Halfway Reflection
Tenacity & Paying It Forward
1. Tenaciousness is a competency.
3. Three tips
1. Tenaciousness is a competency.
- One behavior I have used to keep up with this course is effective time management skills and proactive planning. I have planned out all of the requirements for the semester and allocated enough time to finish them early. This reflects tenaciousness exhibited by entrepreneurs because an idea must be improved consistently through thoughtful analysis in order to create a product that demonstrates your drive and passion. By planning out the requirements of the course, I am capable of consistently improving my ideas making my improvements meaningful.
2. Tenaciousness is also about attitude.
- At one point, I considered giving up because I am unsure if the creation of an entirely new library is a feasible idea that important players would be interested in funding. What pulled me through this setback was the approval of all of the individuals that I interviewed, as well as the classmates in my group that expressed their support of the idea. Additionally, my own personal excitement about a renovation to UF's campus inspired me to remain determined and tenacious and continue to explore my idea at a deeper level. Below I have attached a photo of one of the comments that inspired me to keep going!
- The three tips I would offer next semester's students to foster the skills that support tenacity and developing a tenacious mindset would be:
- Find a path in the world that you are deeply passionate about. The more invested you are in a topic, the easier it becomes to transform it into something real.
- Keep an open-mindset. If your idea falters in one way or another, don't ignore these failures, learn from them! You will gain more insight and learn to strengthen your product and create a better outcome.
- Believe in your skills and capabilities. Without belief in yourself, it will be impossible for you to remain determined and to push through setbacks and failures. No matter what obstacles you face, understand that you are creative enough to overcome them.
Nicole,
ReplyDeleteI agree that it is important to allocate an appropriate amount of time to each class and their assignments, especially when taking upper level classes that can sometimes take all of your time. It definitely attests to your ability to manage your time. I found your first piece of advice to students next semester very deep (too deep?) and inspirational. Your advice to keep an open mind is very helpful in this class, because entrepreneurship is about making opportunities out of situations that other people would not see as an opportunity. Great post Nicole
Hi Nicole,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading your post. I think that the tips you chose to include for future students is very interesting. For this class, it is important to choose a topic that you are passionate about. This is important for this class in specific because you will be conducting a number of interviews and making numerous posts about the same idea. It may seem like a lot of work for one idea so it is important that you feel like you can follow through with it.
Hi Nikki,
ReplyDeleteIt's really cool that you were so inspired by one of our comments. I agree that your idea is really solid. I think your advice about having an idea that you're passionate about is very important, and I wrote about that in my post. I also wrote about time-management in my post. I think it's really important in this class because you want to give yourself enough time to properly finish your assignments.
Hi Nicole, it is awesome that you found inspiration from another student in this course. If you find supports in this course alone, imagine how many students would back you. My favorite tip of yours is the first one. It is easier to do something when you're passionate about it. I like that your tips don't just relate to this course, but thinking as an entrepreneur. It is also great that you planned out the course for yourself. I think I need to revise my plan. Overall, nice halfway reflection. My reflection also mentions time management.
ReplyDeleteHi Nikki,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your halfway reflection and I noticed a lot of similarities between yours and mine. The biggest thing that I have learned and am still learning is better management skills. I am unfortunately cursed with the worst case of procrastination and I will literally wait until the last minute to turn something in. As you said, the best way to overcome this is to plan ahead and I did this by making a Google Calendar to set up blocks each day indicating what tasks I needed to get done. Nice post!