Monday, August 31, 2009
Journal #4, Week 2
My biggest weakness is having patience. I have trouble waiting for a response or answer when it seems the answer should be obvious. I often fail to recognize the ways people process information can be different. This causes me to assume that people process the way I process. The end result is me becoming impatient with others for failing to act the way I would act.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Journal #3, Week 1
What are my Strenghts?
1) Confident & driven
2) See solutions quickly
3) Not afraid to step up to a leadership position
4) Efficient
1) I believe that I have the ability to be the best at anything I set my mind to. I understand what it means to commit to something and go after it. I enjoy goal setting as a way to motivate myself and others around me.
2) I tend to see through the clutter in a situation. I dislike sitting in meetings when the conversation gets derailed. I see points of conversation quickly and my mind generally starts to look for "the best way" to do something. If the best way is not the one being followed, I generally become uncomfortable and agitated.
3) I have a hard time sitting on the sideline and watching things happen when I can be a part of them. Especially if I see something that could be done better, faster, or more efficiently. I have the confidence in myself in most situations to voice my opinion in an articulate way that usually gives others assurance that I can handle leadership.
4) I cannot stand meaningless types of duties. Think of the movie "Office Space" and the TPS reports. I would have been the manager that would have said, "Why do I have to get these reports if 6 other people are getting them as well?" I would have found a process that would have worked more efficiently, with or without my involvement in the process.
1) Confident & driven
2) See solutions quickly
3) Not afraid to step up to a leadership position
4) Efficient
1) I believe that I have the ability to be the best at anything I set my mind to. I understand what it means to commit to something and go after it. I enjoy goal setting as a way to motivate myself and others around me.
2) I tend to see through the clutter in a situation. I dislike sitting in meetings when the conversation gets derailed. I see points of conversation quickly and my mind generally starts to look for "the best way" to do something. If the best way is not the one being followed, I generally become uncomfortable and agitated.
3) I have a hard time sitting on the sideline and watching things happen when I can be a part of them. Especially if I see something that could be done better, faster, or more efficiently. I have the confidence in myself in most situations to voice my opinion in an articulate way that usually gives others assurance that I can handle leadership.
4) I cannot stand meaningless types of duties. Think of the movie "Office Space" and the TPS reports. I would have been the manager that would have said, "Why do I have to get these reports if 6 other people are getting them as well?" I would have found a process that would have worked more efficiently, with or without my involvement in the process.
Journal # 2, Week 1
State of my Thinking
I have reflected this week as to how I learn and I have also looked at others around me to try to capture their learning and thinking processes.
I am a do-er and a visualizer. I picture something in my head and try to recreate it. I need to take this picture and try to mimic it. If someone shows me how to do something, I can generally recreate them. I have always been good at immitations of people so I think this explains why that is so. I would much rather get brief instructions on something & get to work on making it happen. I would prefer to mess up a few times in a row before I get it right so I learn what not to do at the same time I learn what to do.
As far as my thinking on leadership, I have focused this week on giving more general information to my team. Before a match practice, instead of looking at one person in the eye and telling them some sort of direction (& repeating to others), I have given general guidance to the team and releassed them. I then have concentrated on my individual conversations and tried to give information in a way that the team member is able to comprehend. If I am dealing with another visual person, I will use a lot of body language and physical examples. If I am dealing with a verbal team member, I will try to clearly explain with extra words and try to limit the hand & body language.
I have reflected this week as to how I learn and I have also looked at others around me to try to capture their learning and thinking processes.
I am a do-er and a visualizer. I picture something in my head and try to recreate it. I need to take this picture and try to mimic it. If someone shows me how to do something, I can generally recreate them. I have always been good at immitations of people so I think this explains why that is so. I would much rather get brief instructions on something & get to work on making it happen. I would prefer to mess up a few times in a row before I get it right so I learn what not to do at the same time I learn what to do.
As far as my thinking on leadership, I have focused this week on giving more general information to my team. Before a match practice, instead of looking at one person in the eye and telling them some sort of direction (& repeating to others), I have given general guidance to the team and releassed them. I then have concentrated on my individual conversations and tried to give information in a way that the team member is able to comprehend. If I am dealing with another visual person, I will use a lot of body language and physical examples. If I am dealing with a verbal team member, I will try to clearly explain with extra words and try to limit the hand & body language.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Journal #1, Week 1
According to Felder & Solomon, I am strongly:
- Reflective (5 of 11)
- Intuitive (7 of 11)
- Visual (9 of 11)
- Global (9 of 11)
According to about.com's Homework Tips:
- I am a very visual learner
According to frank/mtsu I am:
- Right brained
This makes sense to me based on how I have gotten to know myself and my learning style over the past year. When I work in groups, I prefer to complete work in advance and use the group to merge things together. When I study, I study alone in a quiet place and try to draw things out and explain them to myself. I prefer multiple choice tests so I can see the answers and determine if one just makes sense to me.
I also emplore visual tactics when teaching tennis. I enjoy video review of fundamentals and I believe in teaching whole-part-whole to a student. In essence, I run them through a drill to locate the weakness. I break down the part of their fundamental that is a weakness and do a smaller drill to focus their mind on the weakness and assuming a correct pattern. I then re-engage them into the drill or a similar one to allow them to build the muscle memory.
- Reflective (5 of 11)
- Intuitive (7 of 11)
- Visual (9 of 11)
- Global (9 of 11)
According to about.com's Homework Tips:
- I am a very visual learner
According to frank/mtsu I am:
- Right brained
This makes sense to me based on how I have gotten to know myself and my learning style over the past year. When I work in groups, I prefer to complete work in advance and use the group to merge things together. When I study, I study alone in a quiet place and try to draw things out and explain them to myself. I prefer multiple choice tests so I can see the answers and determine if one just makes sense to me.
I also emplore visual tactics when teaching tennis. I enjoy video review of fundamentals and I believe in teaching whole-part-whole to a student. In essence, I run them through a drill to locate the weakness. I break down the part of their fundamental that is a weakness and do a smaller drill to focus their mind on the weakness and assuming a correct pattern. I then re-engage them into the drill or a similar one to allow them to build the muscle memory.
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