Week 11: Being a Finisher

This class is coming to a close and I am sad that it is almost of for everything that I have been able to learn. I want to be able to continue to learn in this manner on a regular basis. As I do this I know that I will be able to continue to grow both personally and in my business knowledge as well. 

This week reading the talk by President Monson really hit home to me in that I was able to think about the kind of person I am in the workplace and in my person life. As a result of some awful things that have previously happened in my life I had been left with the mindset of thinking that I could not accomplish many of the things I wanted to accomplish in my life. Then a little over a year ago I decided to make a change in my life to decide to go back to school and go after many of the things I have wanted in my life such as getting an MBA. 

Reading the talk "Finishers Wanted" reminded me yet again of my goals in school and also in my personal life. I absolutely loved the poem in the talk that reads:

“Stick to your task ’til it sticks to you;

Beginners are many, but enders are few.

Honor, power, place and praise

Will always come to the one who stays.

“Stick to your task ’til it sticks to you;

Bend at it, sweat at it, smile at it, too;

For out of the bend and the sweat and the smile

Will come life’s victories after a while.”

I want to me able to always remember to be a finisher in my life no matter what I am doing. It reminded me of the book "The Dip" and how if I am going to actually do something then I need to do it 100% and be willing to make the sacrifices to make it work instead of giving up when the going gets tough. I know as I give my all to the things that I want to do in my life I will be blessed in many ways that I will appreciate in the long run both personally and in my professional life as well.