A learning experience

I truly believe that learning experiences can help in defining you as a person. They are both rewarding and frustrating at the same time. They can break you down then turn around and build you up in the same setting. It's interesting how people handle learning experiences. By definition, they are just that "an experience where you learn something new or something different." How you handle your learning experience is your choice.

That being said, I welcome learning experiences for the most part. I know I am far from "knowing it all" and I like to learn different things. Being as though I'm very impatient I like to learn them yesterday as opposed to a natural learning curve. In fact, I'm very hard on myself if I'm taught something one day and I can't nail it the next day. It's like I'm disappointed if I'm not great at it right off the bat.

I had to give two presentations at work yesterday and the first one sucked more than the second, nonetheless, they were both pretty pathetic. Granted, it's new material for me at work, but I have been doing presentations for my company for about 15 months. I just froze up, I didn't have answers for questions and my speech was rapid and my thoughts disorganized. I am laughing now as I recall the presentation.

So I will chalk it up to a learning experience and attempt to do better the next time. The good news for me is the next time is tomorrow. This brings me to one of my favorite quotes my baseball player Mo Vaughn, "Pressure comes from fear, and fear comes from no preparation." That quote speaks volumes and so tonight I will prepare as well as I can!

Wish me luck!