My response for IE IMBA Application Question C (Describe a time when you took a great risk. What was the outcome?)

2. THERISK

3. AFEWYEARSAGO,
INMYFINALDAYSATCOLLEGE
ICAMEACROSSTHEPROSPECT...

4. PRESENTATIONS
TODAY
MININGINDUSTRY
OFATTENDINGANEVENTON
AUSTRALIANMINING

5. THECONFERENCEWASAN
ENLIGHTENINGEXPERIENCE

6. AUSTRALIANMINING
-DRIVERLESSTRUCKS
-AUTONOMOUSTRAINS
-REMOTEOPERATIONS
ENGINEER’SHEAVEN
WHILEILEARNTABOUTIMPRESSIVETECHNOLOGY

7. SOMETHINGELSEINTHEPRESENTATION,
LEFTMEINTRIGUED

8. AUSTRALIANMINING
ZEROFATALITIES
SAFETYINCIDENTS
ISAWSAFETYSTATISTICSUNHEARDOF
INMYCOUNTRY’sMINES

9. FIGURESWHICHDEPARTEDSIGNIFICANTLY
FROMMYKNOWLEDGEOFMINING...

10. MININGclaimsits
100thvictim

ASECTORDEEMEDAS
COUNTRY’SMOSTDANGEROUS

11. NONETHELESS,
CHOOSINGTHISCAREERPATH
INVOLVEDAGREATRISK

12. WELCOMETOI.T.HEAVEN
PEACEFULROUTINE
IFOUND
MYCLASSMATES
OPTINGFORTRADITIONAL
OFFICEROLES

13. WELCOMETOAUSTRALIA
WHILEIWOULDBE
CHOOSINGAPROFESSION
AWAYFROMCIVILISATION

14. BUT,
IALSOSAWITASANOPPORTUNITY...

15. TOCHANGETHESTATUSQUO...

16. ANDEXPERIENCEADIFFERENTCULTURE

17. ITOOK
THELEAPOFFAITH,
APPLIEDFOR
THEJOB...

18. ANDGOTACCEPTEDAS
ANENGINEER

19. THEOUTCOME

20. 10MONTHS
AND
6000KMLATER

21. THEEXUBERANCEOFMY
FIRSTDAYINOFFICE...

22. SOONMORPHEDINTOANXIETY
OFTHEUNKNOWN

23. ASSIGNEDASANOPERATOR,
IWASPUTTHROUGHABAPTISMBYFIRE

24. SPENDINGLONGDAYS
INARDUOUSCONDITIONS...

25. SOONLEFTME
EXHAUSTED

26. HOWEVER...

27. IFOUNDHELP...

28. FROMTEAMMATES,
WHOTOOKMEUNDERTHEIRWING...

29. ANDGENEROUSLYTAUGHTME
THEIRWAYS

30. EXPERIENCES
WHICHGRANTEDMEINSIGHTSINTO...

31. THEESSENCEOFFRONTLINE
LEADERSHIP...

32. ANDTHECAMARADERIEOFFRIENDS

33. LOOKINGBACK,
THESEYEARSHAVE...

34. TRANSFORMED
MYOUTLOOKOFLIFE...

35. AND
MADEMEABETTER
HUMAN