Strategic Management of Life: Reflection on Dreams, Values, and Career Planning

In this document we will discuss about Strategic Management of Life and below are the summary points of this document:- Reflection on personal dreams, values, and strategic planning for future goals and career aspirations. Importance of incorporating core values like honesty, integrity, and compassion into professional life. SWOT analysis to identify strengths in emotions, skills, and communication while addressing weaknesses.

Introduction
The first thing after reading the assignment instruction came to my mind was, where I am
standing and what are my dreams. What are the cores values I have adapt during my schooling. It
made me think hard about myself. Therefore, I started doing it in a pre-planned manner. In this
text I will analyse my behaviour, will list the goals I want to achieve and how I am going to
achieve that in a strategically, all from my own perspectives. Management is a skill that we pick
up in our everyday life (Wally and Baum 2014). The books and materials only act as a
supporting factor. We may turn to Google too to find some answers but it will not give me my
answers!
I am a fresh graduate in a state university. I have finished my schooling and planning to
get my degree in business management and administration. I have always been a dreaming of
having a luxury house to myself. I have been told that, to get what I want, I need to earn for
myself. After my schooling, I realized that, I need to be self-sufficient. In addition, this
assignment has given me the opportunity to exactly think about that. Professionally planning my
career and incorporating the dreams that I have chosen for myself to fulfil have been discussed
systematically in the following pert of the text. To achieve the end goal of owning a house and
have a great career in business management, I need some steps to be followed.
Clarifying my basic values
The values that I have been taught and brought-up with in my past years have made me
the person I am today. For me, honesty is value that I have admired my whole life and seen that
my parents have also done it with utmost care. The next things that I admire simultaneous to

honesty is happiness, family, integrity, trustworthiness, responsibility, respect, being
compassionate and kind to others, Understanding of one’s perspective and accommodating their
values same as mine, without sacrificing myself respect. Dreams of doing social work are also in
the list. Communicating with the variety of cultured people and driving through diversity of
culture. These values are the ones that I have admired my whole life and want to include in my
future professional life as well.
My SWOT analysis
According my perspectives the strengths are my emotions, which I have gracefully
accommodated along my life. The people I have associated with previously have admired my
honesty, compassion, driven mind, hard work towards any given task. As for my skills, I have
been attracted towards solving mathematical problems and operating in different software tools.
Using the different software according our advantage has been thrilling for me. In addition,
managing and multitasking with data and researching the market for feedback and drawing
conclusions from them are my expertise (Kaplan and Norton, 2012). Communicating with
different background people is what catches my interest.
One of my weakness that have given me headache over many years was dishonesty and
violent people who resort to being physical in nature and gets agitated during heated
conversation. I avoid associating with them. I have been also accused of being less confident
about my nature.
Using my strengths in my favour while side stepping my weaknesses, I have resort to get
the opportunity to seek my career in growing industry of technology and management. Seeking
the management courses will help me in identifying the opportunities in Multinational companies
and thus helping me growing my network in the domain. The multinational conglomerates have

different divisions of technology-enabled department and the sudden growing industry of cloud
computing will serve me right in pursuing my interests.
In my choice of profession or industry, there is certain risk involved. Like the industry life cycle,
there is always a threat of stagnation. The multinational companies always face problems
regarding work-visa and migration issues (Kaplan and Norton, 2012). Therefore, there may be
less opportunities to grab in that domain.
Creating my long-term goals
I see myself being a general manager in the multinational brand/company in my next 30
Years. Being a general manager is not easy. One has to work in all the departments possible in
their professional life to gain the position. This will include having knowledge in all product and
service area a global company like Nestle or a Coca-Cola have. Product development, market
development and others (Wally and Baum, 2014).
My short term goals
Working backwards towards my long-term goals, I have planned to explore my first 10
years towards learning in working different departments in companies that I will get
opportunities in. This year’s will be crucial as knowing where I fit and identifying where my
professional strength lies will be good for my knowledge. This will also determine my next move
to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of my work knowledge and manner of
professionalism.
The next 5 years will be to gain as much knowledge I can in the function of management
I am interested in. These years will also determine my key strengths in different functions.

The next 15 years I have planned to explore other things in my capacity to work on.
These years will also help me in different corporation work knowledge. I will focus on what is
within my control, as opposed to things I cannot control, such as the economy or what my boss
does or does not do. Highlighting the positive outcomes that change will bring, as opposed to
looking at what I will be giving up in my way to towards my set goal. For example, focus on
keeping a good work life balance, having a family and others. Reducing my plans rather than
over commit, and take daily actions, even if they are small, to make things happen.
Conclusions
Therefore, from the above plans I have set for myself, is strategise in an organised
manner and this will help me focus my objectives to life, at any given conditions. This will also
give me certain perspectives to what to look for in my future years. The strategic management of
my goals and objectives I have set for myself.