Gaining confidence

Today I feel confident about my ability to be flexible, adapt and learn new things. I know that although I will make mistakes, I will learn from them and move on. I trust my fellow Scholars and the Chips Quinn family and I know that I can depend on them for help.

Jack Marsh (Photo by Devin Wagner, Spring 2008).

We have met and will meet numerous people through our reporting and journalism careers, and sometimes we build sources and keep contacts, but often the encounters we have with people are fleeting. It's a bit strange--but comforting, no doubt--to know that I have met a group of people that I will know for the rest of my life.
After today, I feel more comfortable networking with people. It was a bit scary to hear yesteday from Jack Marsh, vice president/diversity programs for the Freedom Forum, that everyone in journalism is separated by two degrees. I think this weekend has really helped me work on those skills.