the encouragement lounge: Reflect on your strengths!

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Reflect on your strengths!

Hi All,

Today I encourage you to stop and consider what are the strengths that you bring to your academic endeavors? Are you a good writer, good group member, do you add to the class discussion, or maybe it's your ability to manage your time effectively while working and taking care of family? Whatever your strengths are -- take note and recognize them! Do you have any strengths that were unexpected, that you didn't recognize before going back to school? Often in the day-to-day, we are more in touch with the stresses and demands of school, than of our strengths. So today, stop and recognize all the good stuff that you bring to the work!

Cheering you on,
Harriet

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Working adult students, on my mind...

I hope this blog will be helpful to friends and others involved in a variety of endeavors. However, I created the blog with students in mind and continue to develop it with that specific group as my focus.

I believe that with the increase in evening, weekend, and low-residency programs, students are working more and more in isolation. If we were all full-time students on campus, we would have the informal support that comes with being able to go down the hall and talk with a colleague, etc. But instead, we are working late nights and weekends at home in front of the laptop.

With that in mind, I hope the encouragement lounge provides brief moments of respite and energizing connection. This does not at all replace valuable face-to-face contact. Many aspects of the academic journey can only be addressed via in-depth conversations with colleagues and teachers. And I would always rather sit down and talk with someone than to communicate online. Nonetheless, my aim is to give you one more channel for quick hits of support.