Half-way Reflection

This is not a course about test taking, this is course about gathering and interpreting information.  Whether that information is from interviews with people in public, or feedback from other students, it is your job to figure out how you will get that information and how to use it once you have it.

Since The class is more than just testing, the work must be planned ahead of time. Personally I have a habit of procrastination, which does not work with this class, especially with the interviews needed for some of the assignments.  This has forced me to check ahead of time what is required each week, as opposed to waiting until the day a assignment is due to sit down and do it. In that respect I have learned to better schedule when I will do my course work, as my old way of doing it is not conducive to the requirements of this class.

I am a somewhat introverted person, so assignments that require talking to strangers in public have been a sticking point with me.  The hardest part is just getting started, once you can get a rhythm to the interactions it becomes much easier. In those instances, having a schedule and sticking to it has been the best thing for me. If a part of the assignment is scheduled for a certain time, than it make procrastination much harder.  I don't know if I would say I've become tenacious in this class, but I am working my way to being there.

The tenacious mindset for this class is most dependent on how you view the class.  For anyone taking it, I suggest that they look their Elevator Pitch and subsequent assignments as working through the planning of an actual product and not just an assignment.  Money is a great motivator, and if you look at you product as if it will make you money, then you will be much more motivated to make it workable.  You'll be much more attentive to any issues it may have, which may help you see issues in other students products, which you can help them address.

The next tip would be to critique your own work.  Some feedback you receive will be helpful, some might not be.  If the feedback you get does not help you improve, you may have to find improvement avenues on your own.  In that vein, take a break in between assignments and then look at them again. When you return to a previous assignment you may find issues or gaps that you did not recognize before.  This will allow you to refine your work over the course of the class.

Finally, I will return to the schedule.  In a class where much of the work cannot be done alone, being able to schedule the work is tantamount.  The schedule, along with the drive of an idea that you would want to bring to market can give you the tenaciousness that this class requires.