REFLECTION

One thing I have learned in this course is that you must plan and plan ahead. This is not a course that you can just check the night before and see what assignment is due and try to finish it within the next 24 hours. Technically you could but it will be a huge headache and very hard because many assignments deal with talking to other people. I have learned that the week before I have to plan out my week and figure out what assignments are due and what day and time I am going to devote to get all the data necessary to complete the assignment. Keeping a calendar or writing these dates down on a whiteboard has helped to not forget them and to keep myself accountable.

            A couple weeks ago I had two exams scheduled and I did not feel super confident about the materials for both classes. I had to study a lot and cram for each exam. As I finished my second exam Thursday night, and was completely exhausted mentally and physically, I remembered that I still had two assignments due the next night and I couldn’t just relax and take a break. The thought crossed my mind to forget about them and get an early start to my weekend. I was tired and drained mentally but I thought about the grade I wanted at the end of the semester and I knew this would be a moment I would remember and probably regret if I did not finish these two assignments. Anyways, long story short, the next day I set aside time to interview the people I needed to interview and then I wrote the data down and worked on the blogs. I had to work so it took me up until about 11pm to finish the assignments but it was a great feeling once I was done and I knew I had secured those valuable points.

Suggestions:

Plan your week or even weeks ahead. Write down what the assignment is and who you need to interview or the data you need and gather it ahead of the deadline. Once you have your data gathered it is pretty easy to put it together in writing. Plan, plan, plan, the semester goes by quick and before you know it there is a reading reflection due and you don’t have enough time to read the book you had been thinking of reading.

Take advantage of this opportunity to think of a legitimate business idea. This course will help you figure out what you need to do to execute or worse case figure out if it is not a great idea. Don’t just come up with a lousy business idea just to complete the assignment, really think about what you would do.

Lastly, read the comments on your blog. At first, I would ignore them because it was not “required,” but then I realized how valuable they were, and I have been able to get many good ideas from classmates’ comments. Read your comments and apply their suggestions, it is always beneficial to get others’ perspectives.