A Blogger Day About You!

Good Morning  and Happy Wednesday!

What a strange day!  It feels like it should be a block day, but ... at last, it is not!  Today I would like to take a break from our regular routine and blog about your goals and what it takes to achieve them.  I know we have done assignments before where I ask you to just list your goals but I wanted to attack this from a different perspective today.  Please read on:

Albert Einstein once said, "Your imagination is the preview to life's coming attractions." It is now time to put your imagination to use. Pretend you have just been hired by a famous Hollywood Director to write the screenplay for your perfect day. Write what your perfect day would be like five years from today. This must be a detailed account so we can truly get a sense that we are living in that moment with you ... the more detail and passion the better.  Where would you wake up? What time would you wake up? What kind of house would it be?  (describe it in detail) What would you do when you woke up? Where would you go? In what kind of car would you be driving around town? Would you have a family?  Etc, Etc! Write in detail what your perfect day would be like five years from today. 

After you have completed that portion of the assignment, now I want you to write a second paragraph that discusses the following;

1. How realistic is the scenario you wrote about above?
2. What support, help, questions do you have in regard to making the above happen
3. Name one reason why the above would not happen
4. How committed would you say you are to making the above happen on a scale of 1-10 and why did you choose that number?

I am excited to read your responses.  I will explain at the end of class why it is so important for something like this to be on paper (or in this case, at minimum, in print)!  Thank you for your thoughtfulness in advance, while I look forward to reading these, I will admit, the purpose is more to benefit you than me :)

A Great Quote!

As you can see, the quote above was from Wayne Gretzky.  Who is Wayne Gretzky?  What do you think he meant by this quote and how can you relate it to yourself and your academic goals?

Thanks for a thorough thoughtful response.

Quarter 2 Begins

Happy Friday and Welcome to the 2nd Quarter!  I suppose the 2nd quarter actually officially began on Monday but to me it feels like we are finally getting going today after the project we just completed!  Hopefully most of you are feeling comfortable and confident with your MS Word skills and are just about ready to move on to PowerPoint.  

For today's blog, I would like you to take a moment and think about 1 very specific way you feel like the Academy could help you achieve your goals.  Obviously to answer that question, it is important that you have a goal in mind!  After responding to the question, please click on the link below and complete the following survey!  

Thank you!

http://goo.gl/jfpOFz

You're the Boss

Good Morning!

On Friday you will be getting your first real world business experience with the Academy when we travel to Cisco in San Jose. Two questions today:

1 - Why would it be so important for you as an individual to make an outstanding impression that day?
2 - If you were the owner of a company (or even the boss) and were responsible for making hiring decisions at your company, what would be the three most important things you would look for in a candidate.  How would you assess these things?

Thanks!  I look forward to discussing your responses.

Mr. Rubin