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Dear Professor Kim, While being a student and working part time I have noticed what my strengths are and how to maintain those strengths. At the same time however, I have learned about my weakness and areas that I need improving. Through this course I hope to learn business etiquette, better vocabulary for use in businesses and how to improve my writing skills. One of my strengths is working well with others; I do not shy away when it comes to getting work done. I always try to speak to all of my group members and get an understanding of how their schedules are so we could meet in a time that is best for everyone. Another one of my strengths is communicating well with others and listening to what they have to say before I interrupt or make any assumptions. I have learned through my business classes how important communication is and I believe it is a key to success. During group projects it is really important that the whole group communicates efficiently so everyone knows what is going on and what needs to be done. I step up and make sure everyone is communicating so in the end we aren’t all stressed out and have no idea what is going on. My last strength is being a hard efficient worker. At work I try to get the most work done within the least amount of time. I also try to apply that to my school work. Being a full time student and working part time I have learned how to manage my time and work my best at whatever I am doing. Like everyone else I am not perfect and have some weaknesses that I need to work on. I believe I have a small knowledge of vocabulary, one day I hope to widen my knowledge. I always have trouble on writing my introduction and my conclusions. I seem to get writers block and go completely blank. I always know what I want to say, but I have trouble explaining it in a way that is interesting to my readers. I wish writing could come easily to me and I could get a paper done within minutes, but unfortunately it sometimes takes me hours just to write a simple paper. My last weakness is taking on too many tasks at a time. Time is something that rarely anyone has now and days. I always make the mistake of thinking I can do a million things at once that I end up getting every overwhelmed and stressed out to get it done in time. I love to help others out and at times when I hear people struggling I feel so bad I add more on to what I have to do, and in the end I regret it. I need to learn how to say no when I know I just can’t do it. Through this course I would like to learn how to improve on my weaknesses, while also learning proper business etiquette, how I should act around important business people, like my boss and his or her boss. Since I believe one of my weaknesses is my lack of vocabulary I would love to learn more terms that are used frequently in the business world. I want to be able to go in front of a classroom or a group of my co-workers and speak with eloquence and without being nervous. I want to be able to write a letter like a piece of cake, without having any writers block. I want to be able to speak in a professional manner so that my education can shine through. I want to leave this class with good preparation for the business world and I think I really can. Sincerely, Natalie Robles