Tenaciousness is a skill. What are the behaviors that you have used (or developed) to keep up with the requirements of this course?
The most prevalent behavior that I've used during this course has undoubtedly been my ability to be resourceful and intuitive. A lot of assignments in this class demand that you be able to discern situations that demand you exert your influence with people in real-time.
2) Tenaciousness is also about attitude. Talk about a moment or two when you felt like "giving up." What pulled you through? Do you feel like you've developed a tenacious attitude during the past two months? What experience or experiences most contributed to this?
To be honest the moments I feel like giving up are when I miss an assignment or I could complete the requirements due to circumstance. there are a lot of things that are out of control of a student, and even this being an online class, taking it during a semester which most Innovation Academy students are full time students taking classes on campus proves to be challenging.
3) Three tips. What are three tips you would offer next semester's student about (1) fostering the skills that support tenacity and (2) developing the 'tenacious mindset' ?
1. Schedule ahead, preferably by a week. If you do everything a week in advance, it will at least give you at minimum 3-5 school days which to rectify your mistakes.
2. Be unafraid to meet new people and be in new situations that force you to make those types of decisions in real time.
3. Stay hungry. Tenacity is all about being hungry for bigger and more serious responsibility, and this class challenges you to be unabashed and unafraid of taking on such responsibility.
Hi Oliver, I agree with the importance of staying on top of the assignments as well as being intuitive and creative with the interactions with customers. I like how the class involves interviewing individuals to help improve our venture concepts. We had all the same tips. Great job! Here's the link to my post if you'd like to check it out:
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Hey Oliver, I think your tips are particularly good because you were specific. I said something about procrastination, but most people will hear that and do nothing, you gave them a timeframe, do everything a week in advance, that way you'll never be in a situation you don't have time to fix. That makes a lot of sense to me. I also thought your 'stay hungry' comment was a good bit of advice. You should check out my halfway reflection http://imalsonotadoctor.blogspot.com/2016/02/half-way-reflection.html
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