Confident Performer

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My desire and craving to write and speak better is what helped me overcome my negative attitude towards my skill level of writing and speaking and to return to school. When I signed up for school, my first class requirement, Peak Performance, was aiming to teach me and to cause me to become aware of whom I am and how to create new healthy habits. The results of my studies taught me that I hold the keys to my success as I train myself to create healthy habits as I take charge of my life. One way that I was learning how to create healthy habits was by visualizing my success, and being positive with confidence, as I was guarding my mind from negative thoughts.

I am grateful that this class came at the right time in my life, as I was hungry to learn. My thoughts of needing to go to school again caused me to feel drawn to attend College. This feeling was strong at certain points during my workday when I needed to perform a written assignment that I knew I could not perform correctly. I became very frustrated. However, I did not listen to my feelings; I kept plowing on in the rut where I was stuck. When my inner voice became louder, I finally stopped and listened. In my listening stage and discerning what I needed to do, I searched the internet to seek out on-line Universities. I felt drawn towards Ashford University and jumped right in.

With my old attitude, I always beat myself up by being negative. I had become my own worst enemy. I had been reflecting on my past years of my life. I re-call how people put me down for not being a good speller, writer, and speaking pronunciations of words correctly. Therefore, I dug myself in a rut of negative thoughts against myself, and the hold and effect my negative attitude had on m...

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...olds of being in prison in my mind. I am able to move forward with strength and energy, it is opposite of how I was living by being negative. I can see clearly, where I was and where I am. If you were to sketch my life, you would see it is like a road map, with curving lines, maybe a few breaks in them as I went in a wrong direction. However, you would see a reliable path. I am grateful for the life changing suggestions that I learned in the course of Peak Performer. As they laid the tools at my feet, I had to make a move to pick them up and use them wisely.

I will continue to overcome as I apply motivation to help create a positive attitude. I enjoy being relaxed and honest with myself. I can hold my head up high and actually feel good about who I am. As I picture my success to create healthy habits, and being positive with confidence in the process.

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