Every once in a while you have to take the bull by the horns, hang on tight, try with all your might to hang on for the full eight seconds. Well, that’s what it felt like I had to do. I needed to take control and responsibility that I never really had before. It was always go to someone and ask what I needed to do next. Then it reached the point where it was my turn to take the bull by the horn and oh so much more.
It was a normal week of work at Target. I showed up, went to my work station and did as I was told. If I was told to make pizza, I did it. If they said to go bring in carts, I was on it. I did everything they said, well at least I tried. The week had been going pretty well and it was almost over. It was Saturday morning when I showed up to open Food Avenue. I got to work 10 minutes early and was ahead of schedule until my boss decided she felt like calling in sick. That’s when the fun really began.
It was a day of all days to be by myself. It ended up being one of the busiest Saturdays of the year. To top it off I had to put an order in to get more supplies in and we actually got supplies in as well. I had no choice but to be at my best and to do everything right the first time. I worked through the morning when the manager of the store came over and said I need to go help get carts for the store and run Food Ave. At that point they did send help for Food Ave but I had to tell them what to do and how to do it. It was my first real leader ship position.
I was on the ball. I would run into Food Ave and get one page of an order done, tell the helpers what had to be done next and where to get the supplies to do it, then I went outside and grabbed carts to bring into the store, and at one point I gave breaks to several parts of the store. I was doing my best and it was showing.
When the day came to an end I was put in charge of 2 departments and had worked in over 5 others within the store. It came to show that when I really put my mind to it I can be the best of the best at what I’m trying to do. As long as I keep that mind set when it comes to my first semester of school, I should have no problems. I just have to keep the bull by the horns and do my homework, show up to class and I’ll be able to feel the same amount of accomplishment that I felt that day at work.

Thomas Moore