Making a difference could be something so small or it could have substantial impact. Whether it is making a difference within your field, your community, and/or around the whole, how would you know when you are making a difference? Would it be personal a difference or making difference in your community? I am majoring in General Marketing with plans to graduate with a bachelors this upcoming May. Within the Marketing field, it is really broad with many tracks/concentrations you can choose from. I do not know exactly with what I plan on doing with this major. Wherever the life takes me, I will get to where I want to be. I would probably have detours and take the long road to get there. I am more interested in creative side within marketing, more towards Marketing/branding aspect of it. I would love to do Event Planning, and use my marketing/creative skills to use.
The difference I would be making would probably be adding an extra set of creative flair. I am usually an out of the box thinker. I do not think I have much book sense but my organizational and attention to detail, not to mention my creative side is impeccable. One day I hope to do be an Event Planner, like plan events for special occasions. Whether it will be planning birthday parties, weddings or maybe one day, I will be help be a Marketing Director for the Grammys, who knows. People will be appreciative of my skills and my services. I am probably/hopefully making someone’s life easier and better whether I work for a company or open up a small business. The difference may seem small but to others, the difference might be a huge one for some. For some, special occasions can be a huge part of someone’s life, and for me to want to make that special occasion happen for them could be a life changing, another stepping stone in their life, or any special occasion worth celebrating. This event/occasion that I can plan might make people more happy, it could be a positive outlook it ones life. With my help, it will make their life easier, and simpler while they can enjoy other things in life. It might not seem like I am making a big difference but maybe to some, it’s a huge difference. I could be helping a greater / larger picture, who knows. One day, one day, if I get to be successful enough and be able to plan a very large, nationally televised event, like an awards show or plan a celebrities wedding, I will probably have a greater impact, knowing millions enjoy watching the Grammys and seeing their favorites actors get an award for their hard work. Many idolize celebrities, so I will have a greater impact on the community since their brand/name is more popular as you would say. That being said, seeing them happy, would have a domino effect, and then the community would be able to enjoy their happiness with them. But then again, making a difference does not have to be the amount of people you have impacted. As the saying always goes, quality over quantity. One day, I might have the honor of planning something not quite as large as a nationally televised event. I might have the honor to plan something more sentimental like a child’s first birthday celebration. A child’s first birthday are memories to cherish and should last forever. It might just be a couple of close friends and family there, but it might have greater meaning to the family. Creating memories and enjoying that special time with your immediate family might be much more special than seeing your favorite idol on television accepting an award to others.
I feel like I am not making that huge of a difference, it might not even be a difference to some. It all depends on who all perceive it to be. I feel like my with my field, me making a significant difference is far smaller than a someone who wants to be a nurse. While we both would be helping others, it’s a different kind of help though. I feel like a nurse would be saving lives, more like a superhero type of nature, while as with my career, it’s just an incentive. It is not as needed/ high in demand like a nurses duty. But who am I to say?, others might feel like it is greater or equivalent to the relevance of a nurse. Yes, I would be making people lives easier. Yes, I would be creating special moments. Yes, I would be planning something maybe they would not probably not be able to do or do that great of a job of. But would I be saving people’s lives? No. Would I be there to get their blood checked? No. I am probably more of the positive aspect of making difference. A more of an emotional aspect. More of a celebrating a journey with them. How much of a difference would I make? It is all up to how they feel how much of a difference I am making in their lives. Maybe my goofy, optimistic, fun-loving personality would be a difference to my clients itself. Maybe I could offer more than event planner. Maybe my clients and I would develop a special bond and continue to be friends there afters. I maybe could be a “psychologist” to them by offering personal, business, and/or love advice to them if my clients and I get really close and they are able to trust me because after all planning an event takes time and it takes time to get to know your clients… Who knows?
Who defines your success? Yourself, your community, your customers? As you know, my major is Marketing. Marketing drives revenue. If you market your product/service better, it be comes more attractive, thus more likely for people to buy/ use it. Throughout my years in college, and plenty of marketing classes, it seems that though, the main important thing I see that comes repetitive in each class is to differentiate yourself with the market. Differentiate your products and services from other competitors to give yourself/ company a competitive advantage. Having a competitive advantage, your value to other customers can be be significally higher than its competitors, thus my prices can be higher. Higher prices to me mean better quality. Quality work should mean satisfied customers. I know I’ll be successful when I have satisfied customers because I will do anything in my power to make them pleased. And I know I won’t be successful in making a difference unless I have positively influenced their lives.