weekly reflection

Our guest speaker taught me how important communication is in life.  Communication is very big in our life now and in the future.  It represents your character and how you are in your life.  It will help you work towards your goal in life and help you get some where.  Your actions are also part of it, there are always people watching you and listening to what you say and do.  When they see that they learn by example,  so we have to stop and think before we do and act.  Your communication skills tell you what type of person you and they are.  Just by talking with them for a little bit you can tell if they are a shy or good communicator by the way they act while they talk.  It can also label your character by the way you act when you talk to people.

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Mr. Murhpy was a really good speaker and taught us that things are easier when we work with others.  Working with others can help you and help them also because it helps you learn on how to respect and work well with others.  It teaches you that its ok to have help and even offer help to someone.  He also told us that we need to learn on how to forgive others and also forgive ourselves.  Its always hard in forgiving others because our natural response is to get mad.  We need to think before we react  and learn to forgive them because we probaly have done the same thing along the road.

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The p.d.s.a is helping us plan on how we are going to get more involved with students.  We picked a leader and and seperated in two groups Games and Mentoring.  What we are trying to do is build a better relationship with the students.  I think that it is going good but we were getting seperated because of our lack of communication. 

Our communication is doing really well now with the p.d.s.a and we are all getting focused on our goal again.  We are staying on task and we are all working together on how we can achieve it. 

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THE GOLDEN RULE

Our guest speaker this week helped teach us more about The Golden Rule.  "Treat others the way you want to be treated," thats a rule we should all live by.  The Golden Rule can help all of us and even help others at times.  If people treat you wrong dont go back and treat them wrong because some times it may come back and hit you.  The rule will help you to trust others and forgive others at times when needed.  If some one has done something wrong dont try to get all mad because thats everyone's first reaction is to get mad at them for what they have done.  Try to put your self in there position for that moment and think, if you were in their spot do you think they would want a second chance?  I know that I would like a second chance at some times and even wish I could go back and redo it.  You need to learn to forgive and also give everyone a second chance because in the end in some time of your life if your in the spot you will wish you had that second chance.

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PDSA

Communication is a very huge role in this process.  If your group lacks communication everything could become harder and more difficult to solve.  You should always keep everyone involved in the thing and dont put them down if you dont like there idea or think that yours is better.  Always try and listen to others and respect eachother.  When you communicate with your group and help eachother with your problem during the PDSA you will find that the task at hand will come easier to you and your group when you work together.

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PDSA

PDSA stands for Plan, Do, Study, Act.  Its a nine step process that can help all of us on are problems that we need help to solve.  By planning with others you can think of ways that is the cause of the problem.  After you think you have the main root of it, you can gather other information from people to see what they think and that also helps you because you think of more ways to solve the problem.

Law of Choice

Decisions-  Decisions are something we everyday of every hour to every little minute.  Are life is going to be made up of all sorts of decisions,  some maybe challenging  and others you might find to come real easy.  If your stuck with the choice of a difficult decision wait twenty-four hours to elminate your emotional influence. 

Base your choices on
1.  Accurate Facts
2.  Wise Counsel
3. Clearly defined goals

If you follow those three things your choices will come easier than  you think that it is and they will help you find your answer easier.  They will also help lead you to Good Successful Decisions in the future if you follow the three. 

For more help when you need it just follow the Four D's of decision making
DONT- if its the responsibility of others, let them do it
DELAY- wait, and let it be done at a better time
DELEGATE- if others can do it, let them
DO IT- if none of the above, JUST DO IT!!!

Tim Jones came in and spoke to us this week about decisions.  He taught me a valuble lesson this week about decisions.  Becareful on what you choose for your decision because it will sooner or later come back and hit you in the same way. 
We all make choices some way or another, some big some small, but only you have what it takes to make your right choice.

Speech Outline

My speech outline is im going to go up right my name down incase they didnt know me.  My topic of my speech was about just to have fun in life.  You need to stay active but do it in a good way and dont get in trouble with the cops or anything stupid.  Go to the mall or a movie with some friends, but dont stay cooped up inside playing video games by yourself.  Sure that might be fun for you but you need to get out and stay active.  Another thing I would do for my speech is I would get active and walk around and get the auidience involved more.  I was hoping to make them laugh because then I knew that they would be having fun and not be like "Oh great another boring speaker,  I think i'll just go to sleep now." But im glad that I got them involved and I hope that they would like it.

S.M.A.R.T. Goals

Your S.M.A.R.T. Goals need to be

S- specific
M - measurable
A- attainable
R- reallistic
T- timely

Your goals should always be part of the smart method otherwise your goals are just like visions that you can get easily accomplished.  If your goals aren't specific you could easily accomplish it right away.  You should make sure that its a attainable and not have one of your goals to high to reach because then if you dont get it and its set to high you may not reach it.  If you do have your goal set make sure that you use your time to do it otherwise your goal will just sit there and you wont have gotten to it.  So make sure you make time to do a little at a time to work towards your goal. 

These are some of my S.M.A.R.T. Goals that I have for now...

1.  to not get any detetions the rest of my highschool career
2.  keep all my grades above a C+ my junior year

Be the First Follower

To be the first follower it takes a lot of courage because you stand out of the crowd basically saying that " I stand out and Im proud of it."  In being the first follower you are showing everyone how to start being a leader in following.  Once you get up and show your courage to everyone some other people start gaining their courage and get up and go and follow the others.  Every time someone new comes and follows  and shows their courage in joining in, people that aren't joining in start to realize that there the ones not fitting in anymore so they get up and join until everyone is joining in.

It all ends up back at the beginning to the leader who started it, and the first follower that lead to everyone joining in.  Its like how a little flame on a fire starts.  The leader is the start of a flame, but the first follower makes the spark of the flame which eventually helps the flame to grow because more and more want to join in help the flame grow bigger.  But none of it could have happened if it wasn't for all the courage it took from the first follower.

My five core values...

Trust - because without it everyone would be leaving in fear without trusting someone

Family - family is really important because there have always been there and always will be there for you

Faith - faith is an important factor of life because it helps you lead in your own way in life

Friends - because friends will be there for you and help you when your having trouble

Respect - treat others the way you want to be treated as!!!

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Law of Vision

A vision is a dream with a purpose and a goal that your aspiring to reach.  The purpose of your vision helps you and others by reflecting values.  Your vision also comes with benefits, some of those benefits are happiness because when you know you have reached your vision you feel like you accomlished something important. 

Whats it require to fulfill your vision???

Determination to keep moving forward and never give up no matter what the cost is.  You cant let one little thing stop you from pushing toward your vision.  It also requires risk,  you need to take risks to fulfill your vision.  Belief,  you need to believe you can make a difference in your vision to help you and others in it.  And it also requires dreams because you need dreams to help you build and move forward your vision

NEVER LET PEOPLE SAY YOU CANT WHEN YOU KNOW YOU CAN

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Law of Process

The Law of Process is reaching out to your goal in life, and to get there you have to take a step at a time and work for it.  You need to know how much farther you need to go to reach it, where your at in it, and where your coming from so that you can meet your goal.

Take little steps at a time if you have to its not about getting it done right away its about working towards your goal and learning from the experience you got from it and using it in your life.  Dont just do the bigs things right away that are needed for it and dont forget the little things because its the little things that help push you towards the big things for your goal.

My Daily Dozen 5 for now

1. Honor
2. Good Attitude
3. Never say cant
4. Dont back down keep fighting
5. Respect

85th Birthday

On my 85th birthday I want people to say three things...

I never gave up on anything.

I made a difference in the world.

I fought for my dreams to come true.