Think about this; when your professor hands back an exam you see a page full of red error marks, emphasizing what you did wrong. What stems from this are strong feelings of inferiority. Low self-esteem is brought about through an individual’s inabilities or wrong doings.

The question I ask myself is what if our society focused on each of our successes? Would our self-confidence return in our ability to achieve tasks? Will our opposition to challenge others through communication subside and will we flourish into the self-assured individuals that we are capable of being? A little bit of encouragment goes a long way.

There are peaks and pits of each day. At the end of your day today, don’t dwell on the one thing that went badly. Spotlight your many successes and most importantly, be proud of yourself and the talents you have been blessed with.

As a junior in college, I discovered what might be the greatest invention I’ve ever gotten involved with…Twitter. My new obsession at this point in my life? YES. A friend made it for me, actually. I probably “tweeted” once in the first six months I had a Twitter account. Because Twitter was still trying to take off and was not the most well known form of social media at this point in time, I began to follow celebrities seeing as very little of my friends had an account. Eventually, I even started following bars/pubs and took interest how they utilized Twitter as a publicity means for their company. I took a special interest in this when I subconsciously realized that a certain restaurant’s tweets had a substantial affect on my decision of where to meet up with my girlfriends one night. Can Twitter alter people’s perceptions in a convincing way to favor their company?

I soon found the answer to be, yes! I was then recommended by a close friend to declare myself a speech communication major with a public relations track. Seeing as I had just undeclared from pre-nursing and was on the fence about my future, I decided there was no harm in taking an introductory to public relations course to get a grasp of what public relations had to offer, for I really had no idea. The class quickly sold me. I found a desire in wanting to learn more, experience more, become engulfed in the world of PR. My remaining years of college were spent taking courses in speech communication and public relations. I was intrigued by my courses, positively influenced by my classmates, and grateful for the close, professional relationships I developed with my professors. Public relations may not have always been my dream, but I now created something much more powerful than just a dream…I had a passion.

Sure, we all change our minds so don’t be afraid of it, engage in it. Like I have done, take the change in your life and alter it into something grand.