Mar 22 2011
Comm 299 — Greatest Lesson
“Follow your heart,” whoa, cliché much? We’ve all heard it a bazillion times, so much so that it was starting to lose its oomph, its respectability. But it’s amazing how the simplest actions and mannerisms of someone you’ve only recently met can have such massive impacts on your everyday attitudes and values. That’s right Pia; I’m talking about someone I met in Sauder – and no, I’m not going to name drop, because you might know who this person is.
I’ve seen this person laugh; I’ve seen this person cry; I’ve seen this person dance; and I’ve seen this person sleep – as creepy as that is. Regardless, it is suffice to say that I have gotten to know this person quite well and it is a relationship I can see being influential in my life for a long time.
I have learned that everything you do, you have to want to do it, do it because it appeals to you, do it because you love it. In high school I took on committee positions, and I volunteered – but for the wrong reasons. I now know that to fully get the most out of such positions and contribute the most back, you’ve got to wear the position it on your sleeve because you WANT to – not just to pad your resume or supplemental.
Because of this person, I have become more active, in contrast to my passive mannerisms in the past. I have re-activated my love for international travel with two possible programs to either China or Africa. Africa being a place I have wanted to revisit since the day I left. I have started applying for positions around Sauder, initiating involvement that was relatively non-existent in my first year.
In the long run I haven’t found my calling, nor has my calling found me. But I know that when I do, I will love what I do; and I can credit this to the Sauder School of Business and the people/person I have met in my first year. Do what you love, and the money will follow.