It is the beginning of a new week, and we will be working on WordPad during Monday/Tuesday class.
The subject for the Paragraph you will write is: How do you Succeed?
Think about ways that you can succeed. What are some of the things you need to do, some of the things you need to think about to get ahead not only in school, but in day to day life.
It might be certain things for which you take responsibility, like being on time, like knowing what is expected of you, or how to ask for help...
essential qualities:
To me, several of these traits stand out above the others.
What is responsibility?
The state of being answerable, or accountable for something within one's power, control, or management.
This is, for me, one of the most important traits in any person.
Being on time, keeping up with paperwork, turning in lessons on time, paying bills on time, in general, taking care of business. Finding a way to achieve what you need to do, on time, brings self-management, self-confidence, independence, and
Those are qualities
Emotional intelligence? How do you obtain emotional intelligence?
Psychology Today explains the term as:
1. Emotional awareness, including the ability to identify your own emotions and those of others;
2. The ability to harness emotions and apply them to tasks like thinking and problems solving;
3. The ability to manage emotions, including the ability to regulate your own emotions, and the ability to cheer up or calm down another person.
Wow! Wouldn't it be wonderful if we all could be aware of our emotions? Even better if we could regulate them and to be aware enough to help other people?
I suppose, the way to achieve it is to stop and think about what you are feeling at the time, what would be the correct way to handle the emotions... like if you are angry, you could try to understand why you are feeling that way, what brought on the anger, and how to deal with it. Is there a way you could have avoided the situation you are in? Is there something you could have said or done that would have helped the situation?
Another important, but really difficult attribute is thirsting for knowledge... Wanting to learn, striving to learn, wanting to better yourself, your situation, is necessary to achieving any goal.
Thirsting for learning comes easy for some people, but not for others... It can be learned, though. Think about learning as gaining power... We all want more power, right? We all want to be able to guide our destiny, and learning does that... the more you know, the more you are able to use that knowledge to control your own life.
Interdependence is an amazing subject, being able to rely on someone else as well as being independent, is hard to achieve. Trusting someone else takes time and effort, and is important to being able to grow your self confidence, your ability to work with others, and in your own ability to see yourself to succeed.
We tend to close ourselves off from other people, especially when we have been hurt, betrayed, or treated wrongly. It takes time to gain the confidence to allow someone else to help you, but what better way to do that very thing, to allow a teacher or person you can look up to, to help you.
One of the best lessons I ever learned was to find someone that I thought was doing well for themselves, and to ask what it was that helped them succeed.
I asked several people.
Things that they did were pretty much the same...
They worked hard
They asked for help when they needed it, and
They worked harder.
Is that it? Does working hard mean you will succeed? Some people work hard their whole lives but don't end up rich, maybe they have problems off and on their whole lives...
But most will tell you, in the end, it isn't about having riches, glory, or fame.
It is about who you have around you, what you do during your lifetime that makes you happy, and helping others along the way.
Sounds easy, huh?
There are no easy answers as to how to succeed... but... Having a plan will start you on the way.
Think about it!
Write the paragraph, it will be included on the blog, so you can either email me or if you are not on a computer that will send to printer (along the back wall) you will save as * your name, and to desktop!
Our goal in class is to have the ability to use the keyboard with confidence, thoughtfulness in writing, and ease of using email to communicate.
We will also discuss internet safety during the week.
The subject for the Paragraph you will write is: How do you Succeed?
Think about ways that you can succeed. What are some of the things you need to do, some of the things you need to think about to get ahead not only in school, but in day to day life.
It might be certain things for which you take responsibility, like being on time, like knowing what is expected of you, or how to ask for help...
essential qualities:
1) personal responsibility,
2) self-motivation,
3) self-management,
4) independence,
5) interdependence,
6) self-awareness,
7) thirst for learning,
8) emotional intelligence,
9) realistic self-confidence.
To me, several of these traits stand out above the others.
What is responsibility?
The state of being answerable, or accountable for something within one's power, control, or management.
This is, for me, one of the most important traits in any person.
Being on time, keeping up with paperwork, turning in lessons on time, paying bills on time, in general, taking care of business. Finding a way to achieve what you need to do, on time, brings self-management, self-confidence, independence, and
Those are qualities
Emotional intelligence? How do you obtain emotional intelligence?
Psychology Today explains the term as:
1. Emotional awareness, including the ability to identify your own emotions and those of others;
2. The ability to harness emotions and apply them to tasks like thinking and problems solving;
3. The ability to manage emotions, including the ability to regulate your own emotions, and the ability to cheer up or calm down another person.
Wow! Wouldn't it be wonderful if we all could be aware of our emotions? Even better if we could regulate them and to be aware enough to help other people?
I suppose, the way to achieve it is to stop and think about what you are feeling at the time, what would be the correct way to handle the emotions... like if you are angry, you could try to understand why you are feeling that way, what brought on the anger, and how to deal with it. Is there a way you could have avoided the situation you are in? Is there something you could have said or done that would have helped the situation?
Another important, but really difficult attribute is thirsting for knowledge... Wanting to learn, striving to learn, wanting to better yourself, your situation, is necessary to achieving any goal.
Thirsting for learning comes easy for some people, but not for others... It can be learned, though. Think about learning as gaining power... We all want more power, right? We all want to be able to guide our destiny, and learning does that... the more you know, the more you are able to use that knowledge to control your own life.
Interdependence is an amazing subject, being able to rely on someone else as well as being independent, is hard to achieve. Trusting someone else takes time and effort, and is important to being able to grow your self confidence, your ability to work with others, and in your own ability to see yourself to succeed.
We tend to close ourselves off from other people, especially when we have been hurt, betrayed, or treated wrongly. It takes time to gain the confidence to allow someone else to help you, but what better way to do that very thing, to allow a teacher or person you can look up to, to help you.
One of the best lessons I ever learned was to find someone that I thought was doing well for themselves, and to ask what it was that helped them succeed.
I asked several people.
Things that they did were pretty much the same...
They worked hard
They asked for help when they needed it, and
They worked harder.
Is that it? Does working hard mean you will succeed? Some people work hard their whole lives but don't end up rich, maybe they have problems off and on their whole lives...
But most will tell you, in the end, it isn't about having riches, glory, or fame.
It is about who you have around you, what you do during your lifetime that makes you happy, and helping others along the way.
Sounds easy, huh?
There are no easy answers as to how to succeed... but... Having a plan will start you on the way.
Think about it!
Write the paragraph, it will be included on the blog, so you can either email me or if you are not on a computer that will send to printer (along the back wall) you will save as * your name, and to desktop!
Our goal in class is to have the ability to use the keyboard with confidence, thoughtfulness in writing, and ease of using email to communicate.
We will also discuss internet safety during the week.
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