During my experiences with MBTI, I've found out alot about myself. I've come to realize who I really am as a person, and ways I work that I've never noticed. While I compare my self-assessment type and my indicator type, they are both slightly different in fields I didn't really realize until now. I came out with the indicator type this summer and it is ESTP. My self-assessment type was thought out just a few weeks ago, it was ENFP.
I can tell you right now why my indicator type is different than my self-assessment type. This summer, I wasn't dead set on my studies in Kinesiology and my future plans. I had my doubts about my major and i strongly believe thats what through my score off. I was more confused than anything.
My best-fit type is definitely the ESTP. I've noticed I'm that type of guy who will search for his own way to do things, just because it shortens up the steps or makes a problem easier. I am more of a direct person, to the point. One of the main things I came to realize with myself is that I most definitely am an Extrovert! I'm very active and like to communicate with others about situations rather than ponder them on my own. I'm glad I had the opportunity to take this test because it gave me the ability to learn about myself and techniques that can help me get through college and my future.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
#2 The Next Generation of Ag Leadership
Last Thursday, I attended my second lecture in the Great Hall at the MU. This one was called "The Next Generation of Ag Leadership", and was based around farming in America and more specifically, Iowa. This weeks was definitely not as interesting as last because Agriculture does not strike an interest to me.
The man who delivered his speech and told us all about the farming economy was Jim Farrel. He is the President and CEO of Farmer's National. This business not only deals with farming itself, it does much more than that; they own 2.5 million acres of farmland, they manage oil and gas through agricultural senses, and they deal alot with business management.
Jim came in saying that now is one of the best times to be in Agriculture, it's considered the "Golden Age" of farming. Recently, farming has somewhat "taken off" and land plays a very HUGE part in this. Land is at one of it's highest values as of now, and there are a few problems that the buyers of land are running into. Over 75 percent of the land owners are over the age of 65. Nearly all of these owners have long term plans for their operations; farming, equipment, and land. They either plan on donating the land to places such as Iowa State University for research and learning purposes or they mainly give it to a family or relative. These people who either keep it or donate to different causes are considered the active land owners, they want this land for what it is, and to serve a purpose with it. Only 3-5 percent of the active land owners actually are selling their land for money. Now on the other hand, there are also people known as commercial farmers. They are what give us 93.5 percent of our revenue with farmland. They average 1600 acres of land and use it for a much different purpose. They themselves do not farm the land, they just manage opperations. They want to keep the land and once the market and price for that land increases, they sell it for a profit.
Recently, the active farmers are adding acres for their farmland. They work to create a profit and once that profit is earned, they use that in order to expand their farms. Investors however are the buyers and sellers. They are more ag knowledgable and good with macroeconomics. They are in it to create a quick profit off of buying and selling the land. The main point to this whole lecture is that there is an extremely STRONG demand and there are more buyers than there are sellers. This isn't necessarily a good thing, they say it may be a potential threat that can derail the ag market as a whole.
The man who delivered his speech and told us all about the farming economy was Jim Farrel. He is the President and CEO of Farmer's National. This business not only deals with farming itself, it does much more than that; they own 2.5 million acres of farmland, they manage oil and gas through agricultural senses, and they deal alot with business management.
Jim came in saying that now is one of the best times to be in Agriculture, it's considered the "Golden Age" of farming. Recently, farming has somewhat "taken off" and land plays a very HUGE part in this. Land is at one of it's highest values as of now, and there are a few problems that the buyers of land are running into. Over 75 percent of the land owners are over the age of 65. Nearly all of these owners have long term plans for their operations; farming, equipment, and land. They either plan on donating the land to places such as Iowa State University for research and learning purposes or they mainly give it to a family or relative. These people who either keep it or donate to different causes are considered the active land owners, they want this land for what it is, and to serve a purpose with it. Only 3-5 percent of the active land owners actually are selling their land for money. Now on the other hand, there are also people known as commercial farmers. They are what give us 93.5 percent of our revenue with farmland. They average 1600 acres of land and use it for a much different purpose. They themselves do not farm the land, they just manage opperations. They want to keep the land and once the market and price for that land increases, they sell it for a profit.
Recently, the active farmers are adding acres for their farmland. They work to create a profit and once that profit is earned, they use that in order to expand their farms. Investors however are the buyers and sellers. They are more ag knowledgable and good with macroeconomics. They are in it to create a quick profit off of buying and selling the land. The main point to this whole lecture is that there is an extremely STRONG demand and there are more buyers than there are sellers. This isn't necessarily a good thing, they say it may be a potential threat that can derail the ag market as a whole.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Blog #1 Planet Money Live
9-19-12
Tonight, I went to the lecture "Planet Money" at the MU's Grand Hall. Two men by the names of Adam Davidson and Alex Blumberg explained multiple economic problems with society. These two deal with these problems constantly in their lives. They created a popular documentary based upon these topics, "The Giant Pool Of Money". These two were great to watch because they not only preached education, but they did it with a sense of humor. As if this lecture didn't provide me with enough information, they also have a blog I have checked out and found multiple facts and opinions that intrigue me. They said they planned on coming in with a long speech about how the economy has gone down the drain, which it has, but then they realized our state of Iowa has actually been doing decent during these times. The unemployment rate is pretty low and our economy is actually striving. They said the main question is, "how screwed are we?" This is the problem with our economy. There are low levels of jobs, lowest they've ever been at 6 % job loss. Not only are we at our worse, we are nowhere near recovery.
Adam told us one of the main reasons for the problems and economy not making a recovery. He put it this way; There are many homeowners who bought a beginners home years ago. Now these homeowners have families with multiple children, causing these beginner houses to be crowded, however they dont want to risk trying to buy and sell a house on the market because of the risk so they are staying safe and remaining in their small, payed off homes. Because of these people not moving into bigger, more expensive house, the smaller, cheaper houses aren't going up for sale. This doesn't give people who are poor and homeless opportunities to spend the little they have in order to try and start something new.
The country believes there is one "superhero" by the name of Ben Bernankle. He is the Federal Reserve Chairman. The Federal Reserve is not government, it is an independent organization that controls the U.S. dollar. They are responsible for giving money a value and have the ability to create money at will.
Alex also was talking about how the banks do not want much money and how more money is bad for a bank. The money has to be garenteed back to the owner on top of the interest. Thanks to this, they need to find people who will take out loans and pay back the money with even bigger interest.
The main picture is the Federal Reserve Bureau wants people to take risk, like moving into bigger homes. They threw in a few technical things I didn't quite understand but that was one of the main points I ran away with. People believe the Ben Bernankle is the therapist of America. He gets inside our heads, our hearts, and tries to change our feelings for the future. Most people have healed from the money scare and are ready to upgrade. Get that bigger house, or that bigger SUV. Ben stated last week, "until such improvements are achieved". This is what Americans were striving to hear from him. He stated that he was all in for fixing the economy and financial struggle in the United States of America.
Tonight, I went to the lecture "Planet Money" at the MU's Grand Hall. Two men by the names of Adam Davidson and Alex Blumberg explained multiple economic problems with society. These two deal with these problems constantly in their lives. They created a popular documentary based upon these topics, "The Giant Pool Of Money". These two were great to watch because they not only preached education, but they did it with a sense of humor. As if this lecture didn't provide me with enough information, they also have a blog I have checked out and found multiple facts and opinions that intrigue me. They said they planned on coming in with a long speech about how the economy has gone down the drain, which it has, but then they realized our state of Iowa has actually been doing decent during these times. The unemployment rate is pretty low and our economy is actually striving. They said the main question is, "how screwed are we?" This is the problem with our economy. There are low levels of jobs, lowest they've ever been at 6 % job loss. Not only are we at our worse, we are nowhere near recovery.
Adam told us one of the main reasons for the problems and economy not making a recovery. He put it this way; There are many homeowners who bought a beginners home years ago. Now these homeowners have families with multiple children, causing these beginner houses to be crowded, however they dont want to risk trying to buy and sell a house on the market because of the risk so they are staying safe and remaining in their small, payed off homes. Because of these people not moving into bigger, more expensive house, the smaller, cheaper houses aren't going up for sale. This doesn't give people who are poor and homeless opportunities to spend the little they have in order to try and start something new.
The country believes there is one "superhero" by the name of Ben Bernankle. He is the Federal Reserve Chairman. The Federal Reserve is not government, it is an independent organization that controls the U.S. dollar. They are responsible for giving money a value and have the ability to create money at will.
Alex also was talking about how the banks do not want much money and how more money is bad for a bank. The money has to be garenteed back to the owner on top of the interest. Thanks to this, they need to find people who will take out loans and pay back the money with even bigger interest.
The main picture is the Federal Reserve Bureau wants people to take risk, like moving into bigger homes. They threw in a few technical things I didn't quite understand but that was one of the main points I ran away with. People believe the Ben Bernankle is the therapist of America. He gets inside our heads, our hearts, and tries to change our feelings for the future. Most people have healed from the money scare and are ready to upgrade. Get that bigger house, or that bigger SUV. Ben stated last week, "until such improvements are achieved". This is what Americans were striving to hear from him. He stated that he was all in for fixing the economy and financial struggle in the United States of America.
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
ISU Bucket List
Believe it or not, a bucket list has been something I've thought about more than once. It has been something I have thought about multiple times, but never really thought about putting it down on paper. There are more than just one list, there are actually a few. First of, I've completed a large portion, or the first level of my bucket list. My first 18 years of life have been a blast. I've met friends I will never forget, done things I will never regret, experienced many things that I couldn't have done anywhere else, and met my girlfriend of two and a half years here.
Now that I'm done with the High School stage of my life, I'm moving on into my college stage. I have many things on this bucket list that hopefully can be accomplished within the four years I'll be here. One of the more obvious topics on my bucket list here at Iowa State is to graduate and receive my B.S. degree in Kinesiology for Pre-Chiropractic. Here I wish to experience the life style of being on my own. Being away from my old friends and family is hard, but its also a step closer to my future life of being on my own. On a less serious note, I also wish to win an intramural championship in some sport whether it be football or basketball. Along with Majoring in Kinesiology, I want to get my Minor in business. It will make more sense when I get into my future life bucket list.
After college at Iowa State, I would like to go on to Graduate School at Palmer and receive my Doctor's in Chiropractic Degree. From here on, I would like to start practicing in a own much like my hometown, not to big but not to small. Thanks to my hopeful high income, I want to get rid of all my college loans and start off life without having to be in debt. Once all of my loans are payed off, I have a dream to start my own practice in chiropractic, that's where the minor in business will come into play.
Once my career gets all figured out, I wish to get married and have a stable income and a happy family. I hope my income is high enough to take me and my family on vacations yearly, mostly tropical areas lik Jamaica, the Bahamas, the Caicos, etc. My main goal to wrap up my life is to be as stressfree as possible, have no financial issues, and to live a perfectly happy lifestyle with my family.
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Blog 1
The time I personally believe I was at my best or at my top was the night my high school football team beat the Harlan Cyclones. It was a perfect fall night under the lights. The Cyclones had always been a big rivalry team for Carroll High, ever since i was a young boy. The entire week previous to this game was filled with practices and preparations to take down Harlan for the first time in 47 consecutive years in football. This was a HUGE feat for us. We went in the underdogs and came out on top. For the first two quarters we went back and forth scoring touchdown after touchdown, but after halftime we finally broke loose with a 94 yard kick return and after that the momentum completely shifted. We went on to beat Harlan 48-24. The first victory vs. Harlan in 47 years!! We were all at the top of the world at this point. The game was the highlight of my entire athletic career, and will always be remembered. Some of the main points I recall are my first touchdown of the season, and receiving over 160 passing yards in the game. It was quite the experience and i will forever remember it. The next week was amazing. We were constantly being congratulated and constantly getting brought into conversation with town's people over the game. Articles were written in many different papers about us. It was a very special experience.
The time I personally believe I was at my best or at my top was the night my high school football team beat the Harlan Cyclones. It was a perfect fall night under the lights. The Cyclones had always been a big rivalry team for Carroll High, ever since i was a young boy. The entire week previous to this game was filled with practices and preparations to take down Harlan for the first time in 47 consecutive years in football. This was a HUGE feat for us. We went in the underdogs and came out on top. For the first two quarters we went back and forth scoring touchdown after touchdown, but after halftime we finally broke loose with a 94 yard kick return and after that the momentum completely shifted. We went on to beat Harlan 48-24. The first victory vs. Harlan in 47 years!! We were all at the top of the world at this point. The game was the highlight of my entire athletic career, and will always be remembered. Some of the main points I recall are my first touchdown of the season, and receiving over 160 passing yards in the game. It was quite the experience and i will forever remember it. The next week was amazing. We were constantly being congratulated and constantly getting brought into conversation with town's people over the game. Articles were written in many different papers about us. It was a very special experience.
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