On Course: Journal Entry 1
1.
Write the eight areas of the self-assessment and record your scores for each,
as follows:
74 1. Accepting personal responsibility
67 2. Discovering self-motivation
56 3. Mastering self-management
52 4. Employing interdependence
60 5. Gaining self-awareness
65 6. Adopting lifelong learning
74 7. Developing emotional intelligence
76 8. Believing in myself.
2.
Write about the areas on the self-assessment in which you had your highest scores.
The areas I scored the highest on the self-assessment are:
accepting personal responsibility, developing emotional intelligence and
believing in myself. I find it no
mistake that I scored highest in these areas.
I am a firm believer in the thought that whether I succeed or fail
depends completely on me. In my opinion,
success is a mindset. If I believe that
I can do something I can. I also believe
that placing blame on someone else for my position in life does nothing to
improve my life. I truly believe life is
a series of choices. Everything I am
and have is based on the choices that I make.
The choices I make will determine the course of my life. If I allow my emotions to govern those
choices then I set myself up for making hasty decisions out of anger or fear or
depression etc. Anytime I have made a decision out of anger or fear things
usually didn’t work out too well for me. The self –assessment and the way I scored
was a good reminder for me of my beliefs.
A reminder that says I can do anything so long as I believe.
3. Write
about the areas on the self-assessment in which you had your lowest scores.
The areas I scored the lowest in on the self-assessment are:
Master self-management, employ interdependence and gain self awareness. Once again, I am not surprised by these
scores. I have struggled with self
management, organization, time management for many years. I have found that if I don’t discipline
myself but setting standards, I will accomplish absolutely nothing. In addition, I love assisting people and
helping them attain their goals but find it slightly more difficult to seek out
the help for myself. The choices I make
to either not make a schedule for myself or not ask for assistance ultimately
are behaviors that limit my maximum potential.
I enjoyed this self-assessment because it again reminds me of what I
need to do to improve. To help me in
this course and other courses, I will stick to a schedule to keep me
organized. I plan to reach out to other
students and my instructors more.
