Assignment. 1:

1. Watch the short 2-minute video on Growth Mindset vs. Fixed Mindset (Links to an external site.).
2. After watching the video on Growth Mindset vs Fixed Mindset write a paragraph about your thoughts and feelings. Use this as an opportunity to learn more about yourself. Remember that your response is confidential so only I (Professor) will be reading your answers. Feel free to engage in deep self-reflection. Be sure to address the following in your paragraph:
   1. Write about one thing you have learned from the video, and be sure to discuss how you will apply it to your life moving forward.
   2. Write about one of your past failures. Then discuss the valuable life lesson you learned from the perceived failure you described.

   Assignment 2:

   1. Watch the short 3-minute video Jar of Life. (Links to an external site.)
      1. After watching the Jar of Life video, write down three of the “golf balls” in your life. In other words, what are the three most important things in your life? Identifying the important things in your life, will help you to prioritize how to make decisions on how you spend your time.
   2. Watch the short 5-minute video Stephen Covey’s Time Management Matrix (Links to an external site.).
      1. After watching the Time-Management Matrix video, you will notice that all of our actions fall into one of the four quadrants. Write a list of 15 or more specific actions you have taken in the past two days. Be specific. It could be watching TV, writing an essay for your English class, going to dinner with friends, taking care of an elderly parent or young child, or posting on social media apps, getting ready for the day etc., Be sure to include a variety of actions.
      2. Write down the four quadrants as you saw in the video, then take your list of 15+ actions from step 2A and write them down in the appropriate quadrant on your chart.
         • Quadrant 1 Important, Urgent
         • Quadrant 2 Important, Not Urgent
         • Quadrant 3 Not Important, Urgent
         • Quadrant 4 Not Important, Not Urgent
   3. After watching both videos, write a paragraph about your thoughts and feelings. Use this as an opportunity to learn more about yourself. Remember that your response is confidential so only I (Professor) will be reading your answers. Feel free to engage in deep self-reflection. Be sure to address the following in your paragraph:
      1. Write about one thing you have learned from the Jar of Life video, and be sure to discuss how you will apply it to your life moving forward.
      2. Write about one thing you have learned from the Time Management Matrix video, and be sure to discuss how you will apply it to your life moving forward.
      3. Looking back to activity 2A, in which quadrant do you spend the most time?
      4. What different choices, if any, do you intend to make about how you use time?

      Assignment.3 :

      1. Watch the following short videos:
         1. Budgeting (Links to an external site.) (2 minutes)
         2. Why It’s More Expensive to be Poor (Links to an external site.) (7 minutes)
         3. What’s The Fastest Way to Pay Off Debt (Links to an external site.) (5 minutes)
      2. After watching all three videos. Write a paragraph and discuss one thing you have learned from each video (so that’s three things total). Be sure to discuss how you plan to apply this knew knowledge into your life. Some thought questions to consider are: How will it help you? How will you perceive others differently? What will you do differently?
      3. Visit CACareerZone.org (Links to an external site.) and complete the Make Money Choices activity to practice budgeting from a starting salary.
         1. Once you complete the Make Money Choices activity, click on the Print icon on the top right of the Summary page to save a PDF copy of your results.

      Assignment 4:

      1. Watch the short 6-minute video, Don’t be Afraid to Ask for HELP (Links to an external site.).
      2. Write down the following 6 sentence stems and complete the sentence stems according to your thoughts and feelings:
         1. When someone asks me for help I usually feel…
         2. When asking someone for help I usually feel…
         3. I usually don’t ask for help from others because…
         4. I am comfortable providing help to others when…
         5. I am comfortable asking for help from others when…
         6. One thing I could use help with today is…
      3. Write a short paragraph describing any resistance you may have to asking for help. Really reflect on your past and think about why you have developed this resistance? Now write down one Cuyamaca College Student Support Service that you can utilize to help you with the current problem you addressed in step 2F above. Remember that your response is confidential so only I (Professor) will be reading your answers. Feel free to really explore your thoughts and feelings.

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   4. Assignment 5:
   5. 1. Watch the short 6-minute video, Don’t be Afraid to Ask for HELP (Links to an external site.).
      2. Write down the following 6 sentence stems and complete the sentence stems according to your thoughts and feelings:
         1. When someone asks me for help I usually feel…
         2. When asking someone for help I usually feel…
         3. I usually don’t ask for help from others because…
         4. I am comfortable providing help to others when…
         5. I am comfortable asking for help from others when…
         6. One thing I could use help with today is…
      3. Write a short paragraph describing any resistance you may have to asking for help. Really reflect on your past and think about why you have developed this resistance? Now write down one Cuyamaca College Student Support Service that you can utilize to help you with the current problem you addressed in step 2F above. Remember that your response is confidential so only I (Professor) will be reading your answers. Feel free to really explore your thoughts and feelings.