Thank you for reading my portfolio this far. This will be the last part of it and it has taken me truckloads of hours, barrels of coffee and a near-headache of thinking. To start, I would like to tell you a bit about my initial thoughts on Talent Development. As you know by now, I have a strong adversion against talking about my feelings. A problem occurs here, as Talent is all about that. I have fortunately been able to overcome it and tried my best during the learning groups. I think that I have performed quite well and perhaps even one of the better students. I have always loved a bit of a challenge and good performance. This is true on every field, be it in school or on the road on my bicycle.

If I am motivated to achieve something, you can bet all your money on it that I will do everything in order to succeed. This does not mean that I will do it without a plan. I try to find the most efficient path, the quickest road from A to B. My plan for now is to succeed all the subjects of the first year and continue doing well in the second year, as it is very important in order to be able to get a nice foreign study experience.

I am also confident that I will pass my re-sit for Law, as I only had a 9/20 last time and I know what I did wrong. 

The thing I like a lot about IBM is the fact that we get into contact with lots of different cultures and nationalities. Even though you do not immediately recognise the differences, after a while they become clear. Different ideas, mind-sets, visions and perceptions of time. This does make me a stronger person, as I had to deal with problems arising from these differences. In later life, it will be a valuable asset. 

I think that next year will be a better year than the first, because there will be a few unmotivated students dropping out, which will do good to the group dynamics. Doing a group work will be more fun and learnful as you know who is good in what, or in other words: who is talented in specific areas. Talent Development has helped me a lot to discover the talents of other students and I know perfectly well whom I love to work with. Of course I know that you have to be able to work with different kind of people in business life, but working ethos is still of major importance to me. I was raised in a working class family and my attitude is derived from that. Sometimes this means that there is a bit of friction but I have learned to compromise a bit more in the last year. 

In Talent Development we have been able to discover our talents, but they were not really surprising to me. However, I did not know them as such, it is good that we had to think about it and point them out. I think that it is very useful for me to put them into practice more and make a strength out of them.