Writing Assignment 2
There were many times that I faced with adversity in my daily life. The idea of Shackleton is to have optimistic view even we are in a difficult situation. In my case, it is somehow similar to his case. I try to gradually start things what I can do. When I hold a lot of things such as assignments, the contact of club activity and the preparation for the tournament, I want to run away from the reality. The reason is that I cannot see the end, so the process of the end of every material becomes vague. Therefore, I start the first step even the task seems to be difficult in order to clear the plan and its end. There is a recent example. It is necessary to borrow facilities to host the tournament. It needs the difficult process but the e-mail to manager enables me to negotiate with them directly. If I add the positive and optimistic view that Shackleton mentions, I will be able to work on the task easily. In addition, self-talking is often used in adversity. For example, before the tournament starts, I often talk to myself that I can do it because I have practiced hard for this tournament. The fact is that this self-talking plays an important role. The word makes me confident, and relaxed.
(Respond to the question 1 and 2)
The suffering team assignment is to summarize the opinions of all members. Since I am a leader, I have to summarize and make a decision in the final place. I do not want to reinforce members to my opinion only because I am a leader. I do want to respect individual opinion but sometimes I suffer how to make the final decision. In the this case, we discuss the reason and focus on interest. (Respond to question 4)
Hi Kaoru,
返信削除I especially like your idea of making the first step when you feel overwhelmed and can't see the end point. This is so true. It's that first step that is both hard to make and yet so important. I find it amazing how much better I feel after I have made that first step, and often the steps after that first one aren't as many as I might have thought.
Ken
I also have used the strategy:
返信削除>>before the tournament starts, I often talk to myself that I can do it because I have practiced hard for this tournament.
I thank that to have a confident is very important for success!
Anyway, I heard that you do very well in your debating^^