Ownership: the tools needed to achieve it!
In this week’s reading about taking ownership, we touched basis on what it means to take ownership and why we lack in ownership. It states that we lack pride and confidence because we do not have ownership. It made me think of my own experiences of lack of ownership. I’ve always been a decent student but after the first semester of college I started losing motivation. I started making excuses as to why I was not able to complete my projects or why I chose to wait till the last minute. It would be lame excuses that usually ended up placing the blame on others and circumstances. After trials of failed semesters, I came to an obvious realization of what I was doing, and I snapped myself out of it. I took responsibility and reassessed my goals and had a discussion with myself and changed my viewpoint. According to author Megan Stone there are specific skills needs to achieve ownership; “…assess, learn, practice, and master (Stone, Own your education!: A student's guide to greater success in school (and life)).” She stated that this journey to ownership is a circle and that by following then you will eventually gain the ownership and in turn would build up pride and confidence. Once you follow those steps there are further principles that you must follow, “commit to learning the skill or information. Prepare to work hard. Stay motivated over time to ensure mastery (Stone, Own your education!: A student's guide to greater success in school (and life)).”
These tools that were expressed were the very steps that I unknowingly followed. I realized that there was an issue of me not holding myself accountable. Then I focused on learning the concepts in class and making sure I had it down. Then I practiced the concepts and tried teaching it to others, which is a great way to practice. Then once I realized I was able to teach it then I knew that I had mastered that topic. I remember once I incorporated those same tools into life, I was more happy and gained confidence in life in general.
Citation:
Stone, M. (n.d.). Own your education!: A student's guide to greater success in school (and life). O'Reilly Online Learning. Retrieved October 14, 2022, from https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/own-your-education/9780133573466/ch07.html#ch07lev1sec4
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ReplyDeleteNice post Chan, I can definitely relate to your experience. I had those moments many times, glad that you were able to pull yourself together it's hard work to stay motivated.
ReplyDeleteYou are the main character of your own story and no one has better control of it other than yourself. Definitely inspired by reading your post and sharing your own experiences. I have struggled with procrastination and making up excuses to put my goals aside but have learned to take ownership as well and will always be openminded about new strategies.
ReplyDeleteGreat post Chan! I totally agree with you, it's easy to blame people or make excuses for our poor actions. You made a good point, ownership produces self confidence. Giving your full effort into something, makes you feel good about yourself, and pushes you to become a better person overall.
ReplyDeleteI really like your post Chan. I agree that it is really important to take ownership for what you do instead of trying to put the blame on others. Sadly, blaming others it what usually is done by most people. Glad to see everything worked out in and you caught yourself before too late.
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