My Mission

My Mission:
I am at my best when I think positively and and decide to be productive.
I will try to prevent times when I think negatively and thinking how being on the otherside of things.  The grass is not always greener on the otherside. 
I will enjoy my work by finding employment where I can I really like to work hard but make everyday interesting..
I will find enjoyment in my personal life through having a wonderful day no matter what stress it might entail
I will find opportunities to use my natural talents and gifts such as enthusiasm, positivity, comedic relief.
I can do anything I set my mind to. I will study abroad in Spain and become a physicians assistant..
My life's journey is being successful, and by succesful I mean content with my life. I will be married and living contently for a beautiful family that I hope to have one day and doing my best to satisfy their needs..
I will be a person who I have been a good loyal friend for many years and that we shared some times that we will never forget..
My most important future contribution to others will be enthusiasm and competitiveness..
I will strive to incorporate the following attributes into my life:

• stern but understanding
• relaxed
• ambitious

I will constantly renew myself by focusing on the four dimensions of my life:

• Be happy with the way that I am built and know that I can only do so much.
• When times get harder, keep pushing through and live by His word, knowing there is a reason for the good and the bad times.
• When small things go wrong to not let them affect the larger picture, or make myself that it already has affected it.
• Not take everything to heart.

     I certainly hope I never have to memorize my mission statement, for it is a long one. However, after reading through it, it does describe me perfectly.  My mission statement put thoughts out of my head and put it into something.  Instead of just thinking about Studying Abroad in Southern Spain, it tells me that I will do it.  Puts into an action versus just a thought. That aspect of this activity I thouroughly enjoyed.  I also enjoyed how it included people that have traits that I have looked up to forever and ever.  

    Making this mission statement has put everything that I am thinking about and put it into a pretense form.  If I'm not doing it now, I soon will be; not possibly, not maybe, but I WILL do what I set my mind to.  I will continue to use my strengths to get where I want to go and not focus on my weaknesses.  It also gets personal when I have to focus on the physical, spiritual, mental, and emotional side of me.  Because all four of those aspects are important to me and how I function whether it is a normal day or a stressful day.  

OU Mission

The mission of the University of Oklahoma is to provide the best possible educational experience for our students through excellence in teaching, research and creative activity, and service to the state and society.

    By reading this OU Mission statement, I would like to believe that I am fufilling it.  I know I am receiving excellent in teaching by the best staff, equipment and facilities; I just hope that I am using these to my benefit.  As much as I would like myself to believe that I am completely and 100% fufilling this mission statement, I could do a little more on my end.  All of the tools that I need are there for me if I would just use them.  Not that I am completely slacking, but I should not settle for anything less than I know that I can handle.  Sliding by should simply not be good enough.
    OU is fully living the mission statement every day.  It has given us one of the best learning enviornments for it's students not only by beautiful kept up to date buildings, but lab equipment as well. OU also gives it's students many resources to get involved with the community and the state.  Greek life, CAC, and other events may seem like fun events/ campus organizations that are just on campus however, most events are actually fundraisers or raise awareness for something.  Getting students involved with these types of groups also gets students to serve the state and the Norman community.

Board of Advisors

     My name is Jennifer Miller, hopefully you knew that, but what you might not know who my Board of Advisors are who have made me and who I am.  To name a few people on this board would definitely include, my mother, my daddy, and my sister; these people are not on my board because they are in my family, but they have truly shaped who I am.
       My mother doesn't always tell me what I would like to hear.  She can be brutally honest, but often she doesn't focus on the negative she focuses on how to help me and what I can do to better myself.  My mom is my number one resource, and she is definitely super mom.
       My dad is the realistic side, especially financially.  He keeps me within my means and because of him, I'm not bankrupt while I am out on my own.  He keeps me in check when I go out of line, but never seems to lose his temper.  He is well calm and collected when I don't expect him to be.
       Next, is my sister.  She is the cushion in my board of advisors.  My sister is a listener, but also has a fun side to her.  She is the most well rounded person that you could ever imagine, and she might rule the world one day. Just saying.  My sister is definitely the Chair Person on my Board of Advisers.  I look up to her more than anyone in the world.  It amazes me that she affects everyone in her life without doing anything extra spectacular.

