This week’s topic is personal philosophy, career goals, & academic opportunities.
I want to start the discussion with a few examples to get you thinking.
Please look at the following clips from the movie Dead Poets Society. If you have not had a chance to see this movie, I highly recommend renting it. Listen to what Robin Williams is saying and just personally reflect on how his messages relate to your lives.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQtmGcdSDAI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLFQYbjYsso&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXYVVRwk1fY&feature=related
Also take a look at the below quotes:
One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.
Eleanor Roosevelt
“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” Alice asked. “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat. “I don't much care where—“ said Alice. “Then it doesn't matter which way you go,” said the Cat. “--so long as I get SOMEWHERE,” Alice added as an explanation. “Oh, you're sure to do that,” said the Cat, “if you only walk long enough.”
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.
Dr. Seuss
Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.
Harry S. Truman
You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it's an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.
Rahm Emanuel
Now that you have a little inspiration, please answer the following questions:
• Discuss your personal philosophy concerning your professional life
• How is or isn't this philosophy interdisciplinary?
• How have your career goals altered?
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Kevin Edmondson
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My personal philosophy is my positive attitude or point of view about life. My way of life, approach, and decisions on how to live and deal with situations are based on my personal values and beliefs. I rely on my knowledge, memories, experiences, emotions and reasoning to make daily decisions as well as long range goals. I feel that if you want to move forward, become a better person, and want more out of life you must develop a positive personal philosophy that has a significant meaning to you. A few of my favorite quotes are:
ReplyDelete“Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be." -Abraham Lincoln
"Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning." -Winston Churchill
“Wherever you go, there you are.” Unknown
Linda Diggs
My career goals in the Air Force were set by regulation. There were specific goals that an individual must meet before they can get promoted. Your time in service, your time in grade, and your performance reports are all factors in moving forward in a military career. If you have all the required points for time in service and time in grade but you lack the maximum points in your performance report it is likely you will not get promoted. In my case, I was on track to getting promoted during my entire 22.5 year career. I never faced a stumbling block regarding my career. I can only imagine how I would have felt and what I would have done if I did not get promoted on time. I guess that’s one reason why they don’t release promotions on Fridays!
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Discuss your personal philosophy concerning your professional life:
ReplyDeleteMy personal philosophy is positive outlook on life with many goals and my passion for others. Growing up in a Christian home, morals and values were a big part of my life and they still play a big role in my every day hectic schedule. I work well with others and always respect others opinions, but it doesn’t mean I have to agree. I just set my own goals and standards and live by them. I set the marks high so that I will be successful. It stresses me out sometimes because I’m not getting there as fast as I would like, but I know I will get there soon enough. I feel throughout all my experience in life and being independent since I was seventeen has caused me to grow up fast, but in a good way. I am not saying I know everything, but I have learned from my mistakes and have a good idea of where I am headed. My only concern with my personal philosophy affecting my professional life is being too nice. This is something I have been battling for years. I go over and beyond my job description and am constantly never compensated, even though they say it will be in my next check or that I will get a raise or something along those lines. It has never worked out in my favor. I am putting my foot down with my next job and making sure I am compensated for all the extra work, if any from now on. I will find a way to make it happen because I don’t work for free and am not getting walked all over anymore. What do you suggest me to do in this kind of situation, without sounding completely rude??
Christina Hope
How is or isn’t this philosophy interdisciplinary?
ReplyDeleteI have always been a strong communicator but taking these classes for my interpersonal/organizational major are teaching me a whole different side of communication that I have not experienced yet. It is preparing me for my future success in dealing with jobs, family, friends, boyfriends and just life in general. It has opened my eyes to the options there are to choose from in any situation and with the right words, could go great or could go the complete opposite.
I have always loved to help people, so studying Public Health as one of my disciplines is right up my alley. I volunteered in a hospital for about a year and helped out in the ER. It was intense and taught me a lot about having to be strong for the families that may or have just lost someone close to them. It was hard not to get emotional sometimes, but it is a rewarding job being able to be there for others.
