Becoming a Master Student

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Chapter 12
What next?
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Now that youre done --
Begin
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Quote for discussion

• Think wrongly if you please, but in all cases
  think for yourself.
• DORIS LESSING

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Use the following suggestions to continue .
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• Keep a journal
• Take a seminar
• Read, watch, and listen
• Take an unrelated class
• Travel

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Use these suggestions to continue . . .

• Get counseling
• Form a support group
• Find a mentor--or become one
• Redo this book

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Do you have an attitude that you dont like?
Change it
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Affirm it

• Determine what you want
• Describe it

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Affirm it

• Determine what you want
• Describe it
• make it personal

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Affirm it

• Determine what you want
• Describe it
• make it personal
• make it positive

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Affirm it

• Determine what you want
• Describe it
• make it personal
• make it positive
• write it in present tense

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Visualize it

• What do you want to improve?
• Write down what it looks, sounds, and feels like
• Practice in your imagination

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Remember . . .
Visualizations and affirmations can restructure
your attitudes and behaviors.
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But I dont know what I want to do --
Choosing a Major
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Choosing a major

• Know thyself
• Ask others
• Plan your life
• Plan your career

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Choosing a major

• Consider further schooling
• Draw on other resources
• Do some research
• Choose a complementary minor

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Choosing a major

• Invent a major
• Just choose
• Choose again

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Contributing --
The art of selfishness
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The art of selfishness

• Our interdependence calls for contribution
• Caution - dont try to fix others
• You can begin contributing time, money, and
  talent

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Career planning --
Begin now
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Begin now

• You already know
• a lot about your
• career plan

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Begin now

• Career planning is a choice,
• not a discovery

It is the bridge between our dreams and
the reality of our future.
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Begin now

• We dont find the right career--
• we create it!

People usually have 5 careers in a
lifetime.
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Begin now
Name Names

• Name your job
• Name your company, agency, or organization
• Name your contacts
• Name your location

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Link to the world of work

• Apply strategies to your experiences in the
  workplace
• Create goals for your career
• Manage workplace behaviors
• Manage job-related stress
• And more . . .

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What next?
A world of opportunities!