Affirmations: Overcoming Obstacles

Segueing, my favorite unit of the sociology 101 course was the unit pertaining to socioeconomic status. We learned that socioeconomic status within the United States, is immensely hard to climb within. That means that your economic status, whether lower, middle, or upper class, is very hard to break out of. This topic hit home with

Encouragement plays a significant role in my success. Without encouragement, the achievement won't come true. Juliet Ferking, the author of "A Drive to Achieve the Extraordinary" from This I Believe: Life Lessons, tells her story about

I have learned how to ask better questions and to talk to my teachers when I need help or do not understand the concept well. I make sure that I have a relationship with my teachers and introduce myself at the beginning of each semester. Learning how to communicate with my teachers

One huge impact I learned instantly is how you communicate with your client. I had to strengthen my communication skills because I needed to communicate with my clients in vocabulary that I knew they would understand. Communicating with a fellow peer, who is knowledgeable about taxes, is a different situation that of when you are speaking with a client. A client most likely doesn’t know the exact, in-depth details about taxes, which can lead to complications and confusion, so I had to adjust my lexicon to fit the clients’ needs and understanding. Also, working with partners was great. It gave me an opportunity to work with others and solve problems in a group. Sometimes, when one of us didn’t know the answer, the other one would step in and help. Also, I felt like the class was a gigantic supportive group because we would ask and answer each other questions, when we a confused about a topic or area.

I feel like I have had a better understanding of how people really think. I liked being able to go through each assignment and relate them to my own personal life. I have also learned how to manage my time much

Preservance, that is persistence in doing something despite the difficulty is a key factor in acheving success. It is fueled by your need to achieve your goal, the more you want to achieve it the more persisten you are. The real life story of Chiss Gardner made into a movie "Pursuit of happines" starring Will Smith is a great example of how preservance can help you achieve your dreams . Chis's goal is simple, he wants to be happy and his first step towards this goal is financial security and well being of his family. He is a hard-working, caring and loving father struggles to make a living selling bone density scanners, things he invested his

Throughout the semester in this class I have learned many valuable things. Each topic that we learned every week helped me understand the process of human development in a very clear and enlightening way. I believe that every subject that we covered will somehow be able to help me throughout my life and I may not be realizing that it is. This semester, I really enjoyed covering three different topics: nature vs nurture, IQ scores, and the effect that relationships have on development.

Last time we talked about how the writing on your wall has control over your life, and how you change it for a more bright, happy, and fulfilling life. I did say that affirmations were not the answer. That's because they often come with a catch. Don't get me wrong, affirmations can be great, but there is one reason they may not work for you. Tail enders.

Throughout my Senior Project, learning the piano has taught me important skills that grown ups used in the real world. I have learned transferable skills that will help me beyond high school and into the real world of adults. Timeliness, that I start to use my habit of arriving early to meet up with my mentor because sometimes you don’t know if you’ll face traffic on the way or a road close, and being early or on time makes a good impression with the person you're working with. Another skill I have learned to improve on is prioritize an important event, that I learned to see which assignment is important and need to be done before having to start with the other assignments. Balancing both college class and Senior Project as well as Political Studies assignment throughout each week

The new skills that I learned would be that we all need help in our lives; just how much and where to go is sometimes elusive for many. The most important thing is helping people where they are in their life and getting them the resources necessary to continue on their journey. I also learned that the Human Service Program can be just a stepping stone for most of the jobs out there and how much need there really is for this field.

Anyone can develop a success mindset and harness the power it has to change your life. One of the first things you need to realize is that to be successful you have to be prepared for it in your mind.

There is no doubt that affirmations can help anyone. We all encounter stress every day of our lives and sometimes this stress is good and sometimes it is far too overwhelming. When stress is good, it can motivate you to reach higher and go further but when it is too much it can have you backtracking and doubting yourself.

Without a doubt the lessons and exercises on time management were the most meaningful to me. They brought insight into why I seemed to be constantly working yet still never really got anything I wanted to accomplish throughout the day finished. I realized the majority of the activities I had been spending the most time on didn’t reflect my values of hard work and self discipline and long term academic goals to be successful in college. This motivated to completely change the way I managed my time by effectively striking a balance between my maintenance, committed, and free time.

What I didn’t learn from my highschool class is how to properly set goals. I didn’t know that there was a process and I didn’t realize how helpful it is writing down goals and physically seeing them. I was able to learn S.M.A.R.T goals which helps you structure your goals to a achievable standard. I also learned the different types of goals like long term, short term, and immediate. I learn how important goal setting can be and how it helps you better achieve them.

Another application in which an optimistic attitude has proven to be very beneficial has been in academics. Notably, there have been classes in which assignments were difficult for me and led to less than sufficient grades. Even though I was disappointed with my poor performance, I always stayed optimistic about bringing the grades back up. The one time that stood out among