Dr. Broadnax lecture and questions

The most important insight i learned from Professor Broadnax's lecture is that no one is perfect and mistakes are not wasted time. President Lincoln seems perfect and I always assumed that great leaders like him were always successful and confident in their abilities. It was interesting to learn that he had depression and sucidal thoughts in his youth due to his lack of confidence. However, Lincoln overcame is depression and became one of our countries greatest presidents. Another important value that he possesed was his ability to recognize his deficits and surround himself with people who could compensate for those deficits. He understood it wasn't all about him; building a successful team was more important. Dr. Broadnax also talked about mistakes and how they can teach a person good lessons. I've always heard this saying and understood how you can learn from failures, but i've still always considered failures time wasted. After hearing Professor Broadnax and thinking more deeply about it, I now understand how just because the desired results aren't achieved, something was still learned. The example about a medical researcher who spend his entire life searching for a cure and never found one helped me understand this point. Although he didn't find the cure, his research will likely help the next generation of scientists find the cure.

Questions
1) What is a motivationg force in your life?
A fear of failure is motivating me to succeed. I want to be able to look back of my life and be proud and content with what I have accomplished. I want to have been able to make a positive mark on the world. I want to complete a challange that makes me feel accomplished due to the obsticles I had to overcome to succeed. I am worried that one day I will have regrets about what I could have done and failed to do. I used to be motivated by money and power, but I now realize that I will not be contempt with only making my life great. Money doesn't mean much if you don't do anything meaningful.

2) What do you want to get done?
I don't know what I want to get done yet, but I hope that in my future I will realize what it is. It will be something that makes a positive change and will help others. I want my life to have meaning beyond just enjoying that things I do. I know I have the capability to complete something meaningful and I don't want to waste my talent.