Dream, Vision, Action...Success!!

Someone once said, "you can do what you can dream." I don't remember where exactly this quote comes from but I often keep this in the back of my mind when things seem unreachable or unattainable. To do something of significant importance requires a vision. But a vision isn't merely enough. As we have learned, "Vision without action is just a dream. Action without vision merely wastes time. Vision coupled with action can make things happen." So not only to we have to envision an end result but we have to figure out to attain that, what are the steps we must take to make our vision a reality? I would have to say that my first goal would be to have a good job when I graduate from Baruch. In whatever job I choose to pursue, I want to be successful, not necessarily financially, though that would be great, but I want to be happy and I want to create a name for myself. To achieve this, I will push myself beyond limits to do the best of my ability and created opportunities for myself. My second goal is one in which I have had ever since I was a little kid. Playing softball and being an athlete my entire life, I have always wanted to develop a state of the art softball facility in my home town. It always seemed like the baseball fields were always cared for while the softball fields were left neglected and I wanted to do something to change that. To achieve this goal, I hope that I am successful and am able to somehow raise funds and donate money to an idea I think would be extremely beneficial to young girls interested in the game. My third goal would be to eventually be able to go back to Baruch and my high school and be able to donate or to be able to help students obtain jobs or internships in the fields that I have chosen. To do this, I would have to work hard in my career and become a leader someday. Vision can become reality, one must have the want and the willpower to take action.

"The Best of Both Worlds"

There seemed to be a lot of disappoint the day our first exams were returned. We learned that about half the class failed with below a 60 and the highest grade in the class was an 86. With all of us striving for success, this was obviously a huge disappointment to all of us who studied countless hours with our heads buried in our Management book. Luckily, we were given the opportunity to develop a decision that would make the situation better. The catch, the entire class had to agree 100% on the decision. Initially I thought this task would be impossible as I thought that many people would have concerns about the suggested ideas. Two members in our class stepped up to be our leaders. They were the ones who took the suggestions and wrote the ideas on the board. From their, people would raise their hands and share their opinions on the various issues at hand. The leaders definitely helped as many didn't quite understand what the "deal" included. I think it was difficult to come up with ideas because I know I honestly didn't believe that our professor was going to be willing to help us out as much as he did. Ideas were given and some were immediately turned down right off the bat. Some wanted to do what was best for the class as a whole, some thought about themselves, some wanted to receive the grade that they deserved and learn from their mistakes. With a lot of thought, debate, agreement, and disagreement, we finally came to our decision, we would have a curve, our lowest exam score dropped, and an extra credit. As a class our decision strategy was one of compromise as we were all able to throw out different ideas and suggestions and eventually agreed on one after weighing the good points versus the bad points. Personally, I engaged in avoidance decision making as I listened to what everyone else had to say which ended out working out the best in my opinion. I think this was a great demonstration of how the decision process is carried out and how difficult it can be to get a large group of people to agree on something as important as grades.