14A - Halfway Reflection

14A - Halfway Reflection

1) Tenaciousness is a competency. What are the behaviors that you have used (or developed) to keep up with the requirements of this course? 

In order to keep up with the requirement of this course, I would highly recommend becoming very discipline with checking announcements and due dates for assignments and exams. One adjustment from my behavior taking this course compared to others is that it really requires you to think and plan ahead, as the assignments given build upon each other and help piece everything you learn in this class together. 

2) Tenaciousness is also about attitude. Talk about a moment or two when you felt like "giving up." What pulled you through? Do you feel like you've developed a tenacious attitude during the past two months? What experience or experiences most contributed to this?

There were many times throughout this course so far that I've lacked motivation or patience to completing an assignment or watching a lecture. Although, I feel like these emotions helped encourage me to want to learn more and implement the new knowledge into my business design as we progress through the course. Knowing that the skills I'm learning will be used for the rest of my career, creating a "mock" business design helps students learn more about the path they chose and encourages them to start implementing the information their taught at an early age. To continue, I would say that I've definitely developed a more tenacious attitude as I've learned that the early stages of a business concept delivers a majority of the doubt and stress in regards to the product or service. An experience that has most contributed to this was when those who heard about my service, as well as peer reviews from classmates, offered alternatives or successful companies that already dominate the industry and fulfill the opportunity of my need. This has only encouraged me to want to prove the doubters wrong and defy the odds even more. 

3) Three tips. What are three tips you would offer next semester's student about (1) fostering the skills that support tenacity and (2) developing the 'tenacious mindset' ?

Three tips that I would give to a student next semester in regards to fostering the skills that support tenacity is to (1) never let one persons advice encourage you to shut down an idea or opportunity, (2) channel your emotions and learn from feedback and most importantly (3) don't be afraid to fail, as you will always learn something from failure that you didn't know before. Three tips that I would offer to a student next semester taking this course about developing the 'tenacious mindset' is that (1) as you dive deeper into this course, you learn more about yourself and how you think. This helps to build that 'tenacious mindset' because you have to realize how you currently handle adversity and adapt to it. My next piece of advice was stated above already and it is to, no matter how positive or negative, (2) learn from feedback and advice that others give because it can help motivate you and offer you new perspectives of your concept. Last, my final tip to developing the 'tenacious mindset' is to (3) think of an idea and go with it. Stop seeking approval, embrace your imperfections and take each challenge one step at a time.