Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa was a roman catholic that was born in Skopje, Macedonia on 26
August 1910. After her birth, she was baptized as Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. At the
age of 18, she decided that she wanted to be a nun and went to Dublin as the
Sisters of Loreto. After she was trained in Dublin, she took her initial vows as a nun
and began to work in St. Mary’s High School for 17 years. After she had worked
there, she went to the Himalayan foothills in a train, but was called by Jesus Christ to
abandon teaching to work in the slums of Calcutta aiding the city’s poorest and
sickest people. Then, she started her work as the Missionary of Charity to help
people lying in poverty. When the Missionary of Charity expanded, she was
rewarded with the “Peace Prize” from Pope John XXIII, “Kennedy Prize”, “Nehru
Prize” , “Albert Schweitzer Prize”, “Nobel Peace Prize”, “States Presidential Medal of
Freedom”, “Bharat Ratna”, “Congressional Medal Award”, “U Thant Peace Award”,
and the “Honorary Citizenship of the United States. She died in Kolkata, India on 5
September 1997 at the age of 87 due to her deteriorating health. She was beatified
by Pope John Paul II during 2003 and was cantonized as Saint Teresa on 4
September 2016 in St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City.
Although she was popular for her life and work, but she had faced many
controversial such as facing criticism for her vocal endorsement of some of the
Catholic Church’s more controversial doctrines. So, she spoke a quote during her
1979 Nobel Lecture, “I feel the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion.” Also in
2003, after she was beatified by Pope John Paul II, a writer named “Hitchens”
continued his criticism, calling her “a fanatic, a fundamentalist, and a fraud”. He
believed that more people would become poorer and sicker if they followed her
example.
She led others by organizing her plans, having determination, being well-equipped,
effective, intelligent, courageous, confident, caring, and inspirational. First, she
organized her plans by learning the skills needed and plans to go to India. Second,
she was determined to stop poverty from spreading in India. Third, she learned
about medicine and prepared some supplies that is provided to the sick and poor.
Fourth, she tried to spread about poverty in some countries to get people to help the
sick and poor. Fifth, she learned the languages needed to be used in some countries
and practiced medicine to help the sick. Sixth, she was willing to help the sick and
poor despite what people might say to her. Seventh, she was confident that she was
able to help the sick and poor and spread about poverty around the world. Eighth,
she was willing to help others despite the races, ethnics, beliefs, etc. Lastly, she
inspired everyone in the world to know what truly is to be a servant for the Lord
Jesus Christ and to serve him.
I have learned so much leadership skills from Mother Teresa. First, I need to learn as
much skills as possible by trying to fit in the environment with the people around me.
Second, I will need to develop my kindness and friendship towards other people so
that the people around me will be comfortable if I am around. Third, if there is any
problem in the community, I will need to organize the problems one at a time and
find a way to solve it. Fourth, if people criticize me of the way I’m handling the
problem, then I must face it with open heart and mind. Lastly, I need to have the
determination to solve any problems around the community and have the confidence
to help solving the problems.

References
 https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mother-Teresa
 https://www.slideshare.net/pushpendusaha/mother-teresa-leadership-style
 https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2003/10/the-fanatic-fraudulent-mother-
teresa.html
 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1979/teresa/biographical/