Along your destiny path, what are the things you can control and the things you can’t? How will you deal with what you can’t control?
If there is anything that I have learned, there is nothing that I can definitely always control except for one thing. That one item of control would be my response to whatever challenges come my way. I enjoy thinking on the fly and solving problems as they arise because the world is unpredictable and thinking one can control anything else is just thinking.
My best weapon for dealing with the uncontrollable is my flexibility. I like to think that unforeseen things are around every corner along my destiny path. Between my current position and that of the future and my goals lays a minefield of variables. It then becomes my responsibility to associate the most accurate coefficients accordingly to arrive closest to what will allow me to achieve my goals and the future that will provide me with the most happiness.
Are you living a deferred life plan? Explain. / Does Kenny Moore’s “holy indifference” apply to you or not? Explain your answer. What can you learn from Moore’s perspective?
I chose to answer both of these questions together because I feel that they are connected for me. I don’t think that I’m living a deferred life plan but at the same time I think that I’m not living according to any one life plan either. Yes, I am currently in a graduate program to earn an even higher degree but my motivation for doing so is more because I enjoy learning and advancing my knowledge in the field of business. I chose this field because it is so broad. Everything has an aspect of business: every science, product, service, venture, project, or basic exchange contains elements of business where my education and interest can play a role. So really, I’m just playing life by ear taking the opportunities I’m given and even trying to make my own when I really want to.
To follow up, I like to live life. I’ve said this before and you’ll read it again. I love life. “Holy indifference” applies to me in a loose sense of the phrase. In the process of living, I have faced risk. In fact, I have had near death experiences and I do feel that those times have broadened my perspective in regards to life and time and what I’m doing with them. As far as Moore’s perspective, there is everything to learn from it. It applies across the board because it a valuable lesson in time and how fleeting it can be. Also, it’s a different perspective than my own so there is always that element to learn from, from the views of someone who has been places that I have not, seen things, heard things, and lived where I have not. These experiences are not lost on me and I like to think that I appreciate them wholeheartedly.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Building Boxes and Stepping Outside Them
What do you see as your biggest strengths? How do they support your passion and future success?
My strengths are varied and I find that that helps me the most. I like to look at a situation from varying perceptions in order to fully understand and evaluate the current conditions. Problem solving is something that I derive pleasure from. It’s something that provides a sense of accomplishment after meeting a challenge. This was one of the main principles involved when I decided to try for my MBA. I wanted a better understanding of the business persuasion in order to fully “see” problems as they were occurring or solutions as quickly as possible in a given business. This element will define my future success depending on the connections I make and my passions that drives me.
How can you turn your values into value? How do your values make you more valuable to your company?
My values and what I cherish in life as far as principles and standards encourage me to live the way that I want to live. Aligning those facets of my life with a company or cause is going to naturally be a challenge but one I know is worth it due to my resistance to compromising those ideals. In order to transform these values into value, I think that they help define who I am in character providing myself with a tenacity and drive that sets me apart, if only a little. My value added is what I can bring to the table for a company be it looking for innovative new methods or reaffirming strategies that are tried and true. I like to think outside of the box while also maintaining strong ties to those elements of a company that create the “box,” for how else am I supposed to gauge those boundaries?
My strengths are varied and I find that that helps me the most. I like to look at a situation from varying perceptions in order to fully understand and evaluate the current conditions. Problem solving is something that I derive pleasure from. It’s something that provides a sense of accomplishment after meeting a challenge. This was one of the main principles involved when I decided to try for my MBA. I wanted a better understanding of the business persuasion in order to fully “see” problems as they were occurring or solutions as quickly as possible in a given business. This element will define my future success depending on the connections I make and my passions that drives me.
How can you turn your values into value? How do your values make you more valuable to your company?
My values and what I cherish in life as far as principles and standards encourage me to live the way that I want to live. Aligning those facets of my life with a company or cause is going to naturally be a challenge but one I know is worth it due to my resistance to compromising those ideals. In order to transform these values into value, I think that they help define who I am in character providing myself with a tenacity and drive that sets me apart, if only a little. My value added is what I can bring to the table for a company be it looking for innovative new methods or reaffirming strategies that are tried and true. I like to think outside of the box while also maintaining strong ties to those elements of a company that create the “box,” for how else am I supposed to gauge those boundaries?
Monday, October 11, 2010
The Opportunity Cost of More Money
What are you willing to give up to make more money?
I think that this question would be better if worded, “What are you willing to prioritize over money?” I like to think that I would hold dear my family, friends, and self in most cases before money. Defining “within reason” becomes the real question. What is the price of all of these people and experiences? I don’t think that a price can be put on merely one event. It’s when that one event turns into a pattern that illustrates what will be sacrificed for an amount of money.
