Coming to Ashesi University completely changed my opinion on leadership. I realized that I was a leader to the extent that I could influence the people around me intentionally or unintentionally. I learned the difference between big L's and little L's: Big L's are people in positions of authority while small L's are people not necessarily in a position of authority, but anyone who can cause an influence. This realization shocked me and I realized that I had been a leader as long as I had caused a negative or positive influence in someone's life. Courses like Leadership 1 taught me differently than I had always known about leaders. For example, the first introductory lessons on servant leadership confused me. Quotes like “you are a servant first” threw me off. What! A servant was the last thing in the world I ever thought I would become. Why am I a servant first? What happened to the benefits I should enjoy in Leadership? This was not what my high school days exposed me to. I should have enjoyed all the benefits of my leadership position. Now I am told to become a servant first and serve. Finishing the Leadership 1 course made me realize that the reason why most leaders fail, and especially most African leaders, is due to the similar mindset to mine that they had when they became leaders. Which means getting rich and benefiting only yourself. Understanding this started to make me think differently as a Leader. This is because I hated the fact that the African continent was so poor even though we have enough natural resources at our disposal that could improve the lives of everyone on the continent. As I watched my family suffer to make ends meet and the bad roads and services I encounter daily as a citizen of Ghana, I fully understood that there was no way Africa would develop to its fullest potential if the majority had had the same mentality