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SWTJC STEM – ENGR 1201

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Personal Growth Strategies

• Be receptive to change…• Don’t accept, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”• Use the Total Quality Management concept,

“Even if it ain’t broke, try to improve it.”• Don’t stop at good when great is out there.

• Cultivate positive thoughts and take productive action

• Review chart on page 206• Choosing positive thoughts will result in better self-

esteem


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• Making behavior modifications…• Step 1. Knowledge - “You know what to do.”• Step 2. Commitment - “You want to do it.”• Step 3. Implementation - “You do it.”

• Review chart on page 212• Recognize barriers to productive actions…

• Peer pressure• Outside constraints - work, family, etc.• Inadequate preparation for a course• Others?


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“Making change requires you to accept responsibility for

your actions and to begin to view yourself as the creator

of your life.”

• Understanding yourself• Maslows Hierarchy of Needs

• Review chart on page 218• Self-esteem consists of

• Self-efficacy - Your sense of competency• Self-respect - Your sense of personal worth• Review chart on page 221


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• Personality types…• Myers-Briggs Type Indicator…

• Refer to chart on page 225• Introvert (GP 30% Engr 67%)• Intuitive (GP 30% Engr 47%)• Thinker (GP 50% Engr 75%)• Judging (GP 50% Engr 61%)• Engineers are action-oriented thinkers

who prefer planned ways of doing things


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• Understand others and respect differences…• Differences in personal style and thinking

preferences• Ethnic and gender differences• The more we appreciate our own worth and

importance, the more we are able to recognize and appreciate the worth and importance of others.

• Stereotyping is unnecessary and unfair• Improve cross cultural communication…

• Interact with a diversity of people• Take a cross-cultural course


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• Assess your strengths and weaknesses…• Student assessment model…

• Time and energy devoted to study• Time spent on campus• Participation in student organizations• Interaction with faculty members• Interaction with other students

• Rate yourself 0-10 on each then…• High marks - Keep on doing what you’re

doing• Low marks - Develop a 4-5 year plan with

goals and annual review


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• Communication is critical to personal development…• Formal education is limited…

• Take extra classes in ENGL & COMM• Give journalism a try - Work on the

college’s newspaper• Take and then recopy your class notes

• Prepare for professional communication…• Review the list on page 235

• Your communication skill reflects on you• You will be judged professionally on how well

you communicate


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• Mental and physical Wellness…• Eat nutritionally• Exercise regularly• Get adequate sleep• Avoid drugs• Balance work and play• Manage stress - Review chart on page 242• “No strain, no gain” “No deposit, no return”

SWTJC STEM – ENGR 1201 Personal Growth Strategies

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