April 6, 2008

Research Trouble

I am human, and as a human, I have a fault. I have a fear of failure.

I'm sure that many people have fear of failure. Actually, I'm sure of it. If no one else had this fear, there wouldn't be so many quotes about overcoming it.

So, as of now, I have this large project to do. If I have been doing research throughout the entire semester, it wouldn't be that bad. However, I started doing research, then I realized how much I didn't know, and how much I needed to learn... and I got stressed out. Hey- I'm human.

But now is the time to refocus.

The industry is the travel/ tourism/ hospitality/ gaming industry. Its wide, and varied... so much to learn. But why must I be afraid to fail? Why am I afraid to learn?

As I push through my fear and scrape up extra time to do my research, it doesn't seem so intimidating. It is actually rather interesting. I will someday be a part of this world, and topics that seem not to apply to me, will. There is a great movement to spread businesses into Asia. Does that affect me? Well, now I know that if I want to go to India I may find many more hotels there that will be familiar to me, as well as if I'm looking to start a hotel overseas, this may be a place to look into. Why Asia? Is there another region that is similar and may be the next big place to travel? If I do good research now, I may be one leg up.

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