Max Edwards

1) StrengthsQuest- Competition. I chose competition over the 4 other strengths to represent me because I feel it represents me the most. The core of my heart is competition and I live my life with everything as a competition. To me competition is an internal spirit that drives people to achieve their best and do better than everyone else. Competition affects me in school because it makes me strive to do better than everyone else and be the best in the class. At work, competition makes me be the best official on the field, I want to outshine everyone else. When playing sports or video games with my friends, I always want to beat them. I want to win so bad I get really intense because competition inside of me comes out.

2) Assignment- Dream Job.One assignment we had to do this semester was a dream job description. This assignment involved us looking up our dream job and then describing it and explaining the steps we were going to take to reach this job. I did a description on the University of Albany Ticketing & Sales Assistant Athletic Director job which is currently available. I described what the job does and said how my current path with the OSU AD can help me get to this job. I learned from this assignment how many sport industry jobs are available and how big the qualifications are for every job. It made the job search a lot easier with Monster.com.I know where to look now for jobs now with this resource. Also, I learned I need to take a lot of opportunities in college to gain experience to fit the qualifications of some jobs.

3) Assignment- Time Management Activities.Another activity we did in class is a time management chart. In this assignment, we had to keep track of everything we did every 30 minutes of the day. I found that I spent the right amount of sleeping per week, but I spent too much time watching TV. I thought work was consuming my life, but it was really a lot of TV and homework/studying. I learned how to divide up my time properly and what I need to focus on during the week or day. This can help me plan my days in the future or if I have a really busy week ahead, plan the week so I know when I have to get things done and when I have time for stuff.