My name is Martrea Marshall. I am currently a sophomore Economics student at the University of Maryland, College Park. This my first semester at College Park. I am a transfer student from the Community College of Baltimore County. This was my first time away from home, so I did not know many people. Creatively, I am very in tune with myself at times, I like to write poetry, draw, and make music. However, I never really thought of myself to be very innovate. Many times I find that I ask myself these questions. “What were my dreams and goals?” Often times I think about, “am I doing what I really imagined myself doing by the age of twenty-one.” At times, I can the younger me speaking, and I become reminiscent of the things I used to tell my grandparents when they would ask me “What would you like to be when you grow.” I remember my answer, vividly, I would say, I want to change the world. I want to be something great to the world. I would like to be someone that kids can look up to. I often find myself questioning “what are the steps to becoming successful” and “how can I influence others to become successful.” I recently read a book called “Cats Don’t Bark: A Guide to Knowing Who You Are, Accepting Who You Are Not and Living Your Unique Purpose.” The title of the book was what caught my eye. I was certain that it had nothing to do with cats and barking. So I read the synopsis. “This book offers new ways of seeing, fresh tools, and proven practices designed to serve as companions as you embark on your quest.” This book was very intriguing to me. It allowed me to gain a different outlook about life and your purpose. It allowed me to understand myself and to realized that everything is trial and error. Sometimes you have to go through things that you aren’t meant to be doing in order to discover what you should be doing. I feel that is what it takes to be an innovator, “trial and error.” Many inventors don’t produce their “golden” product on the first try. It often takes years to perfect a certain idea and vision, then in turn, be able to reproduce it in a product form. Over the years I have learn that practice is everything. Like the saying, “practice makes perfect.” A basket player such as Steph Curry, he is able to make half-court shots and do it with ease. Yet, it is guaranteed that he was not able to just do that overnight. It took countless hours of practice in the gym. Everyone sees what comes after endless hours, day in and day out of practice. However, they don’t see the time that you actually put in to perfect your craft. An innovator’s mindset in my opinion is that no dream or goal is too hard to reach. Also, that there is always something to learn. No one person knows everything. You have to be the first person that believes in you, because no one else will believe in you if you do not first believe in yourself. After thinking about all of this, I realize that I have not lost sight of my dreams I created when I was a small child. Rather, that I am just beginning to embark on my journey to becoming a better critical thinking and being able to efficiently question and challenge the world around me. Ultimately being able to become the innovator that I dreamed of becoming.
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Relevancy?I decided to take this course because the name "How do innovator's think" intrigued me and made me wonder what the class would be about. Also, this course is helpful to my major (Economics), because this class allowed to me gain several critical thinking skills that will be useful in not only my field, but in all fields.
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design?The inspiration behind the design for the website is my desire to include of the passions I have into one platform. These things include computer programming, web design, and multimedia: photography, YouTube videos, and writing.
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