On Course I Workshop Strategies for Classroom Use

Academic Survival

Presentation based on:Downing, Skip. On Course: Strategies for Creating Success in College and Life, 3rd Ed. Mastering Self-Managementwww.humanikaconsulting.com

Self-ManagementSuccessful Students

Act on purpose, choosing deeds that move them on course to their goals and dreams.Struggling Students

Wait passively or wander from one unpurposeful activity to another.

Self-ManagementSuccessful Students

Employ self-management tools, regularly planning and carrying out purposeful actions.Struggling Students

Live disorganized, unplanned lives, constantly responding to whims of the moment.

Self-ManagementSuccessful Students

Develop self-discipline, showing commitment, focus, and persistence in pursuing their goals and dreams.

Struggling Students

Quit or change course when their actions dont lead to immediate success.

Acting on PurposeQuadrant I Actions are important activities done under the pressure of deadlines.Quadrant II Actions are important activities done without the pressure of looming deadlines.Quadrant III Actions are unimportant activities done with a sense of urgency.Quadrant IV Actions are simply time wasters.

Urgent Not Urgent

ImportantNot Important

Acting on Purpose

Urgent Not UrgentQuadrant I Actions Example: Staying up all night cramming for an 8:00 a.m. test.Quadrant II Actions Example: Creating a study group in the first week of the semester.Quadrant III Actions Example: Attending a hastily called meeting that has nothing to do with your goals.Quadrant IV Actions Example: Mindlessly watching television until 4:00 a.m.

ImportantNot Important

Acting on Purpose

Urgent Not UrgentQuadrant IPutting out brushfiresOnly moderate successStress filled lifeQuadrant IICreatorsPurposeful actionSuccessQuadrant IIIVictimsActivities that are unimportant to our own goals and dreams.Quadrant IVTime wasters

ImportantNot Important

Employing Self- Management ToolsThere is no such thing as time management only self-management!

The secret of mastering effective self-management is maximizing time spent in Quadrants I and II.

Self-Management ToolsMonthly calendarsDaily action list or to do listsTracking forms

Developing Self-Discipline

Three essential ingredients for self-discipline

CommitmentFocusPersistence

Commitment

Commitment is the outcome of staying focused and being persistent!

Staying Focused

Focus is self-discipline in thought.

The Inner Defendant (sayings like boring teachers, schedule stinks, getting over the flu, better next semester, etc.) and the Inner Critic (sayings like too old, too dumb, never could do math, etc.) are the two biggest enemies of focus.

Remember to keep your Inner Guide (sayings like What are my dreams and goals?) strong and regain focus by revisualizing your life plan.

Persistence

Persistence is self-discipline in action.

Persistence can best be found by asking the question:

Do you LOVE YOURSELF enough to stay on task to accomplishing your dreams?

ProcrastinationProcrastination is the hole that sinks many ships!

If your dreams are important to you, what are you waiting for?

Will you make a 32-day commitment?

Self-Management & Self-ConfidenceGenuine self-confidence results from a history of success, and a history of success results from persistently takingaction.

Build your success identity by persisting in whateveryou struggle doing until it become a success for you.

Self-Management & Self-ConfidenceCelebrate your successes and talents

The praise we give ourselves is more important than thepraises of all others.

Find a way of recognizing and rewarding your successes.

Self-Management & Self-ConfidenceVisualize purposeful action

Visualize what you need to do to make your success, thentake purposeful action to do these things.

Adopt the I CAN attitude.