Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind ‘Strategies for Lifelong Learning’ has been unexpectedly and therapeutically revealing. Throughout our correspondence we’ve shared personal, and professional challenges, and wins. In doing so, I’ve come to realize strengths and areas for improvement, which is why I chose to discuss the second habit from the 7 Habits of Highly Successful People, titled; ‘Begin With the End in Mind’. Beginning with the end in mind is my area of attention for improvement. I’ve known the importance of visualizing your destination, however, having endured a lifetime of disappointments, broken promises, and letdowns, developed an unusual defense mechanism. I created a superstition that if I state, write, envision or claim the end result before possession, I will instead jinx it out of existence. Silly as it sounds (as I write this – the absurdity is revealed), it’s an unwanted challenge that I constantly wrestle. For example, my personal goal is to complete my bachelor’s degree, so I’ve charted a course to claim my prize. Until recently however, I purposely did ...
The first suggestion Leamnson offers to progress learning is to make notes instead of “copying what’s on a chalkboard or being projected on a screen” (3). The essence of Leamnson’s argument is that instead of simply jotting down everything the
The second of the three “private victory” habits, Begin with the End in Mind is the first and most essential step to reaching personal goals. I remember glossing over this section of the book when I first read it in early February, only to go to church the next Sunday and hear the exact same message repeated. The weekend’s sermon was about developing and maintaining new habits and goals people often forget about a few weeks into the year. It had an uncanny resemblance to the second and third habits I had read about the day before, and the pastor even asked something similar to, “How can you tell if your ladder is leaning against the right wall” (93)? How would anyone achieve if they did not have a projected finish line? While I have always been a planner, my ide...
Through experiential learning, students are confronted with unfamiliar situations and tasks in a real-world context. To complete these tasks, students need to figure out what they know, what they do not know, and how to learn it. This requires students to: reflect on their prior knowledge and deepen it through reflection; transfer their previous learning to new contexts; master new concepts, principles, and skills; and be able to articulate how they developed this mastery (Linn, et al., 2004). Ultimately, these skills create students who become self-directed, life-long
Arthur L. Costa’s book “Learning and Leading with Habits of Mind (2008), Chapter 2. Describing the Habits of Mind” shares sixteen habits that human beings who behave intelligently acquire and display at times of problems. Human’s do not only behave intelligently in only sixteen ways and there are other attributions that can be added. Costa explains how the habits of mind are composed of many skills, lessons of past experiences and are incorporated into six dimensions which are value, inclination, sensitivity, capability, commitment, and policy. Costas’s purpose for sharing the sixteen habits is to explain these habits help people succeed in a variety of fields and disciplines and to show that people can think intelligibly by training and adapting
I have learned some effective advice from several experts on learning. I read from Stephen Covey about The 7 habits of highly successful people, helping me realize that through my classes I am slowly building a foundation for my future. I found out after the first encounter with Ms.Dubbe that college could be a venture. I never really knew what the rabbit theory was until she referred me to Yvonne Thornton, The Ditchdigger 's Daughter. Simply finding the best and fastest person, imitate, and eventually I will be moving at the pace of the so-called rabbit and when that happens, I move to the next rabbit.
We each come from a distinct background and have had many different life experiences; sharing our professional goals on learning allows us to share where we come from with each other and what we wish to become, which in turn enables us to realize that where there are multiple experiences, there are multiple points of view, and multiple destination. At the same time, we are deeply influenced by our cultural heritage and the environment that surrounds us, which also directs our path; we need to connect ourselves with the world around us in order to understand our place in that world, to learn how and what we can offer to help others, and to learn that we are not alone.
This book has a powerful way to do introspection and application of what you learned about yourself into public life. In the paragraphs that follow will be a summary of each chapter with a comparison to the book we used for class, and my own personal take away from this book and course. With the chapters of the book I will do a habit by habit breakdown and comparison of what was written and then relate it to the book for class and end with what I personally got from the course.
To diagnose my learning needs I must be honest and realistic about myself. The strengths I have as a leader consists of personal mastery and building a shared vision. Personal mastery is the discipline of continually clarifying and deepening our personal vision, of focusing our energies, of developing patience, and of seeing reality objectively (Senge, 2006). I have always strived to improve myself so that I can excel in every task that I set out to do. There ...
Imagine your biggest goal that you have in your life. It may be getting a new house, a Lamborghini, getting married to your love, resolving a fight with or between your loved ones, getting admission in your dream university, or even becoming the head a multi-billion company. Imagine it. Imagine the minutes before getting the final confirmation about the registry of the new house or the car, the final meet about your marriage, the final scream before the fight is resolved, and the final list of selected candidates that has been put up. I know you can feel the rush, will you make it through or no. You would be looking at your past, your efforts to make it this far. You are just praying and wishing for the best to happen. And the time of verdict is here, you may live the dream, or lose all that you had. You can see the mist of uncertainty gather around you. A sense of fear and faith both at the same time. What if I don’t make it, how will I face the people who stood by me? What if I make it and live my dream! With your eyes still closed, you hear that you have made it. Your efforts have paid off. You see the world look up to you with an expression of motivation. Look at the people who you want around when you accomplish that dream. Have a close glace at your mother’s satisfied smile, at your fathers proud face, at your siblings and friends who are waiting to hug you in happiness. Happiness and satisfaction has filled the hot room. And now
...objectives. I have finally come to know what my goals are and the way in which my career will be sculpted. It is more of self-evaluation and self organization than for others.
Learning brings a steady mood of growth amid persons and to be straight concurrent to being competent to go forward in profession.
This reflection has been written to explore my own attitude regarding learning and how it affects my personal development in the health and social care setting. I will introduce my preferred learning style. I will analyse difficulties which can occur with learning and present personal strategies to overcome them. I will be implementing different theories to underpin my strategies and to analyse their reliability.
Learning is a process that involves effort and hard work, but it definitely pays off in the long run. Once a foundation is set on how to become a better student, the student with the foundation is set up for success. A student should be taught methods on how to become better at concepts related to success attained at the college level because it helps the student out so much once he or she knows how to effectively study. While studying might seem tedious and overwhelming at time, it can be proven to be instrumental if a person knows how to effectively do it and get the most out of it. I strongly believe that learning never ends, and a person can continue to learn new things as long as he or she lives. I consider myself to be a lifelong learner,
During my time as a student I have been able to develop the way I learn and interact with others to a degree that has also helped me to mature into a better person. I have come to believe that this maturity will help me to develop into a better thinker as well, one that has the patience to listen and take consideration of what others have to say. I consider the act of learning a two way avenue that has to be taken seriously. It is one that involves the teacher, and the protégé. It has been, and will continue to be, my absolute goal as a student to become a diligent protégé and acquire all of learning my teachers have set in front of me. The way each of them have helped me to think about how my actions, and the way I choose to study my lessons and develop as a student, has made a tremendous impact on my life. This impact is one that I will carry into the future as I myself advance in my professional studies.
At the end I would like to include that the most important thing in learning process is being intrinsically motivated. Because it satay us lifelong. If you have no motive that means we won’t have any goals of our life. So as a student we all should have a certain targets towards our