I have been a hard worker since I was young and always wanted to make money, but I wanted do it on my own. I didn’t want any help. At that age, I was so stubborn as most people are at the age of 18. I thought I knew everything. I have done work in marketing, so I have gotten some experience but not enough to run my own business. I am taking courses in Marketing/Business to learn more about the business and what to do and what not to do. As I said before I have made mistakes with letting people walk all over me and am learning how to deal with it in an appropriate way.
Christina Hope
How have your career goals altered?
ReplyDeleteI have worked in hospitality over the last eight years. I started off bartending and became a trainee for new employees. My next job, I bartended but also helped with promotions and events and helped with coming up with marketing strategies. The next job was stressful but I learned a lot. I did all the marketing, bookwork, events, did liquor orders, made drink prices and the menu, hired new staff and bartended full time. The current job I am at now, I have traveled nationally as a corporate trainer for the company’s newest locations. I created standard training courses for new employees . My job is to educate employees about service, sales and customer service standards; I am their mentor. I also provide administrative assistance for inventories and cash management along with bartending a few days a week. I have moved into a better position every time I have changed jobs. I am very blessed to have all the experience I have had thus far and can’t wait for what comes my way next.
Christina Hope
I have not developed a personal philosophy unique to professional life; however, a general philosophy of mine is this: one is that which one's actions portray, and in one's actions, one ought to cultivate virtue. This philosophy applies across the entire spectrum of life experience. And, as I intend for my professional life to be one focused upon the acquisition and implementation of wisdom (philosophy, in general), this doctrine is pertinent because it requires that I engage in a persistent critical dialogue concerning the nature of virtuous action. Ideally, this process initiates an enduring feedback loop.
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I feel my philosophy is interdisciplinary because it has to do with situations, emotions, and knowledge. The interdisciplinarity of it comes from each one of the three and they have a common ground, that being they are all part of who I really am. I’m not cut from a cloth; I am an individual with a well rounded background, a combination of informal and formal education. I have an open mind to delve into subject or topics that interest or perplex me. I feel that what makes my personal philosophy interdidciplanary.
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Linda,
ReplyDeleteVery well stated on your personal philosophy. I think your thoughts speak to a lot of us in the degree. Remember that for your Capstone course.
Kevin Edmondson
"If it makes you happy, it can't be that bad"
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I've been the baggy-eyed server flipping coins in the kitchen to dodge the last table and the under-trained representative of a popular airline attempting to explain insurance benefits that I know nothing about to seasoned pilots. My motto has always been finance driven- if it pays, I stay. But I realize now that job hunting is like boyfriend hunting. It’s important to find a position, environment, and workplace that you want to spend a significant amount of time with. Why would you give several months (or years!) of your life to a source that you don’t deem worthy to receive it? It’s crucial to do what makes you happy; even if pays less. Happiness has no price tag.
Hope Diehl
I think anything can be torn apart to reveal interdisciplinary roots but I don't know how to define my philosophy as interdisciplinary. I guess if what makes me happy combines working with children, interpreting, and being involved in special education than it is interdisciplinary.
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My career goals are always altering but the process has been a far more pleasant ride ever since I realized that there is no one thing I want to do, rather many, many things. The 'starving artist' role is one I refused to play. Once the money factor was taken out of the equation, a whole world opened up where creativity could finally flourish. And in the end I think said creativity, if not stifled, will find its way to (monetary) acknowledgment.
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Hope, I love the quote, "But I realize now that job hunting is like boyfriend hunting." I do see the likeness of a "partner" to a "job",in way of happiness, you want to be happy in both. In the end, your not looking for a job, but a career. You are not looking for a boyfriend, but a life partner. Yes you go through jobs and boyfriends looking for a perfect match, but when you think you found one that make you happy, you commit.
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Discuss your personal philosophy concerning your professional life.
ReplyDeleteMy personal philosophy concerning my professional life is definitely one that is from the morals and standards that were instilled in me by the help of my family. I think it's important to do your best in everything, even if it isn't necessarily your favorite thing/activity. Everyone has their own place in life and society, who am I to quench someone else's fire? I have respect for anyone in charge and will follow their direction with the exception of those who have assumed my trust and honor just by working for them. I think those qualities need to be earned and you cannot do that without a relationship with the person you are working with or for.
