Tuesday, April 7, 2009

The ABCs of DISC

My main Leadership/managerment type is conscientiousness. My second type is s, which stand for steadiness. i was fascinating about the personal profile system's accuracy. Based on the system, my major "emphasis is on working conscientiously within existing circumstances to ensure quality and accuracy". that is the way i do things. i like to focus detail and perform well if i have a specific goal. just as prof said, we are the great manger type who can organize things well and carefully.
sometimes we change because we want to. sometimes we change because we have no choice. if i can choose the way i do things, i like to stay as a cs person. But if i must change, i want to have some trait of Dominance. the reason is that often times we have to make quick decisions and the Dominance persons have this tendency.
i think this type of test definitely help us in other personal interactions. by knowing other's personality, we can know the proper way to interact with other.
In the survival exercise, i think a D type leader would be the best since we need someone who can make quick decisions and not be influenced by others. In this kind of dangerous situation, a group's decision division is very dangerous. rather can let everyone have the freedom to discuss, i think we must have some one act as a Dominance leader to act quickly and let everyone follow him.

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

A Vision for My Life & Career

As we learn from our management class, most of the companies has their own mission or vision statement. Much like a business, we, as human beings also have a view for what we want to be in the future. We dream about it and think about it, but most of us never make it clear.A personal vision statement is the framework for creating a powerful life.It guides us in the decisions we make and the directions we take. As the "Power of the vision" stated, "Vision without action is just a dream.Action without vision merely wastes time.Vision coupled with action can make things happen"! My personal vision plan of the future is the follows:

1. be a Certified Public Accountant and landing a right job
In order to be a CPA, i have to work hard to maintain a good GPA. i will spend at least five evening hours a week studying instead of watching TV or computer gaming.Moreover, i will read more books and articles about accounting. I also want to keep tack with the accounting industry. I will join and participate in our school's professional club and go to those professional presentation about the industry. In additional to those school activities, i will also try to get a part time or intern job in the filed. By getting a job relate with the accounting, i can earn more experience and get familiar with the job. By doing so, i think at least i can have a job that relate to what i have learned from school.

2.traveling the world to experience its richness
The fist thing i have to do is saving money. i have been speeding too much on things that aren't necessary. so from now on, i will save 20% of my pay check for my future traveling. In addition, i will also try to get more information about traveling--such as countries' culture, tradition and most importantly their food!!!

3. Buy my own house
This one is a little bit hard to archive within three year, specially it conflict with my second goal. however, just as prof said,Vision coupled with action, everything is possible. i think in order to achieve this goal, i have to save more. Moreover, i also have to allocate my money rightfully to let both dreams come true.