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`Efficiency in the Digital Age

Good afternoon students! #BuildYourBrand Inc. is here to give you the news from this weeks latest strategies for online learning! This week the strategies were about time management, and techniques for how to combat procrastination.

The most useful and/or specific strategies that I learned from Module 3 was the 3 Techniques on Beating Procrastination. The first technique was the 10 Minute Rule was encouraged the individual to make heavy course work lighter by taking 10 Minute breaks and breaking the course work into smaller assignments. The second technique encouraged the individual to answer the 3 Magic questions, which were 1. Where are you? 2. What do you want to do? and 3. How will you feel when your done? Finally the last technique was the Ultimate Goal v.s Immediate Desire. These goals and techniques provide the reader with simple strategies that they could use to minimize their amount of procrastination.

Currently I practice the 10 Minute rule. It is hard for e to stay on one topic for longer than an hour so 10 minute breaks allow me to give my mind a break while focusing on other things until i return to the task. In the future I think it would be beneficial for myself to begin using the Ultimate Goal V.s Immediate desire concept. This concep

t encourages readers to be aware of the impact small deviations can have on their progress. A reminder of my ultimate goals will encourage me to commit to the 10 minute break and return to the work instead of procrastinating. Based on what I learned in Module 3, I encourage students to be aware of their study habits, know what is helpful and whats not and to commit to a technique that will help alleviate procrastinating tendencies. In the module there was a part that

said ” Speak to your rationalizations with affirmations. To overcome procrastination, consider current rationalizations find root causes and address them with relevant strategies.” I thought this part of the lecture summarized the entire

module on time management and procrastination and maybe by leaving it with you, you too can make meaning of it.

Until Next time,

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BuildYourBrand inc.

Hello Students,

BuildYourBrand inc. is a blog created to provide open discussions for incoming and current students on college readiness. For those who are getting ready to begin their first semester in college this blog will be a great guide to making your college or university feel smaller and becoming more resourceful for you. For those of us who are past their first year in college, this blog will be a useful tool for succeeding and staying proactive inside and outside the classroom. This blog will begin with a introduction to the basic tools such as relationship building and classroom etiquette. Relationship building with professors, classmates, and employers begins with communication face-to-face and via email. In the module/power point for this week you will learn about online communication skills also describes as Netiquette. You can see on slide 8 email tips that provide a format for how to construct an appropriate email. Emailing has been one of the most useful and critical tools as a young student an professional that will be a recurring tool for communicating so it is important that we understand how to use the instrument of emailing as best as possible. Also, you may be asked to communicate with classmates in group projects or online discussions, on slide 11 there is a article of 6 tips for writing great discussion post. Of those 6 post I thought Tip 2. Using strong evidence to support arguments and Tip 4. Use Uniqueness as the most useful tips. Disagreements are common when working with others, tips like 2 and 4 teach you how to keep from using opinions too much while also bringing your own originality and brilliance to the classroom. Again, the BuildYourBrand blog is here for you students to use as a guide so feel welcome to post questions and comments on tips and experiences I share so we can together BuildYourBrand.