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March 4, 2013
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Randall Wilburn
University of Phoenix

Upon entering the University of Phoenix I had attended another University and I knew that if I was going to accomplish the many goals that I had in life I was going to have to graduate from college. I knew that if I wanted to continue to grow as a person that the best way for me to do that was to complete my degree and finish what I started. I was always taught that anything that is not growing is dead and I did not want to be considered the “walking dead.” I knew that I had to continue my education. Even without my degree I had begun to rack up many accomplishments and had a pretty good job. I was running a program that I absolutely loved and was blessed with many opportunities because of it. I gained some experience in grant writing and was given many opportunities to speak at graduation ceremonies, church programs, and in front of the mayor. I was able to communicate very well orally. My level of information retrieval was not great. I still had not yet learned to be an effective student. Most of what I was doing came from natural ability. I had the talent without the work ethic. My ability to collaboration was not very strong either. I did certain things very well but struggled in the area of collaboration. I had not been taught how to work with others in a group effort. I was used to doing things on my own. I was undecided as far as my career goals went. The only thing that I knew for sure is that I wanted to Pastor a church one day. That may sound simple but it wasn’t for me. To me Pastoring a church meant so much more than just being able to be in front of people and encouraging them. I wanted to build an empire so that people could be inspired and actually live the life that would encourage them to live. I wanted to change the world. I wanted to be the absolute best at what I was doing and be the best leader that I could be. Because I am very

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