Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. Chapter 12 Creating Your Life: Building a Successful Future Keys to Success, Sixth Edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. “Successfully intelligent people… are flexible in adapting to the roles they need to fulfill. They recognize that they will have to change the way they work to fit the task and situation at hand, and then they analyze what these changes will have to be and make them.” Robert Sternberg

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. Real Questions, Practical Answers What knowledge will help me succeed in a changing world?

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. How Can You Continue to Activate Your Successful Intelligence? Motivate myselfAccept responsibility for mistakes Control my impulsesStop feeling sorry for me Hang in thereDo it myself Know what I do wellKeep my personal and professional lives separate Turn ideas into actionsFocus on my goals Get resultsFind a balance between too little and too much Get it doneWait patiently Start it up!See the big picture Don’t be afraid to failBelieve in me Do it today! Don’t wait.Remember to use all parts of my SI From now on, I will try to remember to:

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. How Will What You Learned in This Course Bring Success? College Skills Promote Lifelong Learning Flexibility Helps You Adapt to Change –Look for what happens when you meet someone or experience something new –Be willing to be surprised –Use your planning as a guide rather than a rule –Focus on what is rather than what is supposed to be

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. Lifelong Learning Strategies Investigate new interests Read, read, read Keep on top of changes in your career Spend time with interesting people Talk to people from different generations Delve into other cultures Nurture a spiritual life Experience the arts Be creative

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. How Can You Make a Difference In Your Community? You Can Help Others –Volunteering –Service Learning –Setting an Example You Can Get Involved Locally and Nationally You Can Help to Preserve Your Environment –Recycle anything that you can –Respect the outdoors –Reduce your “footprint”

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. How Can You Create and Live Your Personal Mission? Consider CHARACTER What aspects of character are most valuable? Consider CONTRIBUTIONS and ACHIEVEMENTS Where do you want to make a difference? Consider VALUES How do your values inform your life goals? Live with Integrity Honesty, sincerity, responsibility, strength, and conviction

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. What sacrifices are you willing to make to see your dreams happen?

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. What is the one area in which you need to grow the most?

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. Who are the allies who can best support you in making your dreams happen?

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. How will you apply successful intelligence in college, career, and life?

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. What are your goals now that you’ve completed this class?

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. Thinking Successfully About Your Future Analytical Thinking - examine how you now use successful intelligence in your daily life. Analyze what you consider important to include in your personal mission. Creative Thinking - brainstorm positive thoughts about yourself as well as plans for the near and far future. Practical Thinking - explore specific ways to be flexible in the face of change. Make a note of ways to help others and protect the environment.

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. hozh’q The Navaho would translate hozh’q as “the beauty of life as seen and created by a person.” The word incorporates many concepts, including health and well-being, balance and happiness. The Navaho perceive that hozh’q can start with one person and extend outward indefinitely, having a unifying effect on other people, on the world, and even on the universe. How would you apply this word to your life?

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. “…the world needs you to be forever the generation of strategic optimists, the generation with more dreams than memories, the generation that wakes up each morning and not only imagines that things can be better but also acts on that imagination every day.” Thomas L. Friedman, Pulitzer Prizewinning NY Times Columnist