2009 BUAD2009 BUAD Orientation Orientation

Academic SuccessAcademic Success

Derrick Doige, M.Ed CCCDerrick Doige, M.Ed CCC

Counselling Services Counselling Services

Success!!!Success!!!

Success is not final, failure Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that courage to continue that counts! counts! Winston Winston ChurchillChurchill

People don’t fail because People don’t fail because they aim to high and they aim to high and

miss, it’s because they miss, it’s because they aim too low and hitaim too low and hit

Les BrownLes Brown

What is the # 1 predictor of What is the # 1 predictor of student success?student success?

Read the following sentence aloud:Read the following sentence aloud:

opportunityisnowhereopportunityisnowhereopportunity is now hereopportunity is now hereopportunity is no whereopportunity is no where

OC New Admissions ExamOC New Admissions Exam The 100 Test The 100 Test

2323 4242 4 4 1212 909013 67 13 67 87 87

22 9191 114545 3333 7676

55 3939 882828 9999 100100

6262 565617 3 17 3 77

What’s the difference What’s the difference between between

here and there?here and there? “ “t” = time/self t” = time/self

managementmanagement

If you fail If you fail to plan, to plan,

plan to failplan to fail(unknown)(unknown)

The Successful person The Successful person makes a habit of doing makes a habit of doing what the failing person what the failing person doesn’t like to do.doesn’t like to do.

Thomas EdisonThomas Edison

A Time Management Demonstration

There’s not enough time!There’s not enough time!

Golf Balls and SugarGolf Balls and Sugar

What are your Golf Balls?What are your Golf Balls? What is your Sugar?What is your Sugar? Are you spending enough time on Are you spending enough time on

RESET? Relax/Rewards, RESET? Relax/Rewards, Exercise, Sleep, Eat, Time.Exercise, Sleep, Eat, Time.

Time flies, it’s up to you to be the navigator.

(Robert Orben)

Are You on Auto Pilot?Are You on Auto Pilot?

““The definition of The definition of insanity is doing insanity is doing the same thing the same thing over and over over and over and expecting and expecting different results.”different results.”

Albert EinsteinAlbert Einstein

How would the person How would the person I’d like to be, do the I’d like to be, do the things I’m about to do?things I’m about to do?

Jim Cathcart Jim Cathcart

Distributed LearningDistributed Learning

Additional ResourcesAdditional Resources

Additional Resources cont.Additional Resources cont.

If all else fails…..If all else fails…..