Philosophy Of Student Success Essay

Meghan Woodford
Professor Ingrid R Lewis
CPD 150
29 November 2014
Personal Philosophy of Student Success
The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence. -Confucius. For one to achieve success in any area of their life, one must first achieve personal success. You have to understand yourself and understand what it is that you want in order to get it. To find yourself you can employ strategies that will help you pave your road to your future and dig up your inner self to let its face shine on your surface.
There are key principles that contribute to life success, things like accepting personal responsibility and finding self-motivation. The
I personally beleive I have achieved inner success and understand myself fully. I have developed my own set of morals and beliefs and I have come to the understanding that I can do anything I want to do, all it takes is motivation and self confidence. I am very good with digital design and understanding concept development. I have a very imaginative mind and often make my own way rather than following the conventional path. I stand by what is right by my standards and beliefs and am willing to accept change if proven wrong. I understand other people and understand why they do what they do or act a certain way. and I know how to self motivate myself and employ interdependence when needed. I’m very driven to be able to support myself in my life, I don’t want to have to depend on family or a spouse to help me pay the bills and get by. I think my motivation and self managed learning will help me succeed in college life and in turn help me succeed in post-college
I’ve known this for awhile. When I’m in an environment that I tend to learn very little or nothing at all I tend to slack off a bit, not caring as much about the class and seeing the work as more of a burden because I’m not receiving anything from it. Luckily i’ll be in control of my own classes in college and the majority of my classes will be in prefered subject areas, even in classes that I don’t like, if i’m learning i’ll be more inclined to do better. The same goes for a job, if I do the same old thing day after day i’ll probably begin to slack off. I think this is true for a lot of people. I think this understanding of myself will help me succeed in my college work and job because i’m conscious of my weakness. I believe myself to be very self-aware, I’m not sure if there is anything else to learn about myself to be honest that I don’t already know. I’m a very introverted person and have a high level of intrapersonal intelligence. I know myself well and my friends better then they probably do. I’m very intune with peoples motives and thought process, emotions, and an understanding of their reasoning and logical standpoints. Another of my strengths is having emotional intelligence. I know when to use my emotions to my advantage and when to not use them. I can easily hide my emotions from others or shut them down almost completely at