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OT School Glyph

During one of the first weeks of OT school we did a glyph key drawings. This meant that if we felt one way about something then we made our head square, if we felt another way then we made our head a circle. We did this for various features until the drawing was completed. Recently we did the glyph drawing again with a year and a half of OT school experience under our belts. It was so interesting to see how our drawings changed.

It was so cool to see how much I had grown though my OT school experience based on my two drawings. Most of my drawing stayed the same, but what changed was how I saw myself as a leader. Through this year and a half journey I have been pushed to be more of a leader than I thought I could be. One of the prompts was add a hat if the way you think about or approach to leadership has changed as a result of what you have learned since the beginning of OT school. For my most recent drawing I drew a hat. Since OT school my perspective of leadership has really changed. It has made me realize that you can be a leader in whatever position you are in and you need to grow where you are planted.

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