Character and Personality

What i learned from the video is that you should prioritize yourself. When you prioritize you acknowledge that you need to apply yourself towards the activities that are more important to be completed. Our life is like an ice berg. More than half of the ice berg is sunk in the water, and the rest of the 25% is sticking out of the surface. The piece that is sticking out is labeled "Personality". The part that is sunk is called "Character". The video states that the majority of people only focus on the personality end of life. Everybody tries to change their likes and dislikes in order to fit in with one another. The problem is that the Character is what people should put time into. Focus on the things that define that type of person you wish and or want to be.

Free Lance: SAT Experience

SAT Experience:

- It was an experience that i do not want to go through again. My first time taking the test, i accidentally fell asleep. This time around, i decided to go to sleep earlier to prevent that from happening again. When i woke up i ate a bowl of cereal to boost my energy. I was somewhat fine, but when i arrived to the test center room and began reading the short stories, my eyes started to close on me. All i knew was that i did not put my head on the desk, and my pencil was in my hand. Next thing i knew, the lady who was observing the class room announced that we had 10 minutes left for the reading section. I jumped up in my seat because she had scared me. I didnt know i was alseep but clearly if i only had 10 minutes left for that portion of the test, it was clear that i fell asleep. I tried to answer as much as i could until she announced to stop our work and place our pencils down. The Math portition of the test was horrible. It seems as if i was reading japanese or a french language. My head was spinning, and i couldnt get the answers correct. I heard the lady and she stated, "You know have 15 minutes left for this section." I was thrown off because i was only on question 4 out of 20. i dashed through the section trying to figure out the correct answer. I knew i could have tried harder, but the time was currently my enemy. My finally thoughts are that i feel as if i did worse the secound time, compared to the first time i decided to take it. 

The 7 Ways of Highly Effective People

Habit 1. Be proactive: 

Quote: "Habit 1 is the key to unlocking all the other habits ans that's why it comes first. It says, "i am the captain of my life. i can choose my attitude. i am responsible for my own happiness or unhappiness. I am in the driver's seat of my destiny, not just a passenger." 

Being proactive means that you should take responsibilities for your actions. When you are a teenager, the majority of the time the blame is put on teachers, or the parent, or the siblings. By being proactive you should take the blame and be a team sport about any situation that may occur throughout your life. The influence that the person receives is very important because it doesn't just affect one person. The majority of the time, the way a person behaves is how they were raised in their household or the people they surround themselves with. Being proactive also means that the weather will have an impact or your attitude or decision making. For example, when it is about 90 degrees or higher people begin to be upset and frustrated easily. The physical environment and the people you surround yourself with have impacts. 

Habit 2. Begin with the end in mind: 

Quote: "Control your own destiny or someone else will." (Jack Welch)

"When you know where you intend to end up, you know where you are now." (Covey)

Beginning with the end in mind means that when you decide on a goal you should view the end of it. For example if you train to become an Olympian, most likely you want to see yourself winning the gold medal. Another example could be if i pursue my dream of becoming a singer, i want and should see myself performing in front of billions of people and could be known as a star. It could also mean that you should always finish what you start. View your goal as something that could be accomplished and or complete. I will continue to begin with the end in mind because i use it motivation. 

Habit 3. Put First Things First:

Quote: Organize and execute around priorities." 

Putting first things first means to set your priorities straight. When having a variety of responsibilities to take on, you should organize yourself first and think about what is more important for you. For example, if you are in a sport and must attend practice everyday that is your priority, but if you happen to be failing a class or simply just need more help and attending tutoring is the way think about what you should do. What is your priority in this situation? What does getting good grades lead to? Getting good grades means you have a chance of attending college, staying in the sport, etc. If you have low grades, the result of it is that you wont be able to stay in the sport anyways. Second of all, i always state that Cheer will not get you into college, Basketball will not get you into college, Volley ball will not get you into college, etc. Get your priorities straight and attend tutoring if necessary. 

Habit 4. Think Win-Win: 

Quote: "Think win-win or no deal."

Thinking win-win is important because you should think positive and expect positive outcomes throughout your life. When thinking positive it is more likely for a person to get a positive result out of a situation. For example, when thinking win-win it gives a positive attitude towards the person; therefore, you will give it your all and try your best. The result of your performance will be something worth doing. You as a person will also have the ability to voice how much effort you put into the problem, and that you were able to come out successfully. If you do not think that you will win you most likely have a losing mentality. Another thing is that if you have a winning mentality, you could think about solutions to the majority of your problems and life a comfortable life. 

Habit 5. Seek First to Understand, then to be Understood:

Quote: "Diagnose before you prescribe." 

