Friday, February 22, 2019
14A – Halfway Reflection
Honestly, I have learned a lot more about myself in this class than I would have expected. Through the 100s of interviews and constant revamping/ reconstructing of business ventures, I have learned a lot about myself in this class. Personally, I feel the behavior that is a requirement for this class is confidence as yes gumption and determination can help you get your assignments done but confidence is what gives you the strength to not only think of an outlandish idea but to flaunt it as well. In this course we use confidence to present our big ideas in blog posts and discuss it with fellow classmates on why it is such a good idea and what we should do to make it even better. Honestly every blog post was a struggle but what kept me going was more specifically a time were I had to be tenacious and overcome my “give up attitude” was when we were doing the elevator pitches as both me a roommate dreaded the activity to the point where we thought it would never get done but once we got started and believing in each other we quickly saw how viable our ideas were and the 90 sec time frame quickly became too short of a window to contain all of our ideas.
Three tip(s):
Don’t worry about due date(s), just know that if you believe in yourself and work little by little every day the assignment will get done.
Tenacity is all about discipline and if you lack discipline you lack tenacity.
The best way to develop more “tenacity” is to discipline yourself. I personally do this by working out and studying :).
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I have heard the saying that "It's not the grades you make, but the hands you shake" that matters. Good grades are important to an extent, but I agree with the sentiment of the phrase. Good grades are well and good, but if they are not paired with determination and real-world common sense and application, there is no use. I hope you finish the semester strong!
ReplyDeleteConfidence and effort is exactly what this course induces, you could not be more right. Confidence to be yourself in your blogs, express your ideas and understandings of the world and to show passion within your works is from my interpretation of the course, precisely what is required to do well.
ReplyDeleteIt does test you from time to time, particularly regarding the elevator pitch. But, perseverance and genuine belief in your idea can really give you the push you need to get things done.
Great post Nadeem
Hey Nadeem, I completely agree with you on the fact that confidence is key. It is probably the most important thing that I've developed with my character. I really liked that part of your post that said "confidence is what gives you the strength to not only think of an outlandish idea but to flaunt it as well". I cannot agree more with this statement. I also really enjoyed reading about the part of your post where you gave three tips.
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