Personal Statement

My father being a self-employed Chief Executive Officer or CEO of his own corporation has been my inspiration for business through the course of life. Many things that I have learned about finance, business, networking, and personal relations has been taught by him. Growing up all I ever wanted to do was be an owner of my own company or high level executive in my fathers until he retires and I along with the possibility of my brother and sister would take over and continue to successfully operate and scale the company at greater levels. Knowing this I realized that I would need some formal class room training combined with the hands-on aspect of learning on the job; the major in which I have chosen is business administration. Choosing this

After interviewing my father, I learned how effective writing can help with personal relationships between employees and just as equally with the customers that we serve. He explained how being able to effectively communicate orally comes from the practice of proper writing. When writing one may often read back to themselves and think critically about whether the wording is proper to avoid confusion or misinterpretation especially when dealing with sensitive subject matters. Proper writing leads to better speaking and putting more thought into words as you communicate orally with associates and colleagues. Knowing the proper language to use and in which situation to use it has been a key contributor to the success of my father in his business adventures. As we were talking my father described how much his business writing had changed his language both formally and informally, and how it affected him over all in the way he carried himself and conducted his

He told me a story about the first one that he wrote and how his district manage laughed at him because he was overly professional and using unnecessary words trying to sound over competent for what he wanted accomplished; all he wanted to do was change the floor plan around to create a better flow of items in the store but he went about it in the wrong way by going completely over the top with detail and design plans versus just stating his point of what he wanted done, and why he wanted to do so. After leaning this lesson, it has helped him and will continue to help him to this day as he writes proposals to clients for new business by keeping it simple and to the point he is able to avoid confusion and misinterpretation of meaning in his