In my ongoing
studies of business, this semester I have come to learn that innovation is a
product of pressure and competition. Upon reflection of this concept, I have
found that this not only applies to business processes but scholarship as well.
In my own personal academic career it has become evident to me that the courses
in which I have attained the most knowledge have been those that posed the most
strenuous challenges. This has most certainly been the case for my BIS course.
Not being the most
technologically apt individual, I knew coming into BIS that I would have to
work at great lengths to meet the requirements necessary to attain the grades I
strive for. I dreaded the idea of having a purely technology based course, but nonetheless
I came in willing to work hard, with a “can do” attitude. It was this attitude
that served me well as I struggled to learn how to operate Share Point and
Microsoft Access. It was not by simply reading about these systems but rather
through meticulously struggling to use the hands-on application features in
which I really learned.
These endeavors not only
gave me new skills but also a great sense of accomplishment. I can now honestly
say that BIS is one of the most valuable classes that I have ever taken, not
only in respect to my future career but to life in general. Not because it was
easy, but because it challenged me to learn. This has been the case for almost
all of my most profound learning experiences. I entered scared; I worked hard
to grasp complex, foreign concepts and challenges; and I emerged a wiser,
stronger, and more confident being. Truly, the evolution of one’s self is the
result of pressure.
“When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks
grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.” - Peter
Marshall
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