Chapter ONE:
Getting On Course
to Your Success
Human Bingo, Success Worksheet
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Homework
Note: No late assignments will be accepted.
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Getting On Course to Your Success
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What Is Success?
What does “success” mean to you?
• Getting all A’s and B’s while working a full-time job
• Making 2 free-throws to win the basketball tournament
• Parenting 2 great kids and still making the dean’s list
• Being the first person in the family to earn a college degree
“Outer Success”
• Focus on learning instead of just getting good grades
• Major in a career field because it’s your passion
• Discover your personal values
“Inner Success”
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Downing’s Definition of Success
• “Success is staying on course to your desired
outcomes and experiences, creating wisdom,
happiness, and unconditional self-worth along the
way.”
• Do you have the same definition of success?
• Take 10 minutes to write or draw your definition
of success (worksheet)
Success Worksheet
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The Power of Choice
“Positive beliefs lead to effective behaviors.
Effective behaviors lead to success.”
For example:
• After a disappointing test score, a struggling
student thinks, “I knew I couldn’t do college
math!”
• This belief will likely lead the student to miss
classes and neglect assignments
• These self-defeating behaviors will lead to even
lower test scores, reinforcing the negative beliefs
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Write a Great Life
• Journal writing is a way to explore your life in
depth and discover your best “self”
• Self-awareness will enable you to make wise
choices about what to keep doing and what to
change
• Journal writing is ‘free writing’, but through On
Course, it’s guided that allows you additional
insights about you
• All journal entries are located in your textbook
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Journal Writing Guidelines
1. COPY the directions for each step into your journal
(just in the bold print)
2. BE SPONTANEOUS – write whatever comes to your
mind. This is not an English composition course.
3. BE HONEST – this will allow you to discover yourself
and your success
4. BE CREATIVE – Express your creative self. Add your
favorite quotes, poems and sayings. Use color, clip
arts, photos, and drawing
5. DIVE DEEP – be specific and provide examples to the
point where the reader won’t have any question
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Journal Sample
Guideline for Journals:
1. COPY
2. BE SPONTANEOUS
3. BE HONEST
4. BE CREATIVE
5. DIVE DEEP
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Journal Sample
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Professor’s Journal Writing Preference
• All journal entries must be:
– Typed, double space, 1 inch margins, Arial or Times
New Roman, 12 size font
– Either provide hard copy or email as an attachment
(Microsoft Word Document only) and in subject of
email state: YOUR NAME AND ASSIGNMENT
– Journals are due at the beginning of class on the due
date or you may submit them earlier
– No late journal entries will be accepted… being absent
is not an excuse
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Relax
“Experiments have shown that relaxing before a
learning session greatly improves the results.”
Relaxation:
1. Find a quiet place
2. A comfortable physical position
3. A positive attitude
4. Something on which to focus your thoughts
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Self-Assessment
• Self-Assessment can be done online or in your
textbook
– If done online, website is on the Professor’s website
– You can email it or print a hard copy
• 15-20 minutes
• Self-Assessment is needed for Journal #1
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http://college.cengage.com/downing_assessment/jsp/questions1-8.jsp?customizer=pre
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Forks in the Road
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Responsibility
Motivation
Self-Management
Interdependence
Self-Awareness
Lifelong Learning
Emotional Intelligence
Self-Esteem
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The CORE Learning System
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Wise Choices in College
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Homework
• Journal 1 – page 11
• Journal 2– page 18
• Read Wise Choices in College
– College Customs
Journals for 5th edition only:
• Questions will be provided
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Study Guide
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On Course’s eight qualities
Active learner
SCANS
Hard/Soft skills
Self-Esteem
Journal Writing
CORE Learning System
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