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Characteristics of Successful Students

Successful Students

  1. Accept Responsibility. You see yourself as primarily responsible for your outcomes and experiences.

  2. Are Self-Motivated. You find purpose in what you do by discovering personally meaningful goals and dreams.

  3. Master Self-Management. You plan and take action in pursuit of your goals and dreams.

  4. Are Interdependent. You build mutually supportive relationships that help you achieve your goals and dreams (while helping others do the same).

  5. Have Self-Awareness. You consciously think, believe, and behave in ways that keep you on course.

  6. Believe in Life-Long Learning. You look for lessons in all of your experiences.

  7. Have High EQ's (Emotional Intelligence). You accept your emotions, but you manage them in support of your goals and dreams.

  8. Believe in Yourself. You see yourself as a capable, lovable, and unconditionally worthy human being.

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