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Lesson 31 Putting it all
together
For
the past 30 days / 30 lessons, I have tried to coach, encourage and direct you
to think critically, to set goals, develop a great attitude and to be
remarkable.
From the overview and first
day, I wanted you to recognize that there are over
400 million college students
world-wide and you are just one person – and in competition with many thousands
or millions.
So,
let’s do a summary:
- · Develop a Great Attitude – get rid of negativity; practice positive affirmations and self-talk
- · Practice, practice, practice – nobody really becomes an “overnight success”
- · Understanding who you are – and where you want to go
- · Setting goals – positive attainable, self-directed goals
- · Reaching for the stars – setting some Big Hairy Audacious Goals (BHAG) – stretch yourself to reach more than the average person
- · Moving from Good to Great – good is not “good enough” – you have to be GREAT – remarkable to compete against millions
- · Practice imagining yourself as successful and reaching your goals
- · Being remarkable – unique, special, extraordinary, outstanding – that’s a tough challenge, but you can do it
- · Recognize that you are going to fail at times – ‘fail forward’ – learn from your failure, get up and go again.
- · But, avoid being truly stupid and avoid drugs, addictions – too many have gotten trapped by vices that are avoidable
- · Get the big picture – what pieces do you need to become remarkable
- · Networking – build a network of professionals and others that can help you on your way
- · Mentor – find a mentor or mentor and build on that relationship
- · Things to do in your freshman, sophomore, junior and senior years
- · Learning to think critically
- · Finding and defining your unique mission, vision and values
- · Having ambition
- · Having perseverance
- · Being an entrepreneur
That
really is quite a list – master these concepts, work it at, and you will be
prepared to face the future. But, this
is not a ‘once-and-done’ concept; you must make these ideas part of who you
are. Practice makes perfect was one of the
topics – keep practicing; in one lesson, (Lesson 29 – Perseverance) research
suggests 1,000 hours of practice to get you to the ‘professional’ level. Review your goals frequently (daily); talk to
yourself about your goals, your attitude, learn to thinking critically and
analytically, refine and push ahead.
Problems:
- Now that we have completed the ‘formal’ part of coaching and mentoring, where do you go from here?
- Reflect – how have these ideas impacted you?
- If you have been diligent for the past month, what have you learned or discovered about yourself?
Quote
– from Socrates – Ancient Greek philosopher: “An unexamined
life is not worth living.”
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