Short Update

So...I've been thinking about blogging for quite some time lately, especially since I haven't really blogged in almost 2 months!  I have had a little bit of writer's block lately.  (Maybe my bro, Zack, the writer can give me a few tips on how to get over that!)  Anyway, I have two papers that I have needed to work on and April is now crunch time both.  One is the research paper that I discussed in my previous post.  Oh well, maybe a little blogging will inspire me a little bit to actually work on those papers at least get several pages written.

Speaking of inspiration...I attended an executive briefing on Friday mainly because one of the professors that I work for as a tuition scholar requested me to be there.  I went to the event with a "this is going to be so boring" attitude, which is fairly unusual for me.  Surprisingly, I found the lecture from the guest speaker, Tom Rath, to be incredibly engaging and inspirational!  I bought both of his latest books on site and had him sign both!  (This may not seem like a big deal, but if you know me you would know that I do NOT, seriously, do not read books.)  Not only did I buy them, but I read both within 24 hours.  Huge accomplishment for me!  Anyway, the books talk about personal strengths and how to use those strengths to become better people, better leaders and better business people (which was the primary focus of the lecture).  I took the test and found my 5 strengths to be: Discipline, Strategic, Achiever, Futuristic and Focus.  So, if you're interested the books are Strengths Finder 2.0 and Strengths based Leadership by Tom Rath. 

School has gone very well.  I have straight A's so far, which is excellent, especially compared to last semester.  I am enjoying my classes very much.  However, there is a downside to enjoying the topics in my classes...the more I enjoy what I'm learning the more frustrated and disappointed I am at work.  I won't divulge too much information about what specifically, but let's just say I have learned that there is a lot more to business than making money.  Making money is really just a perk of business...people are what matter and what is most important to a business...after all without people there isn't money to be made in business.  Oh well, enough of my business philosophy.

So, that's my short update on the major happening in life lately.  Hopefully I can write a blog about the amazing adventure of spring break with Christie and Ryan and all of the exciting things to come in April (like me becoming even older...23 on the 15th!).  Anyway, hope everyone is doing well.  :)