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J U N E / J U LY 2 0 1 9 M A C O N M A G A Z I N E . C O M | 2 7 to become a leader. Your actions and your words make you a leader if they are inspirational because they make people respect you and look up to you. John Quincy Adams once said, "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then you are a leader." Leaders are needed to influence and inspire others, so leaders can't just be like anybody else; they have to be uncommon. They have to be rare. They have to be different in order to stand out to others as inspiring. So, if you want to be the inspiration, you can confidently be uncommon, rare and different! You can be a leader! While being a leader is very important to be the inspiration, love and care make a huge impact on the way you inspire others. To be able to inspire more intensely, you must really want people to succeed, and that desire for their success comes from love and care for the other person and their future. Also, remember that others always come before oneself. If you have love and care for the people who follow you, then you will have a genuine desire for them to reach their full potential. An inspirational person should definitely have that loving and caring desire. In conclusion, anyone can be the inspiration, it just takes leadership, love, care and a desire to help others reach their full potential. Inspiration can happen anywhere: at school, on a sports team, at work, at home. Wherever you are, there are endless opportunities to inspire somebody. Basketball player Kobe Bryant summed it up perfectly when he said, "The most important thing is to try and inspire people, so that they can be great in whatever they want to do." So, to conclude my speech, I want to challenge each of you this week, will you inspire? Will you be a leader? Will you love and care for others? Will you "be the inspiration?" – AVERY SCOTT draft beer selections! 32 •••GREAT MEXICAN FOOD••• OPEN BEFORE, DURING & AFTER MERCER EVENTS NOW OPEN FOR WEEKEND BRUNCH MERCER VILLAGE | 478.254.7707