GRAD 702- Reflectioons on Module 5 Concepts

When reflecting back on my efforts in creating my PDP, I came to the realization that I will need to do a lot more to prepare myself for life after school than to simply attend classes for 17 months. This assignment is a great tool that I plan to use throughout my entire MBA journey, and without laying out my goals the way I did, I doubt all of my tasks would simply get completed. I also learned that I am not marketing myself enough in order to land that perfect job after school. My PDP discusses this point in great detail, and explains that I need to slow down my day and spend more quality time with people. Not only would this improve my social capital, but it is simply the right thing to do. Time management was another lesson learned from this assignment. The PDP was not a difficult subject matter because it was simply me on paper, but the thought processes and detail was very time-consuming. I have never been the type of student to work on a project a little bit at a time, but with the size of this project and the fact I am a full time working professional this is necessary to complete a project of this size.
Our team research brought about a lot of research that we needed to incorporate into a single paper, which was challenging at first. However, once we learned each others writing styles and meshed them together, we were able to find a happy median. What I found interesting on our external environmental research was in regards to the AIDS research. It was surprising that when plotting out the AIDS cases on a local, national, and global level that it was somewhat difficult to find emerging patterns at the local level. One would think that the biggest cities would have a large percentage of HIV cases, but this was not always the case. Also, there is no distinct local pattern of improvement with the actual cases of AIDS. The result of this point is just as random as the demographics of the cases themselves.
At my job, I plan to challenge myself by looking at projects and tasks on a more wholistic approach. I scored low on the C and D quadrant's, so now I have some guidance on what I need to work on at my place of work. I also learned that I am weaker in the areas of brainstorming and some of the project manager characteristics that I strive to be better at. My current career does not challenge me enough in these parts of whole-brain thinking, but having said that I will not be in my current position forever. While completing this PDP, I realized that even though I am not being challenged currently with tasks and projects that require this line of thinking that I am eventually going to need to apply these traits down the road in my career.
Wisdom is not defined as how much one can learn, but rather the experience one can gain. A person can read all of the books in the world and be knowledgeable in many aspects of life, but until that persons actually applies what they have learned and seeks to learn from each situation than true wisdom won't be achieved.