The Changemaker

The great British army officer and one-time Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Winston Churchill, once said, "The price of greatness is responsibility."  We may not be able to decide the course of life's daily events or circumstances, but we can change our attitude to each of them. As a youth who aspires to reach the highest level of leadership and service, I have learnt through interactions with teachers and mentors, that taking responsibility is a key rung on the ladder of success. One of the qualities that makes a great leader is his ability to take responsibility for his actions as well as occurences on his team. The speed of a man's life journey can be measured by the actions he takes. Things do not just happen out of the blues - they are the end results of human actions. One of the reasons why countries, companies, institutions, families and other relationships suffer setback and major crisis, is due to the ability of the leaders to ta