Spring Quarter Review

I think I pretty much summed up my Spring Quarter Review in my Doback class review but I will continue on I guess.

Spring Quarter is here...and almost over. Exams are due. Internships are winding down. Executive weekends are over, and it's crunch time with the job market. S0 what does that mean exactly?

Those who are job focused are freaking out if they don't have jobs and are doom and gloom. Those who are life focused and focused on happiness are of course wanting jobs and actively seeking them - but remembering what life's all about. That's what I'm trying to do.

Spring Quarter more than any other has taught me that well - you just can't predict life. You can't predict when life will throw you for a loop and when your envisioned path will come to life. Who will email you back, which interview you'll get, what family member will struggle, and what city you want to live in or eventually will live in - just to take that next step. Side note: who even knows what a next step is supposed to be? You'll not always be able to predict the reason you feel certain things but you can try and understand them and then use that to your advantage.

As my friend BJ Pickard says...it is all about perspective.

My perspective currently at this moment (and that could change in an hour depending on what I eat usually) is that my internship was an experience. I learned a lot in the realm of leadership. How I will do things differently. I am so thankful for my internship supervisor. What a wonderful woman...who after I'm finished, I hope to keep as a friend for years to come. After my internship I know exactly that I have to have coaching in my life. I love it and I enjoy it. I know I've realized things about myself personally, desires for the future that I want to pursue, and if that's all I learn this quarter well then my education has paid off ten fold.

And that's all I have to say about that.

Ethical Leadership Class Review

I want to say that ethical leadership is almost an oxymoron in the sports industry of today. It makes me question, what's the use? Why enter into a profession that seems so "run-away," untamable, and corrupt? Because I believe that myself, along with America's Team, especially a select few I have in mind - can change it. I truly believe that.

Even in a class of 26 people, we have 26 different dreams for our futures. Some start at the youth level, some at the middle and high school stages, some in the classroom, some in the field, then even more in college, and a few in the pros. If we have good, solid, people of unquestionable character influencing the lives of others while doing something we love - we can change what is the ridiculousness of college and professional sports today.

Isn't that what we all want ultimately in life? To be passionate about something, believe in what we are doing, and to be treated with respect while giving others respect in return? Who knows, maybe not? Like I said, everyone has a different dream. Everyone may have some form of this dream, add some prestige and money for one person, take away responsibility for someone else and so forth. But essentially I believe everyone wants to be treated with love and respect.

Ethics with Professor Doback, I mean Dobel :) has been a great time for reflection. I wish this class was a week long in the summer. Just in a handful of assignments, a few days of class, and many discussions I feel like I've come closer to recognizing my views on ethical decisions within sports - or at least giving them more reflection time. It's great to see others reactions to the issues as well. I guess that is what I enjoy most. Gives you insight into your own opinions and opens you to other aspects you may have never thought about until the discussions with others.