CG 100 College Success

TAKING THE FIRST STEP

What is Success?

The power of choice. p.3 of On Course text book

The main ingredient of all success is the process of making wise choices.

Your Journal Writing is a written record of your thoughts and feelings, hopes and dreams.

It’s a way to explore your life in depth and to discover your best “self.”

Guidelines for writing a meaningful journal:

Review criteria for successful journal writing in the introduction.

Self Assessment: This aims to identify behaviors you may wish to change to achieve more of your potential in college and in life.

FORKS IN THE ROAD
Know that at every opportunity or obstacle the road forks- and we have to make a choice. 

     What are some obstacles that impede a student’s success?
In college and in life there are always opportunities and obstacles, and the choices we make at each of these forks in the road determine whether we SINK or SOAR.

DEVELOPING SELF ACCEPTANCE 
•	Self-esteem: what is it.?
•	What is your core belief about yourself.?
•	Do you know yourself, and do you accept yourself.?
•	What does your Self Assessment scores say about you in the 
      following areas:

1.	Accepting personal responsibility
2.	Discovering self-motivation
3.	Mastering self-management
4.	Employing interdependence
5.	Gaining self-awareness
6.	Adopting life-long learning
7.	developing emotional intelligence
8.	Believing in myself

BECOMING AN ACTIVE LEARNER

Successful students understand how to get the most out of their physical abilities. Likewise as a successful learner, you need to know how to get the most out of your mental abilities.  Many studies have been done on the human brain, and much has been discovered in the last few decades, about how human beings learn.