Hello to the teaching team, fellow students of BCM313 and anyone else that has stumbled into the depths of my blog. In relation to a skill that I have learnt, from somebody that supervises at a mini golf facility, I could have gone down many avenues. For instance my paramount putting skills, impeccable interpersonal skills and creative crisis management (for when the 6 year olds birthday party goes downhill). But today I wanted to look at something from my unpaid life that has taught me the most.
I have been an avid scuba diver for about 6 years now with an advanced open water licence under my belt. Now the skill here I would say is less so obtaining the certifications and more so what I have learnt through this hobby.
Two things in this world that don’t come naturally to me are staying calm and trusting myself. Two things that are absolutely vital whilst scuba diving for your own safety. The failures that I have undergone under 30 meters of water have forced me to work on these qualities and attributes that don’t come easily. I have had learn that panic cannot be a first response once to certain situations and that I have entire responsibility over my wellbeing.
A skill to me is dissimilar to a talent. Acquiring skills take practice and patience where as talents are things that come easily to us. In a way learning to scuba dive opened the doorway to many transferable skills that I use in everyday life. I have a calm proactive response to issues that arise at work (especially when it comes to 6 year old birthday parties) and also to life, focusing on what I can do to amend a situation rather that “PANIC I’ve run out of air.” Self management like this has taught me to take a moment to breathe as a first response and when you can’t breath to find solutions.
LAURA 