Waching daily Sep 1 2017

My name is Tarang and my hometown is West Palm Beach, FL.

I went to a local elementary school, then got into a magnet program middle school in

the county after auditioning to be a communications major (Bak Middle School of the Arts).

I went to my local high school after that where I spent some of my best years receiving

top class education, participating in many community service activities including fundraising

for Dance Marathon and leading organizations such as the Environmental Honor Society which

I was in for all four years.

I accepted to come to UF as a finance major, with the hopes of starting my own company

one day.

With all this in mind, the totem of the raven truly reflects who I am.

Being highly enthusiastic and a natural entrepreneur are both characteristics that I see in myself.

The totem also continues with a description of how charming comes easily to those falling

under the raven, and I could relate to that due to the nature of my friendships and every

time I meet new people.

Another trait that I share with this totem is that of being diplomatic and idealistic,

thus leading others to ask me to hear my views and opinions on almost any situation.

I always weigh both sides in an argument, considering that there will always be wrongs

that either decisions that have to be accounted for to successfully gain the support of peers

in any environment.

There are several leadership concepts that I am interested in learning including the

psychodynamic approach and adaptive leadership.

Taking two years of college level psychology in high school taught me much about the merits

of the psychodynamic approach but also that it has its issues such as a lack of much scientific

support.

I want to learn about some statistical analyses or better studies on the deriving of success

from the leader and member relationships as they certain to the productive of certain

business and organizations.

Besides the psychodynamic approach, adaptive leadership caught my eye.

It seems to be such a powerful part of a leader and follower relation, for it has the strength

to allow a team to endure the most difficult times and still not end productivity.

Being able to cope with the drastic changes that may occur quite often is a survival skill

for leaders and their followers.

I want to learn about case studies involving this form of leadership and the hardships

that need to be endured in order to bring a group of followers on the same mindset as

one individual above them.