My Family And Being Career Driven

My love for nursing began early in my life; in high school, my continuing desire to become a nurse resulted in my applying and being accepted to Midwestern State University. There, I received a BSN and became a registered nurse. My experience at Midwestern prepared me for a successful career by instilling confidence within me as I joined the workforce. As my experience grew and years went by, I became eager to further my education and pursue my master's degree. Then life happened: the two-legged

excellence came from my successful parents. When my parents were in their early twenties they decided to embark on a journey that would change their lives forever; the journey to leave their native home of Nigeria and live out the American dream. Immigrating to America and assimilating to American culture was not easy for them. Often, they were made fun of due to their indigenous accents and were victims of chicanery from sly tricksters. Understanding their struggle helped me shape my American dream.

write and communicate effectively with people. Beyond that, it’s about being competent in a subject area. For example, reading in a literate level means that a person is able to read fluently by pronouncing words correctly without many mistakes. Another form of literacy when reading, is when a person can read in public without having many issues. For example in a conference, meeting, or social gathering, the person is adept in being competent. Of course this idea of “literacy” and competency is subjective

accomplish the sought after goal, they set. A study by the Work & Family Institute in Virginia has found seven common traits among peak performers that set them away for the rest of the race. These individuals see their vision and create a roadmap to meet their target. They have an increased focus and passion for their work that keeps on track. Reflection of themselves and values they hold

chosen for this paper is Gender-Career IAT which often reveals a relative link between family and females and between career and males. In order to evaluate this link, the IAT asks the test subject a series of ten questions, some demographic and others that require an automatic response. During the section of the test requiring an automatic response, the test measures how quickly the subjects responds to male/career and female/family concepts and male/family and female/career concepts. This paper will

I am an extremely driven and determined person who seeks academic challenges with enthusiasm, thus I am a perfect candidate for admission into Southern Methodist University. Southern Methodist University is widely known to be one of the highest rated universities in Texas, as well as the entire United States. It is located on a gorgeous campus in the amazing city of Dallas, Texas. This city where my mom was born is bursting with opportunity which begs for driven people like me to start developing

Picking a career is one of the things that will never be as easy as we hope, however, once you become inspired and invested in a field because of the impact it makes you no longer struggle to decide where you want to go in life. I did not know from a young age that a career in the medical field would be my calling. I became interested in the medical field during my junior year of high school. We were discussing what we wanted to do in life and why. I did not really know what I wanted to do, but I

of my high school career I had no idea what career I was going to pursue. One day I found myself thinking of my uncle, he is a top executive working for a branch of the Kentucky lottery. I am jealous of the lifestyle he lives and his financial security. But I am also jealous of his job, I realized that I would love to be in that career field, and would love to do what he does. So I decided that a career in business was the only logical career for me. Based upon my research

for ways to support our family financially and working hard at school to go to college so we could have a more suitable future. Project SELF is an incredible way where I can get a real life experience in what to expect in the workforce after college and develop skills that I would need in college and future jobs. I am applying for Project SELF to get experience and develop skills, an opportunity to support my family and it will guidance me to navigate my path to a career. First of all, Project

always wanted a career in business. My father owns his own business and some of my earliest memories include being told to sit quietly with my brother as my father met with customers and companies. It fascinated me how everyday was different for him, and that he saw and dealt with an ever-changing group of people. Early on, this fascination with the flexibility of his job made me want the same in my life, and that desire never really went away. When teachers, peers and random adults like my dentist asked