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Post by David Wyld on Nov 22, 2013 23:12:42 GMT -6
Students, Please view and comment on this link of the day - yes, for your education, but also for the points, of course! Watch the video below: TITLE - How Experience Helps Get You Through The Toughest ChallengesThen, post a comment in reply to this discussion thread. Again, what to post? Here are some ideas: + What did you take away from the video? + How does the video relate in some way to your past experience (work, as a consumer, family, school, etc.)? + How might you use these ideas in your own career? Good luck! David
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Post by phenry on Dec 7, 2013 12:52:35 GMT -6
How Experience Helps Get You Through The Toughest Challenges
While I was watching this video, I immediately agreed with what the speaker was talking about. Different experiences can help you easily get through tough challenges you may encounter in life. For the speaker in the video, it was rafting/kayaking in those rough waters. If you've been through an experience that was tough or required a great deal of effort and motivation to get through it, and you made it through it, there is an amazing feeling that comes with it. You know deep down that with hard work (and faith), you can get through anything.
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Post by sunnigrabert on Dec 8, 2013 23:12:54 GMT -6
How Experience Helps Get You Through The Toughest Challenges Steve combines both experience and judgement in a necessary way. He can recognize workable rapids almost immediately from experience and judgement. Then he executes a plan. He doesn't spend time unnecessarily fighting his instinct. I think that if more people took this stance in the business sense, there would be more successful failures and success as well.
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Post by bgoree13 on Dec 9, 2013 13:21:24 GMT -6
I liked this video because it shows how real life situations can help guide your experience. If you never experienced anything, you have never really been challenged. Experience is the best guide book to life.
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Post by abramt110 on Dec 10, 2013 7:19:46 GMT -6
Steve combines both experience and judgement in a necessary way. He can recognize workable rapids almost immediately from experience and judgement. Then he executes a plan. He doesn't spend time unnecessarily fighting his instinct. For the speaker in the video, it was rafting/kayaking in those rough waters. If you've been through an experience that was tough or required a great deal of effort and motivation to get through it, and you made it through it, there is an amazing feeling that comes with it.
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Post by tscott88 on Dec 10, 2013 23:26:25 GMT -6
Our experiences helps us make life decisions. When we go through something in life we should learn from it and be able to apply to our business life as well. Life experiences should teach us so therefore we make better decisions. These decisions help us become better business people.
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Post by rjmonico on Feb 3, 2014 20:06:06 GMT -6
I would definitely share this video with friends and colleagues. Thank you Professor! I can really relate to this video. I have played sports all my life. I think in any career when you incorporate athletics/working out and a great work ethic they go hand in hand. When you have had challenges in competition it really makes you very head strong especially when you face objections out in your job or career. Life is definitely not easy and with these experiences it really makes one so much more stronger and having a strong emotional intelligence is so vital in today's corporate world.
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Post by pellirf22 on Feb 4, 2014 1:45:00 GMT -6
TITLE- How Experience Helps Get You Through The Toughest Challenges
Experience directly correlates to efficiency and effectiveness. In every job I have held I found the more experiences I encountered the better I became. As described in the video, I began to not look at the task itself but rather the best way to perform it. Experience is key to truly learning. Without experience there is nothing to compare and in turn nothing to gauge each individual challenge. Experience creates more knowledge and better judgment.
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Post by nataliedodds on Feb 24, 2014 14:50:19 GMT -6
Having experience just makes you a more well-rounded individual in general. The more experience a person has in a certain area, the more likely they are to know how to react to a situation facing them. No one is going to be able to handle a situation perfectly the first time they encounter it. We learn from our past experiences to better prepare for our future endeavors.
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Post by brittanycompton on Feb 24, 2014 15:47:36 GMT -6
I think that its great that in this situation this guys takes a sport that he loves and is passionate about and applies it to his business. He doesn't look at the the worst case he takes the notes on how to avoid the obstacle the places in between he looks at what he can do and he future. i think that this is easier said then done. Sometimes people will have a task they need to do but it takes a lot of work in between to finish that task. People become overwhelmed and stressed causing them to not finish things on time or not accurately. This does apply to me in certain ways. Someone told me to always look ahead there has to be a light at the end of the tunnel and even if takes you a year to complete that goal finishing it is better then not completing it at all.
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Post by bmcgarry13 on Feb 24, 2014 18:45:09 GMT -6
There are plenty of ideas and thoughts running around in our heads. Experience represents happenings/events (external or internal) which structure them into meaningful connecting units of data. The more experience we build by subjecting ourselves to stimulating happenings and events, the more experience we have to pull from. Therefore, it makes sense how greater amounts of experience cause increased problem solving skills! The greater the amounts of data we have access to from past events, the more we can compare to the present to help us solve current problems. As the speaker states, sports represent a good way to build experience. It is important to note however, sports are not the only way! Everything we do in our lives represent learning opportunities from experience. This is why it is so important to push yourself, as an individual, to be open minded at all times.
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Post by wwerner on Feb 26, 2014 8:21:28 GMT -6
I have played sports my entire life. And it doesn't surprise me how well he uses his passion with business philosophy. You face hardships in business as you do in sports. If you are down 25 points in the first half you don't give up. You chip away at the score get it to 10 points at the end of the 3rd quarter. Now it' manageable game.
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Post by jessicaratelle on Feb 26, 2014 15:50:22 GMT -6
I am a strong beleiver in experience. I have had so many experiences throughout my college career that I feel like have molded me into the person I am today. In school, we can learn definitions, formulas, etc. Until we actually experience the problem, we wont learn how to solve it. That is why grad school is so important to apply real life issues in the class room and use critical thinking to analyze the situation. Once we get out into our work force, it wont be only the education, but also the experience we have that will make us successful.
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Post by meganlynch on Feb 28, 2014 9:22:47 GMT -6
I think that this professional kayak-er has a very good point. One of our professors just recently said that students involved in athletics are more likely to be more driven like the business professionals of today. While I am not the most athletic, I do get involved with other activities which definitely shows that I have more initiative to get out there. Business professionals treat their environment just like an athlete. They practice their skills, make judgement calls based on past experiences, and work hard while getting better over time. There are definitely many similarities that can be found.
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Post by lmoore on Feb 28, 2014 10:26:29 GMT -6
Experiences help get you through challenges you will encounter in the future. Learning from experiences helps to make good decisions. I liked that Steve does not dwell on the worst but looks at the best way to avoid the obstacle. Same goes for real life. When we encounter an obstacle, we should figure out what is the best way to get around it and not dwell on the problem.
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