Are all girl FIRST team counterproductive to the philosophy of FIRST?

[thefro526]

Originally Posted by Dancin103

Why must a strong leader have an ego? This part I'm curious about. The leaders we are all inspired by in FIRST, male or female, do not necessarily have this "ego complex" that is being suggested. Yes, ok most leaders have egos, but every strong mentor I can think of does not. My question is, again, why must a strong leader have an ego? To me, having ego is a bad thing, and if we are trying to get more women involved in mentoring FIRST teams, let them be all male, all female, or a co-ed team, why would we want them to pursue having a negative attribute.

I don't know, this one line really tripped me up. Just my $0.02.

Cass

Cass, an ego isn't always a bad thing.

I'm an avid believer that "you are what you think you are", so if you think you're a rock star mentor, then you act like rock star mentor and eventually you become a rockstar mentor. You don't necessarily need to have a bad ego, or one where you think that you're the best, you just need to believe in what you're able to do... Or something like that.

-Dustin.

[Dancin103]

Originally Posted by thefro526

Cass, an ego isn't always a bad thing.

I'm an avid believer that "you are what you think you are", so if you think you're a rock star mentor, then you act like rock star mentor and eventually you become a rockstar mentor. You don't necessarily need to have a bad ego, or one where you think that you're the best, you just need to believe in what you're able to do... Or something like that.

-Dustin.

Dustin, I definitely agree with you here. I guess to me, hearing the word ego, always seems to strike as a negative thing.

Cass