-Carly Frost
How is or isn't this philosophy interdisciplinary?
ReplyDeleteI think that this philosophy is interdisciplinary because it accumulates a lot of different ways of thinking into the way I believe I should live my life. The way I communicate, act and live are all different styles of living that fit into one larger whole. I am not like anyone else, and no one else is like me, either. This is interdisciplinary and it makes me who I am. :-)
-Carly Frost
How have your career goals altered?
ReplyDeleteMy career goals get altered when I get more experience in the field. I first wanted to be an elementary school teacher then I fell in love with children with autism. Currently, I've been interning for a school with autism and my best friend has a passion for deaf ministry(I use sign language as well with some of my students). This passion of ours has opened up the possibility of one day, opening up our own special needs school where everyone is loved for who they are and challenged to be a better them.
-Carly Frost
My personal philosophy is interdisciplinary because it is necessarily heteronomous (i.e., requires the integration of insight from multiple areas to arrive at the product). Thoughtful action requires that one draw upon previous experience to initiate and appropriately judge repercussions and motive. Action ought to reflect a holistic understanding of the situation, which requires that one draw upon insight from disparate contexts and then integrate them.
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When I began college my career goals revolved around work in the music industry, recording, producing, and writing music. For one reason or another, I began to outgrow these aspirations; there simply seemed to be a lack of personal fulfillment. When I declared a philosophy major, I essentially narrowed my job prospects to one: becoming a professor of philosophy. This goal evolved to include research within the cognitive sciences, but has remained fairly intact. For now, I'm relatively sated with my career goals and prospects, and will continue to learn, grow, and let my career aspirations evolve with me.
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ReplyDelete• Discuss your personal philosophy concerning your professional life.
ReplyDeleteI feel as though I use the same philosophy in both my personal and professional life, which is: If you can't see the positive side in what you're doing, why are you doing it? Yes, every job has it's downsides, and sometimes you may go through weeks without really enjoying yourself... However, in order to really make the most of your life, looking for the positive is well worth it.
-Callie Gaines
• How is or isn't this philosophy interdisciplinary?
ReplyDeleteI feel like my philosophy isn't really interdisciplinary in that it doesn't really meld together any sort of discipline. In actuality, isn't an optimistic outlook an art form all in itself?
-Callie Gaines
• How have your career goals altered?
ReplyDeleteMy career goals have gone from an astronaut (as a 5 year old), to a teacher, to a zoo keeper, and interestingly enough, back to a teacher. I have worked at a zoo for the last 3 1/2 years, and since then, have gained insight into that world. Though I love it, I have made the ultimate decision to teach high school sciences, to help those students develop their knowledge, and learn what they want to do after school.
-Callie Gaines
My personal philosophy towards my professional life is to uphold my behavior and actions with the same regard as I would my personal life. With this I mean, everything I do within my professional life is to be done with the same values, integrity, and morals as my daily personal life. I hope to live my professional life to the fullest, with no regrets or remorse to actions or paths that I have taken. I firmly believe that everything in life happens for a reason; that I chose the career path that I did for a supreme reason. I hope to spend the rest of my professional career aiding the ill to recovery, helping my community to the best of my abilities, all knowing that it’s the reason I was placed in this world…to make a change, no matter how big or small.
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My philosophy is interdisciplinary because it will require me to use the same behaviors and actions and incorporate them into two very different facets of my life; one on a personal level and the other on a more serious professional level. The ability to take a skill and relate it to different aspects demonstrates a great deal of interdisciplinarity. I believe that being able to integrate any behavior into two unrelated venues also demonstrate interdisciplinarity and shows the ability to be able to conform to certain environments.
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My life goal has always been to serve my community and make a difference as much as humanly possible, but the career paths in which I have chosen to fulfill that goal has altered as time has progressed. I’ve always wanted to pursue a career in the medical industry, but the exact path has been changed with the fusing of my different majors. Initially, I wanted to go directly to Physicians assistant school, but as time changed, I decided that becoming a registered nurse and working in that field would give me more ability to work with my patients and better understand them than I would as a PA. I nevertheless plan on continuing on to becoming a PA after experiencing the nursing career.
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