Week 5 – Discussion Forum 1

 

This forum is the final opportunity to engage directly with fellow classmates in a personally meaningful way. Here, you will reflect more deeply on the importance of having a strong human support system as you work towards your goals. You will also examine more closely how having a capacity to overcome obstacles contributes to one’s grit and ability to achieve success.

Prepare:

Before attempting this discussion,

• Read the Week 5 Lesson.
• Read The Importance of a Social Support Network in Achieving Your Goals (Links to an external site.).
• Watch The Boost Students Need to Overcome Obstacles (Links to an external site.).

Write:

In your initial discussion forum post,

• Share one idea from the article listed above that personally resonates with you and that you could adopt to help you reach your goals.
• Discuss who will serve as a source of support for you as you work toward the goals identified in your Personal Development Plan. Consider the person(s) you identified in Week 3 for the PowerPoint presentation.
• Discuss one personally relevant connection or new idea you gained by watching the TEDTalk from Anindya Kundu listed above.

Your initial post should be a minimum of 150 words

Learning Strategies, Tools and Resources
Ronda Kemp
The University of Arizona Global Campus
ASH101: Launchpad: Developing Skills & Strategies for Success
Instructor: Laura Wilkerson
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Areas of Opportunities for Improvement
My reading habits
Balancing the academic and professional obligations
My public speaking skills

In all the three opportunities, the aim is to improve in those area
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Strategies, Tools, and Resources from the SSC
Having an incentive to achieve the goal
Signing a commitment contract with myself
Letting someone hold me accountable

These are the strategies that are to be used to ensure that improvement in the three opportunity areas is achieved
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First Resource: Having an incentive
Description:
An incentive is a thing that motivates one to do something
Area of Opportunity:
Having an incentive will address the opportunity of improving my reading habits
Explanation:
An incentive will act as a motivation for me to improve my reading habits.
It will be a source of encouragement for me to work on my reading habits

An incentive will act as motivation
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Second Resource: signing a commitment contract with myself
Description:
A commitment contract is a binding agreement that one signs with himself or herself to ensure that they follow through with their goals
Area of Opportunity:
This tool will address the opportunity of striking a balance between academic and professional obligations
Explanation:
This agreement is going to hold me accountable
Therefore, since I will be held accountable I will have to ensure that I achieve this goal

A commitment contract binds one to the agreement he or she makes with themselves
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Third Resource: Letting someone to hold me accountable
Description:
This is allowing another person to keep one on toes in keeping his or her commitment
Area of Opportunity:
This strategy is going to address the opportunity of improving my public speaking skills
Explanation:
I will always know that I have some one to hold me accountable if I don’t achieve the goal
Therefore, I will ensure I achieve my goal at all costs

By keeping one on toes the other person is ensuring that the other person achieves his or her goals
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