I’d like to think that opportunity in any sense is okay to take advantage of and that my opportunity costs personally aren’t too high. It’s when those costs become completely sunk that a line has been crossed. Determining “within reason” is a constant battle with compromise and need as opposed to want.
How might you shrink the demands of your career yet have more impact?
I think that there was once an economist who said specialization is the way. In this context, focusing on a narrow path of specialization for a career intensifies the gratification that is received. Being completely spread out has always been a fear of mine. To look at a week and wonder why I had to be at three opposite points in the state for whatever reason boggles my mind. Being spread too thin and not being able to perform my tasks appropriately because of it is the worst scenario for me.
To shrink these demands on my career would probably be pretty easy given the time to think about it. Could I hire someone at minimum wage to run misc. errands while my time is spent elsewhere? Or I could outsource several aspects of what I do focusing on just a few things. Impact becomes the real question though. It all depends.
I think that this question would be better if worded, “What are you willing to prioritize over money?” I like to think that I would hold dear my family, friends, and self in most cases before money. Defining “within reason” becomes the real question. What is the price of all of these people and experiences? I don’t think that a price can be put on merely one event. It’s when that one event turns into a pattern that illustrates what will be sacrificed for an amount of money.
I’d like to think that opportunity in any sense is okay to take advantage of and that my opportunity costs personally aren’t too high. It’s when those costs become completely sunk that a line has been crossed. Determining “within reason” is a constant battle with compromise and need as opposed to want.
How might you shrink the demands of your career yet have more impact?
I think that there was once an economist who said specialization is the way. In this context, focusing on a narrow path of specialization for a career intensifies the gratification that is received. Being completely spread out has always been a fear of mine. To look at a week and wonder why I had to be at three opposite points in the state for whatever reason boggles my mind. Being spread too thin and not being able to perform my tasks appropriately because of it is the worst scenario for me.
To shrink these demands on my career would probably be pretty easy given the time to think about it. Could I hire someone at minimum wage to run misc. errands while my time is spent elsewhere? Or I could outsource several aspects of what I do focusing on just a few things. Impact becomes the real question though. It all depends.
Monday, October 4, 2010
Livin' the Good Life
Is your H greater than your W? Explain how you measure each.
My H is greater than my W for several reasons. Concerning my “haves,” I have a wealth of family and friends. I have worked hard in my life so have had the means to obtain physical goods and possessions if I so chose to. I have also been able to travel most places that I’ve wanted to go. I have goals that I strive for. I have good health.
My “wants” come in rather low. I don’t require much if anything at all. I never know what to tell people when that question comes up for birthdays or holiday. I have managed to obtain a level of satisfaction at a relatively young age. I worry more about my “needs”. Helping my family and friends, maintaining my home, paying the bills, buying food, etc. are the things I want to take care of. My responsibilities that I’ve grown to maintain and value are what I care for.
What does your “good life” score tell you?
Measuring the good life - 24
Service to the community - 6
Service to the dollar - 5
Service to the family - 7
Service to the soul or self - 6
I place these numbers here because I think I am living the good life. I volunteer and work with several NGOs. I make a decent wage as well. My family is important to me and me to them. We talk frequently and I see them often. I always try to find the time, if not make it, for my family and friends. My meditations concerning myself occur often. I enjoy my time alone to ponder the ebb and flow of life. This time is most precious to me and I cherish it for the views on life and how I live it that have been provided.
My H is greater than my W for several reasons. Concerning my “haves,” I have a wealth of family and friends. I have worked hard in my life so have had the means to obtain physical goods and possessions if I so chose to. I have also been able to travel most places that I’ve wanted to go. I have goals that I strive for. I have good health.
My “wants” come in rather low. I don’t require much if anything at all. I never know what to tell people when that question comes up for birthdays or holiday. I have managed to obtain a level of satisfaction at a relatively young age. I worry more about my “needs”. Helping my family and friends, maintaining my home, paying the bills, buying food, etc. are the things I want to take care of. My responsibilities that I’ve grown to maintain and value are what I care for.
What does your “good life” score tell you?
Measuring the good life - 24
Service to the community - 6
Service to the dollar - 5
Service to the family - 7
Service to the soul or self - 6
I place these numbers here because I think I am living the good life. I volunteer and work with several NGOs. I make a decent wage as well. My family is important to me and me to them. We talk frequently and I see them often. I always try to find the time, if not make it, for my family and friends. My meditations concerning myself occur often. I enjoy my time alone to ponder the ebb and flow of life. This time is most precious to me and I cherish it for the views on life and how I live it that have been provided.
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