Assignment 14A: Halfway Reflection

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

My behaviors that I used was time management and to plan things in advanced. I know it would take time to complete assignments, especially ones that I would have to interview. I also had to consider the interviewees, since I would want to give more time to find the best response from the interviewees because not everyone I interviewed was able to provide me with much information. In addition to that, the behavior that I developed in this class was to thoroughly express my ideas and thoroughly research my ideas well.

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?

Sometimes I wanted to give up when I read the assignments and find that I would have to interview people. I don’t like interviewing or talking to people because I feel awkward. Seeing that I had to interview at least 5 people per assignment really made me nervous. However, by conducting these interviews, I felt more relaxed and more confident, especially hearing that most of them feel the same way about my opportunity. I enjoyed hearing other people’s inputs about the situation.  

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' ?

1)    Plan ahead. Even better, to set up a schedule on when you are planning on watching the lectures, when you plan on interviewing people, and when you plan on writing the assignment. This point is crucial because you will have more than one class, so you will be busy. Planning will help you stay on schedule and not overwhelm you.

2)    Be motivated. You might find yourself becoming less motivated as you see assignments every week, but do not give up! It is very important to choose an opportunity and product that you are interested in, so you will never lose interest. Prior to choosing your opportunity or product, make sure you do a lot of research and this was not last minute.

3)    Be open minded. This is important because not everyone is going to agree with your ideas and your product. It is important to be open minded about people’s feedback, in terms of comments on your posts, and even feedback from interviewees. Their ideas and feedback are going to be beneficial in order to make your product/service better, which results in a better-quality work.