Week 12 – Lessons Learned
Well, here we are. The last week of class for my Master’s
program. I can’t believe that I actually did it! I jokingly said to my wife
that I’m pretty sure if I were to compile ALL of my assignments from this
program it would probably amount to a books worth of writing. I have never
written, and read for that matter, so much in my life. That’s one of the
takeaways from this course, communication. The ability properly convey
knowledge and to ingest it, is a skill that will prove invaluable in any career
field of which that is required.
One point of contention for me personally is my lack of
creativity. Looking at some of the network diagrams from my other classmates
made me feel a level of inadequacy that I’ve never felt before. It made me want
to try harder, and perhaps that is why some, myself included, take short cuts. Thankfully,
I was able to atone for my wrongdoing, but if given a chance I would definitely
go about that whole scenario differently. Bottom line, I did not and should
have allotted more time for myself to properly complete the assignment. Therein
lies lesson learned three, time management. Knowing how to properly budget your
time can be the difference between turning a polished project or a dud full of
mistakes, typos, and anything else that demonstrates lack of effort.
And on effort. You only get out what you put in. I genuinely
tried to read as much of the material as I could. Some of it I knew, but at
times it felt like it was a whole different class. It was during those moments
when I wanted to quit, that I knew I had to pull myself up by the boot straps
and try harder. Had I not done that, I’m sure that my grade would’ve suffered. Effort
is applicable to many other facets of life as well. Cheers!
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