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Young Leader

Good morning ladies and gentlemen,

The honorable adjudicators

The honorable all of audience

And all of participant who i love

First of all, let us give thanks to the presence of the Almighty God, because for the blessing
so we can gather today in this place. In this moment, I also want to say thank you for the
chance that you given to me to standing in front all of you to give my speech about “Young
Leader”.

As a younger, I have an interest to discuss and talk about young leader, because for me it is
time for us, the younger, to prepare ourselves to be a good leader. Before we talk more about
young leader, I want us to have the same perspective about leader. What is leader?

There are so many definitions of leader. One of that is the person who holds a dominant or
superior position within its field, and is able to exercise a high degree of control or influence
over others. Furthermore, based on the dictionary, leader is the person who leads or
commands a group, organization, or country. But for me, a leader is the person who has skill
and knowledge to lead and inspire group or organization to achieve the goals of the group or
organization.

Talking about young leader, it means we talk about the role of younger to lead not only a
group but also organization or even the country. In Indonesia, the younger is symbolize of the
spirit that never fades, so it is important for everyone to consider and pay more attention to
the existence of young people in the future.

Ladies and gentlemen, there are some of characters that people must have to be a good leader,
such as:

1. Have knowledge, morality, and integrity


2. The leader has to make decisions and take the responsible for his/her decisions
3. The leader acts honestly
4. Leaders can influence not influenced
5. Leaders must be a good listener
6. The leader should encourages and motivates
7. The leader becomes a role model

Therefore, it is important to encourage young people to learn more about leadership. Every
element, started from government, school, family, and so on must be taking a part to support
younger to prepare themselves to be a great leader in the future. There so many activities that
can help younger to be more mature and suitable to be a young leader, such as “One Young
World" activities which held in London every year. This activity was attended by 1.500
young people from 192 countries in the world. This activity aims to provide a means for
young people in the world to practice critical thinking and present their concepts for world
improvement in the future.

Ladies and Gentleman, the description of the importance of the role of young people has been
conveyed by the first President of Indonesia, namely Bung Karno in one of his slogans:" Give
me 10 youths, and I will shake the World.” Through this slogan there are two things we can
learn, namely:

The first, younger from time to time is always positioned as a central part of the community
and world changes.

Secondly, the role of youth is taking a big part to face the problems of community. For
example, in Indonesia, government already gave youth to involve and contribute in
community problem solving. Moreover, government also gives youth the chance to learn
more and prepare their selves to be a good leader through some programs, such as
scholarship. This chance is given to the youth who has a great personality, integrity,
intelligent, and tend to be a leader.

Indeed, the lack of youth involvement is one of the significant factors of the failure of
community problem solving.

Ladies and Gentleman,

As a conclusion, every country, especially Indonesia must look at the opportunities and face
the challenges of youth leadership, so younger can take more part to develop their country.
We must provide enough space for young leaders to contribute to the country.

There is one more quote which was revealed by Anies Baswedan:

"It is true that Young people do not have enough experience, so that they do not offer the
past. Young people offer a future"

So for every young people, I want to ask you to prepare yourself, so you can offer a good
future for your country and the world.

Ladies and Gentleman, that is the speech that I can express, I hope, it will be useful for all of
us. Thank you

Nama: Nadila Matasik

Kelas: XI MIPA 1

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