn who I am before I leave this campus, so I can be successful in my career. I left with the upmost confidence,\u201d said Henderson.<\/p>\n
Rena also spoke about the importance of surrounding yourself with positive and like-minded people.<\/p>\n
\u201cHaving people who are in different majors or different careers in your circle keeps you extremely open minded and has you always learning something new. It keeps you in a growth mindset and will always have you striving to do better, which refers back to those exercises mentioned earlier,\u201d said Rena.<\/p>\n
Gloria Brown, a junior biology major from Jackson, Miss., said the event was a great way to self-reflect.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of the biggest things I\u2019ve learned from this event was that it is very essential to learn self before anything else. I felt that I left with a sense of wanting to do greater for myself and my community. I feel that was an eye opener and that I needed to do better,\u201d said Brown.<\/p>\n
Brown continued, \u201cMy thoughts during the whole thing was that I am going to make a difference but the question, \u2018What in?\u2019 still stands. I can make money off my passion I just have to narrow it down to what is my true passion. JSU should definitely have these more.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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