Goals

Goals Having goals is an important part of any persons life. Goals are what urge a person to try harder. As a University of Phoenix student there are many personal goals that I would like to achieve. Developing skills in communication is very important to me. I believe that communication is a way of life without it we would never get anywhere. Communication has two major parts to it. The first part is oral communication. Being able to stand up and speak to a group with confidence behind every word, and being able to speak with someone, face to face and coming across very clear. The second form of communication is written. By this I mean being able to write a speech, which goes back to the oral part. With a well written speech speaking to a group just comes natural. Also by written I mean being able to write a formal letter or email. Learning the “Team” working process will help to me to go far in the job world. A team must work together. Learning to be a leader would be a great goal for me to reach. I would like to be able to lead the team, but also know when I should follow. Not just stand back and listen but know when another team member is stronger in an area that I may not be. Understanding is very important with a team. With understanding a person will realize that different people have different problems and ways of life. Identifying my strengths and weaknesses is a major goal I would like to achieve. I sometimes do not realize how weak I am in certain areas. By not realizing this I am not fully doing my best. This could hurt me in the long run. I do not know my strengths I do not give myself the credit I should which makes my work sloppy and unorganized. I believe that by identifying these I would be able to apply myself more and do a much better job. I know that by being a University of Phoenix student will help me with my research skills and my internet skills. By having all the resources at hand on my computer I will be able to fully devote my attention to the task that I am trying to complete. I will learn how to search the web and use search engines and best of all I will learn how to use a library online. This will help me to improve my research skills. Major goal is to be better prepared. I am not the person who has everything I need with me on hand. I would like to be able to always be prepared in any situation. By this I mean being able to have a quick response when I am put on the spot. Never feeling the pressure of not knowing what I am doing or talking about because I am not prepared. Going back to the team I would like to be able to have any information that a team member would need when they ask for it and not have to tell them I will have to get back with them later. I would like to be a more a responsible and patient person. I sometimes feel as if I do not need to be in any kind of hurry to get things done. I do not always take the responsibility for my work. This will help me to get things done on time and right because I know that I have a deadline for when it is due. I know that if other people are involved I will take on the responsibility for it because I do not want to let other people down or make them fail. By being part of this I will learn patience because I will have to wait for my team members before I can complete something which is good because then I will be able to check over my work which I sometimes don’t do because I have no patience. Last but not least I hope to gain confidence. By confidence I mean in myself and others. I hope to have the confidence to get my job done and feel good about what I am doing. I sometimes feel like what I do is not good enough or is not as good as someone else’s. I think I will gain the confidence to believe that I can do anything anyone else can do and do it just as well. I also think I will be able to gain confidence in other people. I do not always trust others to get a job done. Being part of a team learning I think I will be able to have the confidence in others to get their part done. All in all I think that being a University of Phoenix student I will be able to conquer a lot of my personal goals. Goals that I do not think I would be able to achieve on my on. The University of Phoenix, I believe is going to help me not only in my career but also in my personal everyday life. I will be a stronger person and I believe that no goal is too high to achieve. Bibliography: