Final Reflection

Looking back over this past semester, I would like to highlight two main lessons that I have taken away from this module. But before I go into that, I will first go back to my first blog post as required by this blog post topic. I have to say that my views on communication still have not changed from the beginning of the course. I still feel that first impressions count a lot and communication is meant to help you achieve what you want. However, I can now safely say that I have learnt how to better use communication to present a better first image and to attain what I want through the two lessons that I would be highlighting.

The first lesson is to be courteous at all times when communicating professionally. I have to admit that I have always been a very critical person and it is really difficult to earn my praises. That was why my first comment made on Jay’s blog was so crude. However, over this course, I have seen how useful praises have been to me and how much it has affected others too. I am glad to have learnt this simple yet important lesson.

The second lesson builds on the first. Nowadays, emails are really the main form of professional communication and would many times be your first impression to others. I am grateful that this course has taught me to be courteous and concise in my emails. I’ve already used this skill in many of my emails and it has reaped dividends.

As this course comes to a close, I would like to thank everyone in my class for the friendships that I have made. I would especially like to thank my group members, Ryan and Shu Ting, for helping me to learn more about myself. Finally, I would like to thank Ms Happy Goh for being a role model and a source of inspiration for all of us.

Though the workload of this module is immense, we could all learn from this simple quote of John Alves: “The hard way is the right way.”