Seeking first to understand, so that you could be understood is important. How do you expect others to understand you as a person if you don't understand them. When asking for advice the majority of the time it is helpful if the person understands the situations, as well as the type of person you are. Why would you want to get advice from someone you aren't very close to, or who does not accept you as a person. It is important to understand the other persons situation or life story because to helps you as an individual when or if you happen to judge others. You, as a person, should understand and acknowledge the actions you take and why. Do you understand yourself? Do you know why you do the things that you do? For what? Why are those actions made? Who does it affect and why? Etc. It could also mean to simply tasks that could be made everyday. For example, Listen before you speak. Did you hear the full story? Or are you jumping to conclusions? Do you observe situations like you should. Before i jump to conclusions, i make sure to observe my surroundings and find the outcome/result from there. 

Habit 6. Synergize:

Quote: "The whole is greater than the sum of its parts (1+1=3)"

Synergize is important because it means that you as a person have the ability to be open minded about a situation that you come across. It means that when dealing with a problem either old or new you could always find solutions to them. It could also mean that when talking to a new person you are more likely to get influenced by them and make decisions that could either be good or bad.  The most important part is when the other person does not agree with you. Knowing someone else that doesn't view the world the same way as you could be life changing. It is life changing because you can view the certain situation in a different way and seek different results. Being with the same people all the time could be a negative lifestyle that you take part in. Simply because your have a chance of being blinded from reality. People could become ignorant, and somewhat shallow. The way they learn to accept others wont be a normal thing for them. Accepting the ideas or opinions of other people will simply become their hardest challenge. 

Habit 7. Sharpen the Saw: 

Quote: The four dimensions of self-renewal: Physical, mental, spiritual, social/emotional

Sharpening the saw is important because it means that you have a balanced system when it comes to keeping your priorities straight. Keeping the necessary priorities in tact, it is important to be physically, mentally, spiritually, and socially/emotionally ready. When you are physically ready it means that you are healthy and your body is fit. Mentally ready means that you are well rested, stress free, and aren't worried about small situations that aren't irrelevant. When you are spiritually ready, that means that you keep your beliefs well organized and you know what you life and or what your goals are. When you are socially/emotionally ready it means that you are in good terms with your friends and family, and keep open communication among each other, as well as the support is always there. I will continue to be ready within all of these categorizes by using these in my every day life, and being a better person means that i would have to incorporate these skills into my life, including others as well. 

Reflection: My final thoughts about "The 7 Habits of highly Effective People" are that you should incorporate all of these habits into your life, and remove the bad habits. By completing these habits daily, it will be easier for you to develop a better lifestyle that would impact your life and or your friends and family. When taking action on these habits you should think about how you could educate someone else on these habits. The habits teach you to be responsible and to become an organized person as an independent young adult.  

  

Free Lance: Money

My current thoughst is that i want to shop online but i only have so much money. I have to think about paying my senior dues, while saving money. I want to attend the game this Friday and go out to eat with my friends since we get out early. I have this thought in my head that i could only spend so much money since i have other responsibilities to take care of. I happened to go online last night to look at matte lipsticks that only cost $6.00 each, but i keep adding to my cart and the price is increasing dramatically. The colors are geourgous and i cant help but think that they would look amazing on me. I want about 4 lipsticks, which means the total amount will be result $24.00m, plus tax of course.  It is such a difficult time because i also want to purchase a highlighter. If confusion is hitting, I'd like to explain. A highlighter is used for the face not to apply to paper. The highlighter makeup brand is a sparkle glo pigment that is applied to the face to add a shine on the top of your cheeckbones. This product is simply used because it looks nice and it changes the makeup look. Anyways, so the hihglighter costs about $8.00 and that means that my total would be about $32.00 The total amount is not accurate, and just an estimate. This is something i need to think about deeply because it is a matter of want over need. I strongly want these makeup products, but must control myself. I currently have about 5 lipticks from that makeup brand, and I just simply want more. My thoughts are expanding because my mind is constantly reminding me that i must keep saving for senior dues or other senior activities. For example, i also want to attend the homecoming dance this saturday. The cost is $16.00 for two people, which means that i would only need to pay half price. $8.00 is not that bad, but like i said before the price keeps adding up.

How To Remember Names: 

1.  Commit. Begin by making a commitment, a conscious decision, to remeber people's names.
2.  Concentrate. You can only remeber what you observe in the first place
3.  Repeat. Repetition helps engrave the name in your memory
4.  Associate
5. Remember a unique characterisitc the person might have (Ex. Colored Eyes)

How to Win Friends and Influence People

Dale Carnegie

"Six Ways to Make People Like you"

1. Become genuinely interested in other people: 

The Six ways to become genuinely interested in other people is by listening to what others have to say. By having listening skills you can let people get comfortable with you and it creates a stronger connection between you and the person. For example if the conversation is about problems the person has in their life, then most likely you could give them advice. The person could either take it or leave it, but at least options were provided for that person. Another thing that you could do to become genuinely interested in some one is being open minded in order to try new things. An example could be that someone in particular likes to skateboard, but you have never tried it before. The solution to that problem would be to be able to try new things and learn how to skateboard for the other person. Whether you end up liking it or not, at least you tried and gave it a shot; in other words, you were a team player. I will continue to be genuinely interested with what other people say or think because i have respect towards others. With respect it allows the other person to feel special and more motivated to talk to you often. I will apply these skills that i have developed over the years when at school, or for example when in the workplace. 