      The next two on my board of advisors is my best friends Taryn and Alex.  These two range from being brutally honest, to being my safety net.  I can rely on thest two girls no matter what, and for absolutely anything.  They have no problem telling me when I am wrong, but they never lead me astray from my main goal or what is right.

Leader in the Field

   With in the past couple of weeks I have changed my mind, trying to decide what I would like to do with my life.  Do I want to be a physicians assistant, do I want to try and shoot for med school, or do I want to do something I've always wanted to do and become a physical therapist.  Recently after knowing the right people, I was lucky enough to interview Physical Therapist and Clinical Director, Corey Long with a few of his employees.

   With in the first few minutes I noticed how upbeat and enthusiastic the whole place was.  When asking Corey what his job entails, he included "making everyday a fun enjoyable atmosphere, half of the patient receiving full treatment, is to enjoy where they are getting it from."  This response already had leadership written all over it, because as clinical director, Corey received permission from all of his employees and patients.  This attitude alone, has allowed Corey and other clinical directors to open new practices all around the metroplex. 

   Talking to other physical therapist I asked how leadership was vital to their everday.  Responses varied from leading eachother in keeping up with new practices, or leading their patients to understanding exercises that will increase mobility even though it is not strengthening the injured area.  Leadership is extremely important in physical therapy.  When I injured my back, I knew that my physical therapist would help me, however I was not ready to follow.  Whenever I realized that his best interest was to help me get better, I allowed him to lead me.  Even when I wasn't working on exercises that strenghthened my back, I was working with muscles that would help to not use my back as much.  I continued to follow my physical therapist when we created more of a bond.  I was spending two hours three days a week at this place, hopefully and eventually I would like attending these strengthening courses.  

   Click Here to find more about Physical Therapy and what an everyday job might entail.

Future @ OU

After this year, I see myself attending OU for three more years and completeing a major in Health Exercise Science and minoring in Spanish.  Other than school, I see myself being more involved.  I would love to be more involed with my sorority and other CAC events.  Hopefully I find myself being better at time management so I could do so.
   I am so interested in Multi-Cultural events.  I would absolutely love to be involved with coordinating these events and then attending them.  It amazes me that no matter how diverse our culture is, there are many people that add to their culture by carrying out theres.  I also think that it is interesting to see how our culture varies from others and how we interact with one another.  I am completely enthralled with other cultures and ethics.

Attitude

Attitude is everything.  This sounds terrible that I can think of positive leaders and negative leaders, and how their roles affect what I do.  Cheerleading is a huge group task with girls who have the same goal.  Some are there because they love it, and others are there because they felt like it when they signed up.  I have noticed in all my years, that attitude is everything.  It takes 4 or 5 positive comments to erase a single negative comment.  Captains of the OU cheer squad have influenced me so much because when they are positive, I find myself wanting to be at practice, where as when they're negative I can not wait to leave.  "Our attitudes are our most important assests," could not be a truer statement.  A situation can only be as good or as bad as you make it.  If it is terrible, trick your mind and repeat how much fun you're having.  You might notice actually having fun.

Problem Solving Strengths

Adaptability
Positivity
Harmony

Those three words are 3 of my 5 top strengths that all help me solve problems.  All of these traits are critical for me solving problems just because I can adapt to certain situations, and I can remain positive, and retaining and leveling out harmony.  However sometimes adaptability could get in the way because I learn to adapt to situations that can be problems, when I should learn to fix the problem.  Harmony sometimes can too, because I often don't vocalize problems and how to fix them because it I feel that I might not be helping the situation and I don't like confrontation.