College is pretty tough and may very well seem impossible at times. It is a lot to take in and not everybody has the correct work ethic and strategies to handle the hard work necessary to handle all of the work and achieve a degree. Having a strategy is essential to a student’s overall success in college. Without having the right strategies in place, the workload a student receives in college will be overwhelming. There are many different strategies a student can use to overcome the stresses of college. Two of the most important strategies are self-management and self-motivation.
Self-management is an absolute must for students. Without it, they will never get all of their necessary work done. Time becomes very valuable and students can’t afford to waste a second of it. This could be the greatest asset of all as it will be the most beneficial to students in school and even furthermore in their career. In “Self-Assessment.”, Skip Downing gives a survey in which he tests out 8 different traits, including self-management, in students and grades them accordingly. Downing defines good self-management as “consistently planning and taking purposeful actions in pursuit of their goals and dreams.” As a college student I try my best to improve my self-managing every day. I have made it a habit to plan out my time as much as possible.
Although it may seem impossible at times to find motivation to continue, finding the motivation is vital to the success of a student. Self-motivation is also a necessary asset. Students must be motivated to get their degree and pursue their career. Without it, they might not finish school or never get their dream career. In “Letter to a B Student”, Robert Oliphant states that motivation, flexibility of mind, and the ability to bounce back from disappointment are the great intangibles you need to have going for you (222). I completely agree with