Harvard Business Study

When I first started to think about writing a paper for this assignment my initial thought was, “just get your thoughts onto paper and you can rearrange for flow, spelling, grammar, etc. This shouldn’t be too difficult”. About an hour later I realized three things: (1) I had never truly completed a meaningful self-analysis, (2) This was going to take quite a bit longer than I intended, and (3) Just how important clearly and thoroughly completing a self-analysis & career outlook is. I continued to struggle generating meaningful thoughts, let alone putting something on paper. After a long break I came back to the assignment and realized I was asking myself the wrong question. I was thinking of careers, positions and titles and then asking myself if I that would be something for me. Instead I should have been thinking about what I enjoy most and what motivates me and then trying to find a profession or position that fits me. In the writing that follows I will identify my “ideal jobs” 10-15 years down the road as well as the road I feel I must travel to obtain these positions and be successful in them. First I will explain a little about my reflection on my personal values and how they were developed. During my youth, adolescence and young adult years family and close friends were far and away the most influential people in my life, likely not uncommon. However, the roles the two played seemed to be in reverse. Most of my core values were learned from close friends. While many of the “what not to do” lessons were learned from family. I was raised an only child by my mother. She was very strong and provided unconditional love. However she and other family members did not provide many core values that lead to success as a person. Core values such as integrity, responsibility and self-motivation were learned mainly from friends and their parents. Though these are the values I feel are necessary to be successful, I often wondered if I had only learned