We live in an age where other's opinions can be extremely influential in the decisions we make. These past weeks I've been looking into different universities that I might be interested in, and have obviously been seeking for opinions from people who know about these universities. Hearing two entirely different opinions on the same university can be confusing, and I've heard that often when asking for guidance. Is it because their opinions aren't true? Not really; they are just very subjective. Opinions can serve well as guidance, but people are letting them completely define the choices they make, and not very often do these choices end up being what they actually want. In my case, I had been letting other opinions define my decisions, when really all they should've done was help me get a better idea because it is MY life after all; their opinions are based on what they like/think, which is a little or completely different to what I might like/think. Imagine that you are thinking about studying business in Harvard, and you know someone who graduated from there recently. Asking them what they think, will give you a better idea as of it being the right fit for you, but letting that one opinion define your decision as a whole, isn't. What if this person was a procrastinator, and got stressed very easily? Or viceversa? You never know. My point being, that opinions are being misused, or misinterpreted because people aren't questioning enough. So all I had to do was seek for these types of opinions, and by questioning them, they would serve me as very useful guidance, but the choice at the end, would be 100% mine. The change I am working on is asking for a wide variety of opinions so that when I begin investigating a certain university, I no longer have one perspective, but m a n y , and these perspectives can allow me to draw my own conclusions and mold my decisions based on that.
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Joe Bonnici
5/12/2015 02:03:09 am
Cami, you've structured this blog thoughtfully, so that ideas can clearly flow. You make a good distinction between doing what others tell you to listening to others' opinions and drawing your own conclusion. I also liked the main takeaway: like every other investigation that you make in your life you need to look for a variety of sources.
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