* * I do believe that one of the stress strategies I have learned that I have already been adapting to my own life already is “Finding a Job that I love.” Most stress comes from jobs that people hate going to, if I find a job/career that I love, it won’t feel like work and I’ll enjoy it which gives me less stress. As for time-management “Writing things down” seems to be the best one for me. I often keep things in my mind and forget but with my cell phone I can easily put reminders in my calendar. * * Describe how you will
I understand the need to divide the work among the group members depending on their strengths and weaknesses. I do not let weakness in others stop me from including those individuals 100% in the project. I make sure to help them out by providing them guidelines they can understand and encourage them to be productive members of the group. I’ve had other team members just wanting to do the work themselves and not include those who are less able because it’s so much easier for them to do so. However, I always feel that they won’t learn if not given a chance to try and improve themselves.
I can fully appreciate and understand why being a counsellor for a family and/or close friend is not advised. Even though I was playing the role of the listener, my inner self was in a constant tug-of-war between being a friend and keeping a professional step back as required by a listener. I was extremely nervous and realized only when it was too late, that I had forgotten the most basic and yet one of the most important things to mention at the beginning of my session, which was one of the boundaries; how much time we had. Establishing clear ‘boundaries’ with the time and sticking with the ethical code from the start of a session, is fundamental to both Client and Counsellor. “It is reassuring to be able to take for granted that someone who is a counsellor is inevitably a person of integrity and virtue who acts in accordance with an impeccable ethical code”.
I usually see myself as a good person with high self-esteem and that I like helping people out. With this event it showed me that I really don’t care about community service and that I could live with not helping people except those close to myself. Also it showed me that I really don’t have as high of self-esteem as I thought. I am not the one to usually be the first one to start up a conversation. For the event I had to end up talking to everyone that was running in warrior dash and I hated it.
This happens in one of two ways. They buy into the thoughts, treating them like facts (It was the same in my last job...I’ve been a failure my whole career), and avoid situations that evoke them (I’m not going to take on that new challenge). Or, usually at the behest of their supporters, they challenge the existence of the thoughts and try to rationalize them away (I shouldn’t have thoughts like this...I know I’m not a total failure), and perhaps force themselves into similar situations, even when those go against their core values and goals (Take on that new assignment—you’ve got to get over
Although I recorded audio of myself and was not able to use video, I know myself well enough to know how the speech would have looked in person. I felt as if my voice was a little tense, but my instructor said that my voice was clear and the delivery was well paced. Neither my instructor nor myself felt as if there were other signs of anxiety in the presentation. I did feel like the pacing of my presentation was great, but this was also one of the things I was working on that required a second and third try. In this class I would like to work on my delivery, but mostly, I would like to stop being so monotonous and be able to use gestures and movements more effectively.
When given this speech I wasn't very concerned with practicing. I knew Heather and I would be able to do an okay job without going over the speech to many times. We didn't have trouble going back in forth because we basically knew what would be the last line. This worked out okay, but as I watched the video I realized I paused a lot and sometimes repeated what I was saying. After seeing that I know I should of practiced a few more times.
The positive enforcement on the concept that leadership can be learned encouraged me to step out of my comfort zone and assume responsibilities that required different personality styles. During the course of being a member of this team I have tried to be more active in initiating effective communications at the team meetings and have been more decisive in taking decisions related to the task at hand. This as a result allowed me to function as a driver in place of another team member who at one point was overloaded with work and hence unable to provide direction to the team which resulted in our team stagnation. Based on the experience gained in this course, I believe that learning and practicing to flex my style to the various leadership styles will
Their employees are very good at what they do; they perform their tasks in a timely fashion, and work efficiently and effectively to get the results that they promise their clients. On their website, you can find a long list of satisfied customers and their specific comments that they have left for the company. Since J.L. Nick offers a wide variety of services, the comments praise the company and its employees in terms of conducting consultations in a very timely and professional manner. Their clients have been very impressed when they worked with the company to help them through transitions or when they assisted in helping an employer recruit potential employees for various positions.
The professor and the TA mark our presentations during both the actual presentation and the question and answer period. Although this is a normal procedure for many classes, our class lacks a grading rubric, which is where my personal example of self-serving attributions is derived from. On one presentation, I did very well and was pleased with the mark and took all the credit for my success based on the hard work and time I had put into creating and practicing the presentation. On the other presentation, I did not fare as well, and my mark was not as high as the first. This led me to place blame of my decreased performance on the lack of a rubric, and thus to unfair or inconsistent marking.