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Mr. Laces Guide to Surviving College

The Game of College

Welcome to the competition! You have entered the awesome game of college and you feel both excited and overwhelmed. It’s exciting to meet so many new people, experience great opportunities, and have such freedom. Yet it’s overwhelming because you are unsure how to become a college graduate.

Of course, you quickly realize you are one of many players trying to score by achieving their academic and career goals. You are investing your time, energy and money into the game of college because you really want to succeed. Other students are giving you a variety of success strategies but what will give you that winning edge? Will you win this game through hard work, intellectual ability, or luck? How can you become a superstar? How can you transform yourself from a player into a winner?

Position Yourself to Win

How can you position yourself to become a winner? Here’s what you can do:

Develop powerful energy: good students are success magnets who attract people and events of their internal enthusiasm and passion. They develop powerful energy by understanding and using their personal strengths and natural talents. Good students take charge and create their success. They resilient and turn obstacles into opportunities to achieve their goals.

Develop a strategic game plan: winners know that a strategic game plan is critical for success. They recognize the value of a great mentor who will help them identify and make the most of their strengths as well as improve their weaknesses. Furthermore, good students realize they must find and master winning strategies so they will have an edge. They understand that winning strategies position you to win in the game of college.

Identify Your Winning Personality

The first step in developing powerful energy and a strategies game plan is to know who you are. This will enable you to get into your source of powerful energy and personal strengths. Knowing who you are will empower you to recognize your great attributes. You were born with a basic identity already intact where your true qualities are revealed through your daily thoughts and actions. Your ability to understand how you think and behave, your strengths and weaknesses, prepares you to achieve you goals and create the life you want.

During your life many people and events have influenced and shaped your identity. Regardless of the external influences, your basic personality never changes. Your inborn strengths, preferences and needs are powerful components to your personality that are constantly seeking to be expressed in your daily thoughts and action. As human beings, we strive to reach our potential and increase our self-esteem by using our strongest and best traits

Bring Your Personal Best

You realize the need to develop powerful energy and a strategic action plan. How can you prepare for your college success? Attend class punctually and consistently with an eagerness to participate. Do your personal best so you can score big and enjoy the game of college. You have the opportunity to be successful college student when you develop powerful energy by utilizing your strengths. You will increase your self-esteem and confidence. When you are in your natural element and expressing your personality it feels like you’re going with the flow rather than struggling to fit in. The more you experience and reveal your true personality, you will find your challenges and disappointments become easier to manage and overcome.

You will also gain powerful energy when you recognize and improve your weaknesses. Your challenges or weaknesses are typically connected with your personality. When you value and appreciate your unique qualities you are ready for the next level which is to recognize and respect the differences in others.

Recognize Your Expectations and Personal Power

Many students believe they are powerless in the game of college. But yes you recognize your inner strengths and abilities, skills and talents. You generate enthusiasm and powerful energy by utilizing your natural strengths. This increases your persistence, one of the most important characteristics for success in college and in life. You also have expectations of your college partner. Most students who attend college see education as their destination to success in the workplace. There’s a popular quote, “Knowledge is Power” and in today’s job market this saying has undeniable truth. Pursuing your educational goals pays big money. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics you stand to earn well over $1.5 million dollars with an Associate Degree and more than $2 million with a Bachelor’s Degree. Your College education in today’s economy can prepare you for a rewarding and financially satisfying career.

Get to know the Support Services and Programs

Your college realizes that it’s important to provide you with a support network to assist you in addition to instruction. The school has invested in its student services staff and programs to contribute to your success. The faculty and staff from these programs are some of the most helpful and resourceful people that you will meet on campus. They are there to answer all your questions and help you tackle and overcome obstacles.

Visualize the Big Picture

Now you need a way to constantly remind yourself of what you want because your future begins with the choices you make today. A vision board will allow you to visualize your college success. It’s something you can keep on the wall of your bedroom and no one can see it but you. Remember to “dream big” and believe in all of your possibilities!” Use a large poster board to paste pictures, words, quotes and drawings representing all aspects of your big picture. Put your vision board where you can look at it often to remind yourself of your education goal and the power of what you want!

Plan out your College Success

Try to create a written plan and goals. You are more likely to achieve your goals when you plan and write them out. A written plan directs you, keeps you going, and helps you to hang in there! It’s going to hard I know but you can do it. I will describe to you hopefully it will help you also.

Specific: Make sure u know your goals and what u want to achieve. 

Measurable: Deicide how you are going to measure your progress to achieving your goal.

This should keep u on track.

Achievable: Be sure your goal is realistic and challenges you but the goal is not crazy to the point it becomes impossible to achieve.

Realistic: Try to think about your attitude and skills you need to apply to reach your goal.

Time and Tangible: Make a specific date your goal will be accomplished.

Try to read all your goals at least five times a week to keep them fresh in your mind.

You have to think yea that’s right you have to think

Try not to take information at face value but question and also analyze information in order to solve the problem. Make sure you apply the information and put it to use don’t just sit on it and wait for it to help you. Make a decision come to your own conclusion, defend and support your ideas and information.

I FEEL IT IN THE AIR!!!!!!!

hell yea!!!!!!!! Lakers….

LIVIN LIFE ONE DAY AT A TIME…… I FEEL GREAT EVEN THOUGH WE GOT MAD THINGS TO DEAL WITH.. HAPPINESS ITS ALL IN THE MIND I HAVE A REASON TO SMILE IM JUST HAPPY IM LIVIN FEELIN FINE PUT MY BAD TIMES BEHIND ME…. MR LACE

Here we go again a day with tattoos

Waking up in the morning looking at my body art

Thinking how does it define me as a person

The ink and message it sends out to people

Am I a renegade an outcast from society

A rebel with no hand cuffs from modern America

Does the world view me as

Careless,impulsive,reckless, and rebellious

Picturing the glances and stares from people passing

Wondering what are they thinking

Do I enjoy inflicting pain on my body

Are they thinking only if I had the guts

To exert my own personality in such a beautiful way

What is define as divine beauty untouched skin

Does my ink make me feel less intelligent

Why would I even ask myself that question

It empowers me

Don’t judge a book by its cover

Yea right that’s a saying programmed into us at birth

Don’t be yourself be afraid to live life and make choices

Be yourself not what someone else wants you to be

America land of the free

Home to some of the most judgmental people on earth

You can’t program me not I