Reflective Essay Titled 'Risk-Taker'

Risk for most people is an accepted part of everyday life e.g. catching a bus or walking to the shop etc... will carry some element of risk. Risk is associated with our health, safety, security, well being, employment, education, daily activities, using resources and equipment and community participation. Some adults such as those who are disabled or who are older are usually discouraged from taking risks with their budgeting, planning, employment and their daily living skills usually because people fear for their limitations or that they might hurt themselves or others. Everyone has the right to take risks and make

Providing that there are two different mindsets that you are able to use in life according to Carol S. Dweck author of Mindset: The New Psychology of Success. The fixed mindset, which to Dweck is “Believing that your qualities are carved in stone- the fixed mindset – creates an urgency to prove yourself over and over.”(Dweck 6) The growth mindset is to Dweck is “ is based on the belief that your basic qualities are things you can cultivate through your efforts.”(Dweck 7) The fixed mindset has a quality of thinking you’re a specific person and that won’t change. The fixed mindset doesn’t do well with failure. This mindset doesn’t accept failure and tend to steer away from challenges. The growth mindset believes that you can change what person you are and you’re qualities. The growth mindset accepts failure and learns from it. This mindset thrives for a challenge

My strongest characteristic related to the article "Tips for Successful Students," (Lake and von Baeyer, 2005), include the fact I am a very responsible individual.  When in the classroom setting I always strived to find a seat in the first couple of rows, because I knew I'd benefit from avoiding anonymity - and this stemmed from being responsible and accountable for my self

Taking risks can be a difficult choice in life. A person doesn’t know where that could lead him/her to. Taking risks is like jumping off a burning building. What that means is that taking risks isn’t just straightforward. It is sometimes necessary to take a chance because it could lead a person to somewhere good.

Mindset is the ability to either motivate yourself,or hold yourself back. Mindset can be broken down into two categories: fixed and growth. People with a fixed mindset believe the only intelligence they have is what they are born with. They don’t believe that you can keep learning more and more to become more intelligent. People with fixed mindsets are constantly trying to prove their worth, which is why they tend to take it hard if they fail. They put themselves down because they feel that they aren’t good enough. People with growth mindsets, however, are the complete opposite. They don’t get discouraged when they fail, they simply see it as a way of

Safety checks should be carried out to eliminate the risk of putting the safety of people attending a sporting event at risk.

Throughout past decades, Western societies have witnessed the decline of nonchalant guardianship and the uprise of preventative relationships between parental figures and children starting at a young age. Nonetheless, there are drawbacks to this type of tutelage. While modern parenting idealizes protectiveness, the reality is that growing up overly sheltered can prevent adolescents from developing the skills they need to succeed as an adult as well as cause them to be reluctant to reach for new opportunities. During the interview, “Should parents let their kids take more risks?” Hanna Rosin illustrates the dangers of having apprehension surrounding your child. Coupled with professional hazards later in life, there are also simply moral risks too.

Ambition is a skill that I will always need to work on, as there are many events in life that will tear at my confidence. As of now, I am ambitious because I see the progress I make in school and am motivated by it. My GPA is above a 4.0 on the weighted scale and my rank percentage on the STAR Reading test jumped from 88% to 96% in just a matter of months. Seeing these scores and grades gives me hope of the prospect of getting into a good college. I continue to work on my ambition as I join clubs like Best Buddies and compete in national pageants, all of which I could not imagine myself doing a year ago. Another skill that I have managed to achieved is thinking critically, meaning I can make judgements that are supported by evidence and are well thought out. The website study.com states that critical thinking can be separated into three categories: curiosity, skeptisism, and humility. Curiosity is not just listening to what you are told, but going out and doing your own research. This year I am competing in science fair, in which I am experimenting a topic that I have been curious about for a while. Skepticism in terms of critical thinking is thinking over what you are told and questioning what you do not completely true. Throughout my years in school, I would take in what the teachers told me, but always wanted to

Mindset to me is something that can always be changed depending on your attitude. I do not believe that mindset is something that is fixed, and that you are only as good as your genes allow. I think you can develop new skills or improve any current skills anytime in life as long as you put in the work. In the letter I wrote to a future student I talked about my first real test in college. It was in BIO 105 and I bombed it. When I saw my score the first thing I thought was that I wasn't cut out for college. I was used to not putting much effort in when I was in high school and still doing good. From a little help from my teacher I was able to change my work ethic when it comes to school work. From that point on I've done much better in school

We learn from Carol Dweck’s book, Mindset: The New Psychology Of Success, that there are two different mindsets: the fixed and the growth. When you have a fixed mindset you think it is set in stone what your qualities and intelligence are. You usually lack motivation to try again, usually try to avoid challenges, they tend to ignore criticism; even if it’s just constructive, and they often feel threatened by other people’s success. A growth mindset is when you believe you can grow your basic qualities. You usually pick yourself back up when you get knocked down, embrace the challenges that are thrown at you, learn from criticism, and see the success of others as a form of learning.

Dweck’s book gives great insight to the two different forms of mindsets occupied by people. The first mindset he explained was the fixed-mindset. People who think with a fixed mindset believe that they are born with or without abilities and no amount of practice will improve their abilities. This belief causes them to maintain status and repeat the same task levels repeatedly in order to prevent from failing. People with fixed-mindsets see a small failure as a label of who they are. On the opposite end of the spectrum, people with growth mindsets believe that with hard work and dedication any ability may be improved. These people also take small failures as an area in which they can improve rather than a negative label of themselves. This mindset

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Do you feel that taking genuine risks in life is necessary in order for us to be happy? Can people find fulfillment and happiness in life by playing it safe and not courting any trouble or hardship from taking chances?

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Risk management is the term applied to a logical and systematic method of establishing the context, identifying, analyzing, evaluating, treating, monitoring and communicating risks associated with any activity, function or process in a way that will enable organizations to minimize losses and maximize opportunities. (Lecture notes)Risk Management is also described as 'all the things you need to do to make the future sufficiently certain'. (The NZ Society for Risk Management, 2001)