2. Smile: 

Six ways to get people to like you is to start off by smiling. When smiling make sure your teeth dont have anything stuck in them. It is important to brush your teeth daily, to keep your teeth white and clean. By seeing a health smile it increases a persons mood by 20%. It is shown that when a person goes a day without laughter or a smile it is most likely found that the person experiences a bad day. When their day is full of smiles and happiness, the persons day could be positive and be an experience everyone wants. A smile, will eventually lead to a hello. With a hello, it can turn into a normal concersation. With a normal conversation, it can develop into a great relationship between two people or more. The relationship that can develop could be a friendship bases, or a lover bases. A smile could make you happy or the other person happy at the same time. I would be willing to try to smile daily in order to be happy, but smiling gives you wrinkles at an early age. Also, happiness only lastest about five sec. i will continue to be myself and smile when i want because you dont have to be happy all the time. It is important to experience every emotion throughout the day, because otherwise your day would be planned and you wouldn't be living, but simply a programed lifestyle. 

3. Remember Names: 

Six ways to get people to like you is to remember their names. By remembering their names you show an interest towards the other person and make a connection. Remebering the persons name shows that you as a person care enough to acknowledge that they are in this world. In a way it makes the other person feel better about themselves that makes them feel more confident about themselves. Names display important characteristics of a person and how unique they are from one another. When a parent names a child, most of the time there is a back story to it. When and if that story is shared then the other person could remeber specific key points of the story, causing a bigger and stronger bond. The bond could be between the other person and yourself, or a group of friends. 

4. Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves: 

Six ways to get people to like you is to encourage others to talk about themselves. By allowing others to talk about themselves it gives you as a person an inside on how the person really is. For example, the conversation topic could be about how difficult the persons life was. By opening up to a person you could discover more talents or specail characteristics about yourself that you never knew before. Every person is different with someone else. For example a boy could talk differently towards their mother than if it was their friend. I want to acknowlegde that i talk different when speaking to my own mother than to my siblings. The limit of respect is very high when i speak to my mother, but may i say that when i soeak towards my siblings the level of respect is lowered. I will continue to allow others to express themselves with me by allowing them to talk about themselves. 

5. Talk in terms of the other man's interest: 

Six ways to get people to like you is by talking terms of other mans interest. By talking to other people you can find a passion that you and the other person share between each other. If you barley meet a person it is important to break the ice between each other to fully understand what the person actually likes. By asking questions it shows how interested you are in finding out the different qualities the other persons carry. The other person should also take the time to consider what you like or what your interests are. 

6. Make the other person feel important-- and do it sincerely:

Six ways to make people feel important is by bringing up things that the person said last time. For example if someone mentions that they have a dog named max, you could ask how the dog is doing perhaps two weeks later. That shows that you listen when they talk, and take in what they say when they say it. making someone feel important can also be asking them questions about how they feel that day. For example, "How are you?, How was your day?" if the person happens to be sick you could ask whether or not they got better. An example is, "Do you feel better?, How'd you sleep?, Are you going to go to the doctors?" 

Reflection: 

The six ways to make people like you is to fake it until you make it. Being interested in someone and asking questions will make the other person feel special. Use a nice smile to make the other person feel comfortable enough to talk to you. When you use these six ways you have a 99.9999% chance of making new friends. Friends come and go, but family is forever. Remember the persons name, it could help you to avoid awkward situations. I will aplly these skills to my life because i want to become more social. 

Medical Schools

Name: University of California San Diego
Location: San Diego CA
Admissions Requirements:
- High school Diploma
- Subject Requirement
- Scholarship Requirement
- Examination Requirements
-Personal Insight Questions
- Portfolio Review
Tuition:
- Living with Parents:  $4,643
- Living on Campus: $12,254
- Books and Supplies: $1,509
Degrees Offered:

• African American Studies
• Marine Science
• Chicano/a – Latino/a Arts & Humanities
• Health Care-Social Issues
• Science Education
• Law and Society
• European Studies
• Public Service
• Environmental Studies

Areas of Study: 

- Law and Society

- Environmental Studies

Reflection: I would not like to attend this school because i am trying to stay close to home or if anything be at home. I am also not interested in studying medical fields that they seem to offer. i am trying to study fields that include sociology, or child development.