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Success Stories: How Does It Work? »
It's so important to constantly stay in touch with our areas of progress rather than exclusively working on areas of growth. Came upon this as I was recap-tooling (is that even a word? lol), and wanted to use this as an encouragement tool. If I could do this once, can definitely do it again. I want to encourage myself to not give up this close to the end. If there's anything anyone got from reading this, it would be to post your successes in a place where you can see it daily and/or often.
Success story #1:
when preparing for my research proposal, I just came to a point where I had to stop dwelling in the past, my mistakes or my self-doubts and had to just dig in somehow to give it my best shot. even if that meant doing a lot of things that didnt always work out. to try out new strategies, figure out which ones worked and constantly keeping myself encouraged inspite of those that didn't. I invested in good working habits, reached out for help and dug really deep into my faith in God and somehow managed to stick it out to write on my doc, even under overwhelming fear-paralysis and a broken heart.
Success #2:
when working on public speaking, I had to teach myself to not get offended by my advisor's constant negative criticism (which frankly annoyed me), instead decided to take it constructively and worked on my speech volume and diction. read a few bks on the topic, rehearsed and took to lab teaching as an instructor and used the opportunity to improve on myself. both speaking and ability to facilitate teaching improved :-).
Success story # 3:
When dealing with difficult people, conflicts, children, I really worked on my inter-personal relationships. Learned to greet everyone with a smile, to act professional (even when I felt crabby and impatient), to not crib or complain, be polite, be considerate, be friendly, show empathy to others and faked enthusiasm and confidence initially(lol). surprisingly, conflicts with my roomies and using my really difficult work colleague as a model helped me in negotiations too. While, I no longer have to deal with people who would push my buttons just for the heck of it, the acquired skill of not avoiding confrontations and assertively standing my ground helped me to learn how to agree-to-disagree even in my close friendships.
