Personal Development

Personal development is a way for people to assess their skills and qualities, consider their aims in life and set goals in order to realize and maximize their potential. 
               
This quote means that that to better yourself you should focus on you and not on others because whatever you are changing or bettering is for yourself and not anyone else. For example, if you were practicing at doing something at first you didn't succeed, then you have tomorrow to become better at it. This quote relates to my 100+ Life Planning Goals because a lot of my goals are about changing myself and getting better at skills I want to have and also my appearance. 

                   Student Success Statement 

"A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder."

                 

If a ship doesn't have a rudder then it has no direction, therefore it has no purpose. This is a perfect example of a man without a goal. If we don't set our own goals then it is obvious that we really won't know where to go and not knowing will lead to nothing and nowhere. That is what will become of our lives if we don't set our goals.

                Life Planning Progress Report

I have around 50 goals in my life planning notebook and have only achieved 3 victories. Many of the goals written down on paper, I have not been able to achieve because those are goals that I'm going to have to wait until I'm older to accomplish. I am absolutely certain that I have 100+ goals in my head that have not been put down on paper still. The reason is because i have just been feeling very negative lately and i don't have enough strength to pick up a pen and list all of them so far. I have been reading them though and it's depressing that i don't have many victories like i should. I think it's going to be even harder to pick up enough strength to write more because one of my best friends recently passed away and many of my goals involved him.                    

                 "Student Success Statement"

"The best way to predict your future is to create it."

                                                                  Charles Ketterer

This is true because if you can't think and create right now how you want your future to be, it's going to be a way longer process of steps when you actually get to the point when you need to start thinking about what you want to do with your life which is why you need to start planning right now.

                  Student Success Statement

"In life as in football, you won't go far, unless you know where goalposts are"

                             Arnold  H. Glasgow

I think this means that if you don't have your goals set or even know your own goals, or try to succeed in your list of goals, then you will fail and life won't take you very far.

Reflection of Christian and the old lady

I think that it was cute of the 15 year old boy to give his money to the lady. It was a lot of money so that was so generous of him especially since he needed the money for himself. It’s very touching. There aren't many people like him on this earth but there really should be. It seriously sure would be nice if someone offered me money that I had lost but sadly not everyone thinks like Christian.

                Student Success Statement

            “Only those live who do good.”

                           Count Leo Tolstoy

                                   

I feel that this means that if you make right choices you have a life but if you make wrong choices like smoking, drugs, rape, then you have no life or any clue what living actually is.

                  Student Success Statement

"It's not about how to achieve your dreams. It's about how to lead your life. If you lead your life the right way, the karma (destiny, fortune, good luck) will take care of itself. The dreams will come to you." 

                    
                                                        Dr. Randy Pausch

I think this means that you don't really have to try to achieve your dreams by itself. Because the way you lead your life will decide and make sure that your dreams come true. For example if your dream is to be on the voice some day then the best thing to do would be to decide to never hang around drug addicts because they will most likely pressure you and will ruin your voice chords. 

                              Summary 

If I were Patrick I would have listened to my parents and worn my shoes. Flip-Flops and shoes are obviously different from one another. Actually i wouldn't even have went out for a walk If I knew there were scorpions lingering around. That just sounds so painful and even more after he said he felt like he was gonna die. That is why we should always do what is right and listen. You don't necessarily have to get stung by a scorpion or other venomous creatures. It could be anything and if you make one wrong move it will cause you pain, for any life situation.  

                 Student Success Statement 
                         The 3 Questions

1. Can people trust me to do what's right?
Yes.
2. Am I committed to doing my very best?
Yes. Always.
3. Do I treat people the way I want to be treated?
Yes. 

"If the answer to these questions are YES, there is no way you can fail." 
                           
                                                                       Lou Holtz

People can totally trust me to do what's right and never to do what is wrong. I am always committed to doing my very best. I always try the hardest i can even when I'm on the edge of giving up. I absolutely always treat people the way I wanna be treated. That is why I always constantly smile at people even when they are mean to me. Even if someone is being completely gross to me I still treat them with respect. I wish everyone would treat each other this way because then the world would be a better place. 

                Student Success Statement 
                   
   He that walketh with wise men shall be wise:

   but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

           

I think this means that if you follow the right people, right being wise, you will do right things too. But if you follow the wrong people, wrong being foolish, you will do wrong things too and your life will go down the wrong path. 

                  Student Success Statement 

          "Obedience is the great test of life."
                               
I think obedience may be the great test of life because it has the word die in it and i think that's the purpose.