Week 14 Blog

Chapter 8 - Developing Emotional Intelligence

This week in class we discussed emotional intelligence at work, at home and at school. We also talked about creating "flow" in our lives. Please answer the following questions based on what you have learned this week.

1. Write about a specific past event when you experienced flow in any part of your life.
2. Describe your perfect work of the future, the kind that you believe will create the most flow in your life.

Blogs are due by Friday, December 5th at Noon! Have an awesome week - Get ready for Finals!

Chapter 8: Developing Emotional Intelligence

This focus of this week's class is understanding and managing emotions so that they don't interfere with your decisions and get you off track. Please read Chapter 8 and from what we have talked about in class this week, please answer the following questions.

1. What is emotional intelligence?
2. How can you use your emotions as a compass to stay on course to a rich, fulfilling life?


Please post your responses by Friday, November 21st at noon! Remember there is no class next week-have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Week 12 Blog

Chapter 7 - Adapting Lifelong Learning

Now that you know how the human brain works best & more importantly how YOU learn best, all of your future learning shouldn't be a problem! Discuss the following in this week's blog.

• What is your preferred way of learning?
• What can you do when your instructor doesn't teach the way that you prefer to learn?
• Give a specific example of a time that you learned something just for the "love" of learning it?

Blogs are due on Friday, November 14th by noon. Have a great week & weekend!

Week 11 Blog

Great job with the study skills assignment we worked on in class this week! I hope you found at least a few new strategies that will help you in the future. For your blog this week, please answer the following questions. Please post your blog by Friday...I know I am posting it a little late this week so I will cut everyone some slack on the time it takes for you to respond. Please post by Friday evening if possible...so that you don't have to worry about it this weekend!

1. From the suggestions in class this week, which new study strategy will you try at least once this semester? Why do you think this strategy might work for you?

2. Do any of the study strategies that were suggested not work for you? Please explain why. Have you tried this idea before and it didn't work?

Week 10 Blog

Chapter 6

In Chapter 6 we discussed how to gain Self-Awareness of our "good" and "bad" habits we have which can lead to our successes, or that can lead us "off course."

Now is the perfect time in the semester to identify and revise the inner obstacles to your success. This week we learned how to "Eat a Whale" and actually achieve our goals by thinking BIG and taking small, purposeful steps.

Your assignment:

• Discuss what habit patterns in your life get you off course.
• How did these habit patterns develop?
• List 4-5 steps you can take TODAY or within the next week to change these habit patterns.

This blog is due by Monday, November 3rd at 5pm (due to the blogger.com error) Have a safe and fun Halloween!

Week 9 Blog

Case Study: Strange Choices

In this week's class we read the Case Study for Chapter 6, Strange Choices. The choices that the students made in each scenario might appear a little strange to someone else. For this week's blog, think about a choice you have made that appeared strange to someone else-perhaps your parents or your friends that didn't agree with or understand what you were choosing. Explain why you made this choice. What made you decide to make this choice that might seem strange to others? Don't forget to dive deep and explore what really caused your choice.

Week 8 Blog

Chapter 5

This week's chapter is about Employing Interdependence and Developing Mutually Supportive Relationships. Using the information presented during class, please answer the following questions.

Blogs are due on Friday, October 17th by Noon!

• Name three things that you learned from the Scavenger Hunt exercise.
• Briefly describe how your decided to complete the task? What steps did you take? etc.
• What did you learn about working in a team?
• *In college, how could you make accomplishing your success a little easier and a lot more fun?

Have a great week!