This whole course has been a useful course for both my educational and career endeavors. I am now clearly aware that I must take ownership for my success. There have also been many advantage topics introduced which will provide much needed direction. The areas of direction include guidance on the selection of educational and career goals, the value of critical thinking, ethical direction, and time management skills.
My career goal is to acquire a degree in Business Management, which will help to put me in a position in my career to become a leader for a company and its employees. The educational requirements, though essential to obtain employment, are only the basics needed to obtain my goal. I must learn organization, must be able to portray honesty and integrity, and to communicate effectively.
In knowing my career goal and where I would like to see myself in the future has helped me to develop what academic goals I would like to achieve. Often time people say that an employer does not know what grade point average a person earned in school and therefore who cares what grades you get just as long as you graduate is what matters. I have chosen not to have that outlook in my academic career. I am striving to achieve the absolute best grades I can in every class for myself and no one else. Further, in achieving my academic goal I am broadening my knowledge in every class that I take. I want to gain knowledge by actively learning in every class not just getting by and not benefitting. During this course, I learned the importance of setting goals, and I am able to realize this value, by the visual of the steps needed to obtain my goal. I realize that receiving the necessary credentials is not all that is required to succeed as a business leader.
Planning helps me to build a path towards achieving my goals. When I plan, I decide what school to go to, what course I