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Dear Professor Kim, Entering the business world requires great knowledge and skills in a range of different diverse aspects. Entering the business world with a lack of these places a huge barrier in hopes of achieving great success desired. It is pivotal in the business world to possess great communication skills. How you speak conveys a lot about you. Not only does it say a lot about you as an individual but as you enter in the business world, you are representing companies and it is essential that you not only make your self look good but that you serve as a good representation for your company as well. An individual with great verbal communication presents themselves as a confident person which is always a great quality to possess as it shows also a strong leadership quality. Another great quality to possess is to a driven and self motivating individual. Having a passion for something ignites a drive which generates better quality work. Someone who takes initiative in various situations is going to be a strong leader who is getting work done, and not just relying on other people. A driven individual is a person who is passionate about what they do therefore there focus is and motivation for progress and work to be done will be there. A major quality to possess to be successful in the business world requires for an individual to have an open mind. Running a business on your own is just about impossible, help will be required. Having this in mind, it is important to realize that in work environment you will cross paths with such an immense diverse group of colleagues, all with diverse beliefs and ideals. Each individual must allow themselves to not be biased in any way and be open to different ideas and opinions that you may not typically want to listen to. Doing so will allow one to gain knowledge through be open to areas and aspects which typically are closed of too, and benefit in ways in which they never would have accomplished. In hopes of one day becoming successful in the business world myself, I have looked back on the list of qualities I have just generated and evaluate how I fall into these qualities. What I have come to discover is that these are all areas of improvement, which I need to perfect each day. One of my biggest flaws I believe is my verbal communication skills. I have definitely come a long way and made significant progress from a point in which I stood before, however I take conversation throughout my days as a practice field, and working on building my vocabulary. I do believe that I am self motivating and driven however I feel like when I get frustrated I lose that spark, and I need to work on methods in which I could maintain at this state and how to keep focused when I get overwhelmed. In regards to having an open mind I do believe this is a quality in which I possess, I am open to different ideas and hearing everyone out. I am a good listener, which is why I believe I am able to be unbiased in hearing everyone out. I believe continuing to be aware of these qualities and others and recognizing how I fall into those qualities, allows me to better prepare myself for success in the business world. Best regards, Rebecca Serna