On-Course-Success-Principles
On-Course-Success-Principles synthesize the experiences and wisdom of education innovators, psychologists, business and sports professionals to support and develop the personal effectiveness of students.
On-Course-Success-Principles comprise eight essential elements that successful learners demonstrate and practice. Sure, gender, income, and ethnicity contribute to college students’ success or failure, but, though highly relevant factors, we did not weigh these aspects. This is about personal development and self-refection.
Successful Students:
- Accept Self-Responsibility. They see experiences and outcomes as primarily related to or caused by themselves.
- Discover Self-Motivation. They find purpose in life by discovering meaningful personal goals.
- Master Self-Management. They consistently plan and take purposeful actions to pursue their personal goals.
- Employ Interdependence. They build mutually supportive relationships to achieve their goals and help others to do the same.
- Gain Self-Awareness. They consciously employ attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors to stay on course.
- Adopt Life-Long Learning. They find wisdom and valuable lessons in practically all of their experiences.
- Develop Emotional Intelligence. They effectively manage their emotions to support their goals.
- Believe In Themselves. They see themselves as lovable, capable, and worthy human beings.
Struggling Students:
- Think They Are Victims. They believe they are primarily determined by powerful external forces such as luck and fate.
- Have Difficulty To Stay Motivated. They often feel frustrated, depressed, or resentful about having no direction in life.
- Cannot Identify Specific Action. They often procrastinate and seldomly come up with actions needed to accomplish specific outcomes.
- Are Often Solitary. They seldomly request or even reject assistance from helpful sources or individuals.
- Make Unconscious Choices. They make important choices unconsciously, often directed by outdated life scripts or self-sabotaging habits.
- Resist Learning New Skills And Ideas. They often view learning as boring or fearful rather than a challenge or mental play.
- Demonstrate Strong Emotions. They often express strong emotions such as anxiety, anger, depression, or an instant gratification need.
- Demonstrate Self-Doubt. They doubt their personal value or competence, and feel incapable of creating their desired experiences or outcomes.