Colorado College Career Goal Essay

Part 1

• What is your career goal and how can developing a growth mindset help to keep you motivated to reach that career goal?

Part 2

• Rate your overall time management skills. How effective are you in managing time?
• What changes have you made or plan to make in order to add this course to your daily schedule?
• Thinking about Stephen Covey’s habit, Being Proactive, what does being proactive mean to you in relation to your time management?

Part 3

• Share a short-term SMART goal for this course. Be sure to make your goal Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time-Bound.
• How will this SMART goal help you achieve your long-term goal?

Part 4

• Share an example of when you were impacted by miscommunication.
• How could this situation have been resolved if you had used Covey’s Seek First to Understand and Then Be Understood habit?
• How does taking care of your well-being (social, emotional, physical) affect other areas of your life such as family time, course/schoolwork, or employment?

Part 5

• How can the habit Begin With the End in Mind keep you motivated when you are feeling overwhelmed?
• What study strategies will most help you improve?
• How do you take advantage of learning styles in a way that will benefit you as you work through your degree or even in your chosen profession?

Part 6

• A strategy discussed in this week’s reading is SQ3R (Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review). How is this strategy similar to and/or different from the way you read course material previously?
• Covey’s 3rd habit, Put First Things First, means recognizing that your time, energy, and resources are limited. How would you prioritize reading in your schedule?
• Explain the importance of improving your reading strategies now and when you work in the business field.