continuing academic success

continuing academic success






Continuing Academic Success
May 31, 2016
Continuing Academic Success
Time is something you can never get back; this class gave me the resources to waste as little as possible. To continue academic success, you must learn how to use your time as wisely as possible. Using and further developing the skills I have learned in this class will allow me to not only define my goals but ultimately reach all of them.
Educational and Career Goals
According to Madden (1997) the use of individual goal setting accompanied with appropriate feedback and teacher support tend to be very effective motivational approaches to motivate students to learn. About two years ago I set a goal at work to get into the management side of my business. I spoke with my manager and came up with a plan to complete this goal. After a year of completing the tasks we laid out I was successfully promoted to Operations Manager. When I was promoted, I made the decision to pursue my degree to further my career even more. So I set my first educational goal of returning to school and after multiple delays I finally enrolled after about a year. My manager is seeing the new skills I am learning from this class and is giving me more responsibilities after seeing how successful my new time management is.
The Writing Process
The writing process allows you to better plan a wide range of writing from your most difficult assignments all the way down to the simplest emails. If you first stop and think of who your audience is going to be this will allow you to focus on what will get through to them. The whole point of writing anything is for the reader to comprehend what you are trying to say. By using an outline, this will provide a visual aid to ensure you hit the key points you want the reader to understand. Then you can also focus your research on these key topics, so you’re not wasting time on other keywords or phrases that don’t boost your point of view. Focusing your energy and time in the...

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