Melissa MBAA Blog for ERAU

  A641.9.3.RB_Melissa Burns Personal Transformation Dear Melissa,             The past 4 years have involved a lot of change and transition in your personal and work life.  After going through a divorce with your partner of 9 years and leaving your airshow career to start a new family, you finally were ready to re-enter the workforce as Covid hit.  You have moved from California to Florida to Alaska and back again.  You have had 2 children and worked as a glacier pilot for a Part 135 operator in Alaska and as a ski and float flight instructor while pregnant.  You are finishing your MBAA that you have been working on for almost 5 years, while raising 2 babies and launching a new podcast.  What is next?   It is time to for you to focus and to make a plan of action. Your vision is one that involves your family, aviation, fittness, teaching and building a dream l...

  Module 8 Reflection Blog My Personal Balance Sheet Melissa D. Burns             In this blog I will be taking stock of my personal strengths and weakness.  In our Becoming a Resonant Leader workbook we put our strengths, potential strengths, enduring dispositions and weaknesses into a balance sheet.  It is an interesting way to look at our emotions, personality traits and other attributes.  This exercise gave me the opportunity for reflection and to consider what changes need to be made to achieve better overall balance in my life.             When considering my ideal balance, I would have my family and work life well balanced, be making enough money to comfortably support our lifestyle and still have plenty of time to put towards my personal spiritual and physical health.  Of course, my marriage would be the best it could be,...

  Write up a Reflection Blog integrating the module textbook and workbook content with your personal findings. Did you discover any surprises from your outputs? If so, what were they? If not, why do you think this happened? Appreciating Your Real Self Melissa D. Burns  After completing the mindfulness exercises in our  Becoming a Resonant Leader  workbook, I found that my answers were very consistent with my feelings and expectations of myself.  The exercises included taking stock in what I consider of greatest worth in my life and considering what I like and dislike about my current life (Boyatzis et al., 2008).  The exercises had me reflect on my personal medicine wheel and how I am caring for my mind, body, spirit and emotions (Boyatzis et al., 2008).  In addition, the exercises had me chart a path and consider what changes I need to make in order to achieve the balance that I want in my life (Boyatzis et al., 2008).   These...