3/5/2018 0 Comments So Close, Yet So FarThis week, I attended the Business Professionals of America State Leadership Conference in Corpus Christi from Wednesday morning to early Sunday mornings. During this conference, I got to compete against other business-minded students in my two events: Banking and Finance and Economic Research Team. Although I have been competing in this competition throughout my high school career, this State Leadership Conference allowed me to learn the most out of all of the other conferences I have attended.
I believe that my most successful competition was Economic Research Team. My teammates (Anish Patel, Joseph Christopher, and Shawn Khetarpal) and I had been working on our presentation and solution for months, and with all of our combined strengths, we believed that we had a good chance of making it to the National Leadership Conference. The day before our preliminary competition, and later finals, we rehearsed our presentation in front of a few teachers and students. Later that night, thinking back on our earlier rehearsal, I realized how much that I have grown over the past three years and even through my few months in ISM. Before the experiences I have gone through today, presentations scared me. I was not confident in my abilities to teach a group of people about something that I am passionate about and got nervous every time I took the stage. Now, however, I have learned the invaluable skills of improvisation, control, and confidence, all of which have contributed in my ability to give a high quality presentation during our final round. Ultimately, I placed 6th in Banking and Finance and 3rd in Economic Research Team, earning the spot for the first national alternate in both events. Although I did not progress to the next level of competition, I genuinely believe that nearly nothing could be done better in terms of our presentation. I am proud of all the growth that I have seen from my freshman year to now, and I know that this growth will only continue in the future to make me an even more successful business professional.
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