GEN 105 Week 5

CheckPoint: Setting Goals

Due Date: Day 4 [Individual] forum

Follow the steps listed below:

1. Identify two of your long-term education or career goals. Your goals may be careeroriented, academic, or personal in nature. (I will become the head of my companys graphics department is an example of a long-term goal.)

2. Break these two long-term goals into several short-term goals that you hope to accomplish within a relatively short time. (I will learn how to use my companys new graphics software is one short-term goal that would need to be accomplished before someone could become the head of a graphics department.)

3. For each of your short-term goals, list a specific deadline you wish to accomplish the goal by (for example, I will accomplish this goal by the end of next month). Describe how you will accomplish the goal (for example, I will enroll in a professional development course).

4. Prioritize all goals in order of importance.

5. Describe how each goal is specific, is moderately difficult but not impossible to achieve, and aligns to your values.

Post your completed list to the Individual forum.

Assignment: Mastering a Skill

There are some skills that virtually all people use every day. There are some skills that only a few people have, but all people should master.

Due Date: Day 7 [Individual] forum

Think about a skill that most people do not have but could benefit from mastering. Why would people benefit from having this skill? What are the consequences of not having this skill?

Write an essay to persuade your instructor that all people should master this certain skill.

Post your completed 750-word essay as an attachment.