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You are a leader Leadership is a precious and rare quality. Do humans inherit it at birth? Or is it acquired through experience or development of the personality?
Self management and self discipline are a part of education. If you have such valuable qualities, you are accepted and appreciated by all. The repercussions of the lack of self management and self discipline could harm you as well as the society around you. It is an accepted fact that leadership is a vocation and that leaders should be servants of the people. However, the servant in you should not be a disgrace upon your leadership. If you want to be a genuine leader, you have to be unbiased and implement rules and regulations carefully, but without being hesitant. Otherwise, you will face problems. When you are at it, you will be criticised and obstructed, but if you are honest and correct, others will realize the value of it later. Unity in action rather than commands determines the success of work and you become popular among others as well. It gives you satisfaction. Others may need your guidance or support, but resent your commands. Your leadership should not be an ornament but should benefit others. You should never be a leader who does everything possible to safeguard your own leadership or rank instead of using your knowledge, experience and even your limited powers to serve others. Religion guides leaders. When the leaders are guided, the followers are also guided and protected. Whatever your religion may be, you are preached that the leaders should be servants. It does not mean that you should do the work of a servant, but should serve for the good of others. You are the leaders of the future. Today you can be a leader of a small group, but that experience will help you to be a leader in society. First you should be a leader to yourself. Only then can you be a leader to others. Leadership should not overrule humanity. Any power which overrules humanity leads to the down- fall of all. There is no leadership without humanity and that leadership is strength received to work for all human beings, the great and the small. Ajith Perera, Teacher of English, Anuruddha Central College, Lunuwila. Junior Observer Quiz : A right royal victory by Chamitha Kuruppu Royal College, Colombo clinched the Junior Observer Quiz Championship, defeating Ananda College, Colombo at the final rounds held at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute on December 8. The Junior Observer organised the Quiz Competition to mark the Universal Children's Day that was celebrated on October 1. The preliminary rounds of the competition were held on November 6 with the participation of over 13 schools from all around the country, where six teams each comprising four members were selected for the next rounds. At the recently concluded competition, the Royal College team comprising K.D.D.D. Kalkapuge, M.P.P.I. Molligoda, H.P. Thilina Damith Hewawasam and N.R. Navaratna entered the finals after winning the quarter final and semi-final rounds. The team scored the highest points throughout the competition. Anandians emerged runner-up after being defeated by the Royalists for 50-20 at the end of the final round. Sanghamitta Girls School, Galle was the second runner-up. All participants walked home with a certificate and a gift pack worth Rs. 900 each. The winning team members were awarded Rs. 3000 each and the first runners-up, Rs. 2000 each as cash prizes. The gifts were sponsored by the Lion's Club International District 306C of Colombo. The six schools which took part in the quarter final rounds were Noor International School-Kalutara, Chinafort Muslim Balika Vidyalaya-Beruwala Minaret High School-Colombo, Sanghamitta Balika Vidyalaya-Galle, Ananda College-Colombo and Royal College-Colombo. At the quarter final rounds, Royal College defeated Noor International for 40-15, Sanghamitta beat Chinafort for 60-30 and Ananda defeated Minaret International for 45-25. During the semi-final round, Royal scored 65, Ananda 45 and Sanghamitta 40 and the two teams which scored the highest points were selected for the finals. Chairman, Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited (ANCL), Dr.Janadasa
Peiris, Governor, Lions Club International District 306C of Colombo,
Kassapa Mahendra de Silva, Director Finance and Marketing, ANCL, Sonali
Rukshana Dissanayake, Chief Administration Officer - Editorial, ANCL,
Rohana Hettiarachchi, Editor, Sunday Observer, Jayatilleke de Silva and
Deputy Administration Officer, ANCL, Stanley Merinnage were present at the
event.
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William Shakespeare, the great playwright, has stated that 'Some are
born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon
them', in his play 'Twelfth Night'. Whatever it may be, I personally
believe that each one of us can be a leader in some way or the other. In
short, one must be one's own master. If not, how can there be self
management and self discipline? It is significant to be discussing this
now as such qualities are fading away from society, children should
inculcate such values in themselves at a young age.
