{"id":439,"date":"2019-09-26T12:55:06","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T12:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/ma-biomedicine\/?p=439"},"modified":"2019-09-26T12:55:06","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T12:55:06","slug":"tenacity-what-is-it-good-for-absolutely-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/ma-biomedicine\/2019\/09\/26\/tenacity-what-is-it-good-for-absolutely-everything\/","title":{"rendered":"Tenacity! What is it good for? Absolutely everything!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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by Mecca Baker<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Tenacity, in my own words, is the sheer persistence and\ndrive to continue on in spite of wanting nothing else to do but give up. I\ndecided to pick this topic, because it relates so well with our MS in\nBiomedicine program. We’re all here, essentially because of our tenacity. We’ve\nchosen paths that will enable us to continue on in the careers we’ve set for\nourselves, or start a new career in some cases. Whatever the reasons for us\nbeing here, we share the common theme of tenacity. We are uncommon among the\ncommon. We’re sacrificing time with friends, salaried jobs, and hours of our lives\ndoing assignments. Why? Because we have something in us that won’t allow us to\ngive up. We have drive, passion, desire. Dare I say we’d be considered a little\ncrazy? Maybe. How do we keep that tenacity going? Read on!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My road to becoming a doctor started a long time ago. I knew\nwhat I wanted my future career to be at the age of seven. What does a seven-year-old\nknow about what it takes to become a doctor? Don’t we all say we want to be a\ndoctor or lawyer someday? Sure, but I learned quickly when I got to undergrad\nthat the difference between me and the person in my organic chemistry study\ngroup emailing their advisor to switch their major, was that I refused to give\nin. This brings me to my first tip on how to embrace tenacity: Welcome the\nstruggle! We’re going to find ourselves in tough situations in life where we\nbegin to doubt our abilities. We’ll begin to convince ourselves that we can’t\nkeep up with the workload. Do not believe this! You are here because you\ndeserve to be here, and you are more than capable of succeeding. Welcoming the\nstruggle tells your mind that you know it’ll get tough, but you aren’t afraid.\nInstead of dreading the inevitable, take it as proof that you’re still here.\nTough spots allow you to thrive and really get to know yourself. You begin to\nfind out how far you can push yourself!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whatever background we come from, whatever circumstances\nwe’ve overcome and continue to work through, we have been brought here\ntogether. For some, this is our second chance. For others, it is our first\nchance at something new. We collectively understand that this program is an\nintermediate between undergrad and professional schools. Learning to manage\ntime instead of letting the time manage you is one of the most important tasks.\nTip number two: Take it one week at a time and don’t think about the length of\nthe race! Continuing to remind yourself of the years of school you have left\nwill do nothing but discourage you from your journey. Living in the present is\none of the single most powerful things you can learn to do. It allows you to be\ngrateful for where you are now and enjoy what’s around you in the present. It\nalso helps the time go by quicker because we’re actually paying attention in\nclass, instead of constantly checking the clock. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My last tip has to do with teamwork. It’s imperative that we\nwork as a group and learn to encourage and help each other out. It’s easier to\nstay in the race when you have other people cheering you on. Network and get to\nknow other tenacious people. I can speak from personal experience that when I\nwas at my lowest point, my personal group of friends kept my goal alive. We\nneed other people to help us get through! Bouncing that type of energy back and\nforth between members of your cohort can work wonders. As tempting as it is to\nthink of this program as a competition, it’s more rewarding to help others out\nwhen you see them struggling. I can see that we’re doing a good job of this\nalready, and I’d love to see us keep this up!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To wrap this up, I want to reiterate the importance of\ntenacity. Tenacity is what has brought us this far, and it is what will keep us\ngoing in the future. Embracing the tough spots, learning to manage time, and\ncheering each other on will get us into our prospective professional schools.\nWe have a kind of determination and drive that you don’t see every day. We are\nunique in our own right, just by being us. This program allows us to hone our\nskills and learn to think like the people we want to be someday. We make each\nother stronger, just by being around one another. We are, in a sense, guiding\neach other along to the next step. Keep going everyone!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tenacity, in my own words, is the sheer persistence and drive to continue on in spite of wanting nothing else to do but give up. I decided to pick this topic, because it relates so well with our MS in Biomedicine program. We’re all here, essentially because of our tenacity. We’ve chosen paths that will....<\/p>

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