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Post by arenee1370 on Apr 22, 2014 18:51:49 GMT -6
This is a very real way to think about your priorities. We will never be able to get an "A" in everything thing that we do. I believe it is important to, as he said, try to be average at everything over a long period of time. I do not think its beneficial to have this type of attitude for short term view. I have come to this conclusion because I myself have experienced not be able to be as productive in all areas of my life for various reasons.
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Post by melanconcaitlin on Apr 23, 2014 9:11:37 GMT -6
I agree with Eric Sinoway one-hundred percent. The many hats we try to wear can be very difficult. I am already struggling a little with the three hats I wear, wife, student, and employee. Trying to evenly disburse my time between each is a daunting task. I have come to realize that I have to put more time into some aspects over others because it is the right thing to do.
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Post by shantel on Apr 26, 2014 11:50:18 GMT -6
The message of the video was somewhat unclear. However, in my opinion I think we should dedicate ourselves to what we have time for. For example I'm focused on school and work at this point in my life so it would be ill witted of me to have a boyfriend when I know there isn't any room for him in my life at this point. Lastly, as its been said we all make time for what we want.
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Post by ashleysegalla on Apr 27, 2014 11:55:35 GMT -6
It is hard to keep your priorities straight sometimes. You can't give everything 100 percent if you are not prioritizing different aspects of life. Sometimes I feel like there is so much to do. Trying to be a student, working, and keeping up with extracurricular activities can be very stressful sometimes. I have to be able to let some things go sometimes to give my all to other aspects of life.
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Post by robertnicholson on Apr 27, 2014 13:28:59 GMT -6
That video is realest thing ive seen in these forums. That's not about business, that's about life. Im sure if I read any of these other post something similar would be said. I think it very strongly states that we can not always be in control.
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Post by Rosie on Apr 28, 2014 13:47:31 GMT -6
I've always believed I work much better when I am overwhelmed, or juggling more then one project at a time. This have proven to be very problematic sometimes, especially in terms of school work. Even though I usually get everything done, it takes a wear and tare on my physical and emotional state. It is extremely difficult to have to "drop" an item on your to-do list, but instead of letting it get to you, you need to remain calm and understand that these things happen. Problems arise and your best option is to deal with then day by day, inch by inch, while keeping your end goal in mind and working towards it using a different direction.
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Post by karenwag on Apr 28, 2014 15:05:17 GMT -6
I thought it was funny how Sinoway's first thing he says is that college students do not really understand about juggling priorities. I find this completely untrue for the majority of us. We have to juggle everything from family, job and/or jobs, relationships, and SCHOOL! It is definitely not easy and sacrifices are made here and there. It's common sense and life that if you are doing something than you are not doing something different. In other words, if you are working, than you are not at school. If you are at school than you are not working. With me I always face the questions of which of those two is more important. School is an investment in my future, but if I do not work, I won't have money to put gas in my car to get to school. It is always a juggling act and a battle as with everything else in my life. But that is part of life and being an adult. And the better one is at juggling those priorities, the better that person is. There are some thing though that we can't choose over other things. Like when I have a final scheduled on a day I normally work. I cannot miss that final which means I have to take off of work. That's life.
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Post by brandonnajolia on Apr 29, 2014 13:44:33 GMT -6
Juggling priorities seems to be something I have to deal with everyday, as well as a lot of other people that I know. It's easy for me to get stressed out quickly now in college between school work, graduation, a job, and my family there is always something I could be doing. I think that growing up my parents always had such high expectations of me that I expect the most out of myself and in the real world it's important to realize you aren't going to succeed 100% and it's okay to fail. You just have to realize what is most important at that time and complete it.
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Post by danielhutton on Apr 29, 2014 16:40:44 GMT -6
While you may not be able to juggle multiple responsibilities at the same time, it is very important that you prioritize which ones are more important to you as a person or what may be more inherently important in your life at the time.
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Post by jimmykotter on Apr 30, 2014 17:36:23 GMT -6
wow this was a very powerful story. its very true for many peoples lives. my dad recently went into the hospital because of complications with diabetes and that put a huge damper on his work. the fact is that he needed to get his health in order before he could take care of anything else
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Post by kourtneyb on May 2, 2014 12:24:09 GMT -6
This video causes you to realize that in a few moments your life your priorities can completely shift. Thankfully his shifted in the correct way, I can imagine that this would not have been the first thought on many male minds. This helps us to realize that we can plan but that doesn't mean everything will go according to what we had hoped.
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Post by asmith422 on May 2, 2014 14:56:21 GMT -6
I completely agree with the speaker in this video and I thought that his story was very touching. In life we have so many things that require our attention, jobs, family, friends, school and it is truly impossible to give all of those things the attention that they need all at the same time. We have to pick the things in our lives that matter the most at the time, for the speaker it was being a husband and a father to his wife and child, all other things came last. Many times people get so overwhelmed with everything at once that we forget what is truly important. We have to find a balance for each priority and handle them accordingly.
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Post by xingboma on May 2, 2014 22:33:58 GMT -6
The older we get, the more roles we have to play in our lives. Trying to be perfect at every role we are playing is simply unrealistic, because we don't have full control of what is going to happen to us. Unlike students, the more study you do, the higher grade you are possibly going to get, the amount of study time and effort is completely. However, in real life, our priorities don't work that way, life is full of surprises.
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Post by joshuabrungart on May 2, 2014 23:37:55 GMT -6
A lot of times we have so much on our plate that it feels like we are doing a juggling act and if one ball falls out of place, they all come tumbling down. We are all only human and cannot expect to earn an A in every category of our life when we are so busy and rarely have time for ourselves, if you can afford that luxury. So I do agree with his philosophy of trying for a good average in all categories.
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Post by Shondrea Lovette on May 6, 2014 23:28:46 GMT -6
I find that this video very relatable to everyday life. life has many challenges and obstacles ahead of us but through the course of time we must learn how to overcome those obstacles and master them. As the speaker said we cannot get an A+ Average on everything we try to excel at in life because we are human and are very limited to the time and opportunity we have before us to complete the daily task of life. So that why it is very important to manage time wisely and effectively to be able to handle the daily task of living from day to day.
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