The Success Factors - Commitment By Michael Oksa

History is filled with success stories of people who had hit rock bottom, and still rose to the top. They didn’t find a genie in a bottle, nor did they wave a magic wand to experience instant success - those are fairy tales. Yet, all of these people have some things in common. Commitment is the common bond that contributed to their life success, and you can put it to work for you, too.

Commitment to self

You need to be good to yourself, and do consistently. There will be times you feel like sacrificing your health (mental or physical), but suffering from burnout is not what success is. Make the decision to do what is right for you; not what others want you to be. Remember, success is self-defined.

Commitment to others

Don’t get the impression that you can be selfish and be a success, you can’t. Improve other people’s lives in some way, and make them better for knowing you. Keep your ego in check, be humble, and help others along the way.

Commitment to principles

Just as history is filled with “rags to riches” success stories, so too, is it filled with those who fell from grace. How could people who seemed to have everything have thrown it all away? Easy, they let go of their principles. Even the smallest lapse in principles can lead to such a fall. You need to select the right principles and commit to them, no matter what happens.

Commitment to success

You must continually nourish your mind with the right input. Success is an ongoing process that needs to be fed continually. One of the reasons people at the top have fallen is that they became complacent, but you can avoid that if you make the commitment now to constantly feed yourself with the good stuff.

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The Success Factors - Setting Small Goals By Michael Oksa

The success gurus often say things like, “Dream big!”, or, “Make goals so big that they motivate you to great things!” Well, that’s all fine if you already have a success mindset, but if you aren’t quite there yet, then you may not even have a concept of how big ‘big’ can be. In fact a goal that is too big may be discouraging at first, so much so that you never take those first necessary steps to success.

Here’s an eye-opener for you: You don’t have to make big goals.

The truth of the matter is that you can set goals of any size, as long as they move you forward. Heck! They don’t even have to move you forward in the beginning; they just have to get you moving.

If you think about it, big goals are often broken down into smaller ones anyway. The only difference is that you will be making the smaller ones without the larger ones in mind (not yet anyway).

Getting into the habit of setting goals, taking action, and achieving them is far more important than how big they are. After you do it a few times, you will find your goals grow as each minor success is achieved. However, it’s not fair for anyone to tell you to make goals so big that you never do anything due to a lack of belief in their possibility.

No, the right size is the one that spurs you to action. Don’t let anyone scoff at what they think are small dreams, because even they must admit that we all have to start from some where.

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With the increasing popularity of online education, due to advancing technologies and an increase in funding for universities to offer distance learning, the role of the teacher, instructor, or lecturer in modern higher education is certainly changing. But with a greater input of technology upon a student’s education, is the competency and overall quality of the teacher becoming less important?

In his essay, Distance Learning: Promises, Problems, and Possibilities (2002), Doug Valentine describes, ‘instructors and their attitudes towards teaching in a distance-learning environment as a major potential roadblock to effective distance education,’ because, ‘the instructor can set the tone for learning in the educational environment.’ In response to this, it therefore seems of great importance, aside from having the knowledge to utilize the technology for the delivery of education, that he/she must also be eager and confident by his new means for teaching. Following this idea, The University of Florida also published a paper entitled A Teachers Guide To Distance Learning (1995). This essay calls for distance learning technology to ‘be as invisible as possible,’ endorsing the notion that it is simply a means or “tool” on offer to aid the delivery of education.

A problem highlighted by Valentine is noticeable here. There are two differing opinions as to what is the exact purpose of distance learning. The first, as stated by Schlosser and Anderson in 1994, is to offer ‘an experience as much like that of traditional, face-to-face instruction as possible. Whilst the second opinion, that of Bates (1995), is that ‘it should be used to improve instruction.’ Depending on which of the above is to be adopted by the institution, it seems that the quality, competency, and connection between teacher and student should be of the utmost importance for the former. However, if a better education system is required than that of the traditional form, then the position and actions of the instructor may be quite different.

For a distance learning course to be more successful than a traditional learning programme, it seems that the role of the teacher should be more in line with the instruction of The University of Florida. For example, the UoF highlights four adaptations, the first is to establish ‘effective strategies for implementing small group activities and individual practice.’ The second is to hone ‘techniques for maximizing teacher/student and student/student interactions.’ The third is to establish ’successful approaches for integrating technology into the teaching/learning process. And the final method for adaptation is to implement ‘tactics for motivating students at a distance.’

The role of the distance learning instructor is no doubt changing in comparison to that of the traditional lecturer. However, where an institution is seen to be implementing the most radical changes and newest technologies, today’s distance learning instructor has as much accountability to his students, and a further responsibility to the future advancement of education in general.

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