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Post by darnette on Mar 31, 2014 22:15:28 GMT -6
Exactly! It becomes impossible to earn A's in college courses when you have a career, added responsibilities, kids, and needy family and friends. Taking 5 college classes, living on campus, no job, no kids, no responsibilities, you would expect that student to earn an A. At some point as that student with a lot on her plate, training with the military on weekends, working 12 hours shifts at night time during the week, I have to learn to take a hit for some assignments. This course in particular, I regret adding to my schedule.
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Post by godwesso on Apr 1, 2014 2:53:41 GMT -6
I agree with the video how it is difficult to have a good A plus performance in all aspects of life. Wow, the reality of the hardships in life was very well brought out in the video. It got me thinking about what I really consider to be important to me, who I really consider to be important and whether I have ever had to face situations in life that require my undivided attention. The title of the video makes perfect sense too, juggling priorities is almost close to impossible to me. The video had me asking a lot of personal questions of what kind of individual I am.
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Post by nataliedodds on Apr 1, 2014 11:37:42 GMT -6
The speaker in this video was very sincere, and delivered a heart-felt message. Juggling priorities can be very difficult. You have to try to decide which one is more important than the other, and often neglect order of importance because of distractions or preferences. Our daily priorities can change in an instant. Things that we make big deals over soon become absolutely irrelevant when we are faced with a life-changing event.
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Post by stephaniesmith on Apr 2, 2014 13:36:03 GMT -6
I don't really agree with this guy. I don't want to average out my great accomplishments. I want those A pluses in every area of my life. I believe family comes first. Always. We shouldn't settle for less or pick something over the other. If done correctly, everything can work out the way it is suppose to. Nothing in your life has to suffer because you try harder at something else for a little while. I can take care of my family, work at my job, and volunteer for my community because it is doable. People do it every day. If you're meant to have that job, then family can come first and you'll still have that job and succeed at the end of the day.
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Post by gkboone on Apr 3, 2014 9:58:15 GMT -6
This semester I am taking 18 hours plus working around 30 hours a week. Juggling priorities is by far the biggest struggle I am faced with at this point in my life. I go weeks without seeing my friends and days without seeing my family. I have an extremely hard time managing all of my relationships while trying to accomplish my own personal goal of graduating. Last week, everything fell to the side when I became very sick. Now I am having to do a catch up game to get back on track. This video is very relatable. On a different note, I'm glad his family made it through successfully during that challenging time.
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Post by wwerner on Apr 3, 2014 10:13:05 GMT -6
Whenever you have to choice between family or any other decision family always wins. they are the only ones that will always be there for you no matter what. The speaker uses stories that we can relate to and it touches us. There will always be tough choices we must make and I think we must go with choices that will affect us in the long run.
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Post by chelsearickett on Apr 4, 2014 0:05:19 GMT -6
The beginning of this really depressed me. I always think, once I graduate and get a real job and have a steady income, my life will be easy. But that's not true is it? Life will never be "easy". So, I liked what he said. Basically, do what you can as well as you can do it, but don't kill yourself over not being the best anymore. Because it's not easy anymore. Life will tell you when and where to step up and do your best and forget about everything else. But that won't be in your control anymore.
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Post by kati3 on Apr 4, 2014 13:11:14 GMT -6
I can relate to the struggle of prioritizing the important area of my life. He mentions that sometimes our priorities cant be controlled like when something happens suddenly that demands or attention and I somewhat think that there is always a situation somewhT urgent like thks that comes along to help us realize what is important.
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Post by susiekaz on Apr 5, 2014 18:46:46 GMT -6
This video was quite interesting as it went from a basic principle to a personal and touching story. I think that the two ideas in this video are completely separate. The basic idea that you can't get an A+ on each project in your life, at the same time is completely different than someone going through an unexpected event in their life. it's like comparing apples to oranges. Who wouldn't drop the ball in all other projects of their life when they have a pregnancy complication?
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Post by halearnold on Apr 7, 2014 11:53:51 GMT -6
Wow. This man just put into words things I have been trying to understand and explain for over a decade. Juggling priorities is difficult as responsibilities spread. I will re-watch and be inspired often. It is difficult doing this thing called life. I should have done it right the first time in college and I am so proud of those students around me who are taking the correct steps for success. He is right that there will be times that you don't get to choose what will be your top priority, your responsibilities will choose for you.
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Post by jjohnson on Apr 9, 2014 12:52:11 GMT -6
This is very true. There have been many times where things happened that were not in my control. Thankfully it has never been as serious as a baby being born prematurely, but the problems that I have had were serious for me. As much as we all would like to be the best at everything we do, while juggling ever single ball we have in the air, the sad truth is we can’t. If we put pressure on ourselves to strive for greatness, it may help, but too much pressure will often cause nervousness. This will also lead to stupid mistakes that would have easily been avoided had you not been stretched so thin. The take away from this video is not all things are under our control.
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Post by asanchez on Apr 14, 2014 12:08:54 GMT -6
I certainly agree that it is very hard to juggle priorities. It's very true that if something major happens in our lives, we will drop everything to focus on that thing. We make decisions every day based on how urgent something is at the time and how much we need to focus on it. If something like what happened to this guy, I would certainly drop everything.
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Post by jessweaver on Apr 15, 2014 15:40:36 GMT -6
I really enjoyed this video. In school, many of us have mastered the art of juggling priorities, knowing that if we slack off in a certain spot that we can make up for it somewhere else. In the real world, slacking off just is not going to cut it. Sometimes you only have one chance to make that sale or business deal and if you are going to be juggling ten other things, then you are not going to be able to devote enough time and preparation to making sure you give this sale or business deal your all.
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Post by dnewson on Apr 20, 2014 13:04:26 GMT -6
This video hits home for everyone I would imagine, there will be opportunities where we all must choose what is more important and put other things on hold. There were good points made in this video, life after college will definitely be different, even more responsibilities and decisions that have to be made.
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Post by sdoescher on Apr 20, 2014 18:15:09 GMT -6
This video really hits home. Especially recently I’ve had to juggle a demanding job, schoolwork, and maintaining relationships. After trying to do all for a while by cutting the time I slept to three hours I realized it wasn’t working. Not only was I tired but I wasn’t succeeding at any of the three. To solve this I prioritized work since it was my future. I got off of social media and told my girlfriend and friends I break until school was over. I still was able to see them but just not as much. Fortunately they understood. This video really has a good message and I will use the advice given going forward.
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