I’m a big believer in: enjoying your job will make you more successful

It all started this past summer as I was working at Windy Acres Nursery Direct, Inc. This job was anything but glamorous and I had A LOT of time to think. While working this summer I was also taking a couple of online classes, one of which was, “The Developing World”. I don’t know about y’all but after learning about all of the poverty in the world, I just can’t forget about it and move on. That’s when the light bulb went off. I knew this is what the Lord needed me to do.

The whole morning until my lunch break I was itching to get to a pen and paper to write all of my ideas down and feel relieved from trying to remember everything. I was also itching to tell Clayton (my husband) to reassure me that I wasn’t crazy-which luckily he did!

So what was my big idea? I wouldn’t say it was really a big idea, more like I had finally found my passion. I knew I wanted to work with a company that supports developing countries and I couldn’t be more excited!

Now that I finally had that feeling of, “YES! This is what I want to do with my life!” I began to think of how I would get my dream job. Was my current degree, recreation management, going to take me there? After some though I came to the conclusion that the recreation program at Brigham Young University-Idaho mainly focuses on outdoor recreation and therapeutic recreation-not so much non-profits.

So what major could get me there? I remembered a few months earlier Clayton telling me that I should check out the communication department. When he said that I immediately put it aside thinking, “Why would I ever do that? I love my major, it’s so fun!” Remembering that got me thinking that maybe communications is where I should be. So I emailed professors asking their opinions and they were super excited and had tons of helpful information. And now I am here- a communication, public relations major- writing this blog to practice for my future career.

I could not be any happier with my career change. I absolutely love being a communication major!

“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” –Mark Twain

In countries across the world how one introduces their self is dependent upon the culture they grew up in. One thing that is the same everywhere are surnames, better known in America as last names. The last name may come from the father’s side of the family, mothers or it may contain both. It may come before the last name and represent the family that person comes from, while many other people are falling into the new trend of creating their own new family name. One thing is for sure is the importance of a last name, whether it be traditional or a new way to identify ones (new) family that comes with marriage.

If you like it or not when you first meet a person, more than likely you’re going to learn not just their first name but also their last. After you hear their name you almost instantly forget it, I personally feel that wanting to remember and know a person’s name shows you genuinely care. I know it is difficult, many people struggle with remembering names but that doesn’t over rule the fact that it is important.

How will you remember their name? Learn something about that person. If you want to take it up a notch from just knowing a fact, try to find something you have in common with them.  This will make the person seem more real. The next time you see them you can relate to them better because your relationship is based off of more than just sitting in a class or meeting together.

All in all, today’s generation in fast paced and self-centered, but networking is the newest and most efficient way to land jobs and other favorable benefits. They're complete opposites, which will you let take over your body? Don’t let opportunities pass you by, instead look for them. Just take the chance to get to know someone new; what do you have to lose?

With that being said, let me introduce myself. My name is Kaiti Ann Moss; my maiden name is Hickman, both of which reign from England (although my husband insists we are German).  I am a communications student emphasis in public relations at Brigham Young University-Idaho. I’m just another girl in the world with big dreams. Stay tuned to learn more about me and what makes me tick.