Self-Starter: Sherilyn Kaye Edwards

If you ask Sherilyn Kaye Edwards how she got to where she is today, she would tell you that it all came down to hard work and a willingness to self-motivate. In order to graduate with a nursing degree, Sherilyn Kaye Edwards was required to put in long hours and late nights memorizing anatomy and physiology among other subjects. Sherilyn Kaye Edwards was motivated by a desire to reach her chosen career, and knew that there were great rewards associated with doing well in school. At this point, there was not a great need to self-motivate, as the academic system provided plenty of motivation in the form of grades.

There was a transition, however, when Sherilyn Kaye Edwards entered actual work in a hospital. Rather than getting graded and having numerical values assigned to the quality of her work, Sherilyn Kaye Edwards was periodically evaluated and expected to teach herself what she needed to know the rest of the time. Throughout this process, Sherilyn Kaye Edwards became what is called a self-starter.

In Sherilyn Kaye Edwards’s mind, a self-starter is someone who willingly seeks out new challenges and assignments. Sherilyn Kaye Edwards’s capacity to be a self-starter has allowed her to continually open the door to new areas of learning and career advancements. Sherilyn Kaye Edwards’s self-motivation and self-starting nature allowed her to join the EMT community, and also to engage in teaching and community service.

Sherilyn Kaye Edwards strives to pass this self-starting mentality on to the children with whom she interacts. As a foster parent, Sherilyn Kaye Edwards believes it is very important to teach the children she fosters to motivate themselves, as their self-motivation is the quickest way to improve their lives. Sherilyn Kaye Edwards believes that if the next generations can be taught to motivate themselves, then the world will truly be a better and more successful place to live.