Liberia: 'Let Your Character Define You, Not What You Wear' - Woods Raps Yon-Gbon

6 August 2013

"As [emerging] leaders, people must define you by your character, and not what you wear," Attorney Samuel Kofi Woods urged YON -Gbon Youth Leadership Fellows during the group's second mentoring and training session held recently in Gbarnga, Bong County.

Serving as Guest Speaker of the Mentoring and Training Session, Woods, an advocate and a former Minister of Government told the Fellows during the 3 days training session that to be effective leaders, it is important to recognize that 'Character primarily shapes how we engage the world around us, what we reinforce, what we value, what we choose to act on; and it is only those with positive leadership characters who will contribute to others in powerful ways.'

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