PARTIAL 2

Lesson 4

Adriana Domínguez Villanueva (a00226665)

            Most students, including myself, have thought that there is at least one class that exists only to fill our schedule.  Truth is that all our classes are of help, after all knowledge is power. It will not harm us to gain a little more knowledge of any topic.

• 21^st Century Science and Technology: Personally, I love science but I am not a big fan of technology. However, the mixture between these two is quite interesting and it is, after all, what is going to be used from now on. It will help me to know more about what are going to be the technologies from the future, how will this affect our lifestyles, and how to react to them. In my case, I am learning about what will be the role of technology on medicine, how will these two complement each other.
• Math to take decisions: The use of numbers is important, even if we do not like them at all. In this class, we learn to take samples, make predictions, observe behaviour, recollect data, etc. In the future, I have the dream of finding the cure of cancer, and to achieve this I will have to make “experiments” and watch the behaviour of the illness and the treatments on patients.
• French II: Learning languages stimulates the human body and makes it more elastic, the elasticity is helpful when learning new things or the memory in general. Studying a language often forces you to come up with solutions that are not immediately obvious, and to solve problems in ways that aren’t necessarily “logical”. I acknowledge that in France universities are great, with learning French I might get the opportunity to study there a semester o maybe the residence.
• Philosophy: I have trouble in here, it is strange to describe this class. Philosophy in general, helps me question everything. The skills learned from philosophy are:

• The intellectual skills that help me to be more critical, to have an analytical thinking and how to solve problems.
• In class, we give oral presentations and writing, therefore I am getting better on my communication skills.

Entrepreneurial leadership: I was sceptical at the beginning of the semester, I thought that it was going to be one of those classes, but I surprised myself by actually liking and understanding it. It involves many topics that I am not good at, for example, speaking in public, how to have a mindset that will help us to achieve our goals, investing and not spending, etc. Right now, I am living in a “bubble” where everything is perfect, but that is not the real world, and this class will prepare me to live outside that bubble. Inter-personal skills are the most that we use in this class, we are learning how to take initiative, how to adapt to our environment, work independently and how to solve problems that involves our community.

Lesson 5

Adriana Domínguez Villanueva (a00226665)

            Right now, my main goal is to get in medicine school; in order to achieve that, studying is important. If I have learned something from doctors, is that they never quit studying, they must invest their time to study because diseases are continuously mutating, therefore drugs must be improved and doctors need to learn all these factors to help patients. It is necessary to pay for courses, investigation books, subscriptions to health blogs, etc., to be updated, right now I am planning on to invest on courses that will prepare me to get a good grade on the admission exams of the universities I will apply to. This types of course have a high cost but I am positive that the dividends are worth it. Personally, I believe that i am a person who can achieve anything I vision by myself, but I am willing to ask for help because I understand that there are things that can be easier with little help, then I also need to give up my nap hours and invest them to go to counselling with doctors who teach in the university of the state, therefore instead of spending does 3 hours I will use them properly with people that will help me. I have the ease that my dad is a doctor, I can take advantage on that and get in surgeries with him as an observer, with this I will get use to the sight of blood and learn more about the anatomy of the human body.

            These investments are going to be useful for my future because I will create a self-discipline, that I am going to strengthen every time I use my habit of study. Using my time wisely is primordial since if I use my discretionary spare time to study the possibility of getting a higher grade is increasing. The fact that I am a person who likes to learn and pay attention, all the investments previously mentioned will help to accomplish my goals.

Right now, I can only think about one thing that is preventing me from making my necessary investments: my impulses. I have learned over the years that I react instead of responding, my impulses take control of me, but it should be the other way around. I am afraid that on my way of achieving my goal I might feel stressed and give up. Hopefully I will learn to control my impulses by focusing on my goals.

Lesson 6

Adriana Domínguez Villanueva (a00226665)

The brand of a company is not the logo of the company, as many people think. It is similar to the reputation it has gained over the time, the actions it takes, the proposals it makes and if they comply them.  Now, the band of a person is built by the reputations we create of ourselves, which includes the way we dress, how our personality is, the activities we are involved in, the actions we take and the trust people give to ourselves.

Yolanda and Sara Jaramillo

            When people start a business, most of them are motivated by the income and dividends they are going to get and they forget about the importance of giving themselves a good reputation. At the beginning of their business Yolanda and Sara started to have trouble with their kitchen staff, they were building themselves a bad reputation. Therefore, they had to put themselves in the costumer´s shoes in order to understand what would be the reasons their clients would keep visiting their restaurant.

Ted and Sirena Moore

            Their business was an idea to solve problems for others, they started with little and they did not have extravagant ways of cleaning but it filled the basic needs and did the job reliable. They decided to focus on their promises and started to create reliability by taking action and getting the job done on time and at the quoted price, this helped them to create a good brand which costumers relied on. They build they brand through their actions.

Brian Scudamore

            Brian´s competition used old trucks and their drivers did not have a uniform, this did not give a “clean” image to the costumers, which is what Brian used in his favour. He created an image that transmitted professionalism by using new trucks and making his drivers courteous and well trained.

How can you use personal branding to transform your student experience and help you accomplish your vision?

            First, I need to improve my communication skills, both implicit and explicit. We share our ideas through communication, I need to show confidence and professionalism to gain the reliability of others. If I want to become a doctor I must learn how to explain thing to patients and show them that they can trust on my services. My grammar and speaking must be more proper and I have to start solving problems to start building a good reputation of me.