GEN200-Week 2
Essay Rough Draft-Due-6-30-2014
Cecilia I. Rodriguez

Personal Responsibility and Educational Success

In order to effectively accomplish personal responsibilities, one must believe in self and make positive choices in life. It is important to take control of personal actions by having confidence and discipline. When remaining true to self and confident; the outcomes in life and college success become rewarding. Wikipedia defines personal responsibility as the idea that human beings choose, instigate, or otherwise cause their own actions. A corollary idea is that because individuals cause actions, they can be held morally accountable or legally liable. However, many define it as an internal factor that affects each human being. It drives thoughts which lead to words, which influences choices, which determine actions, which form habits, which develops lifestyles, which ultimately establishes destiny.

Personal responsibility depends on each individual. The achievement of goals depends on many different factors, but the main one is to be aware of the responsibility it has in lives, on the well-being of the individuals, and personal happiness. One should take personal responsibility for their own actions so they can lead themselves to a pathway of success, how one decides to manage their time between their personal responsibilities, and their college success is a major factor in achieving one's goals. One must learn to prioritize by any means, keeping healthy, managing one's emotions, keeping a sound mind, treating oneself with respect and knowing one's limits can help one achieve their goals.

The key to effective educational success is developing a mindset that will allow growth and successful outcomes. Setting realistic short term goals is a way to analyze the current situations that might affect the relationship between succeeding in school and developing personal responsibilities. As the wheel starts, turning and goals are being met the development of time control starts taking over life control that in turn becomes the ultimate goal of being in control of one's own life.

The online editorial Personal Responsibility: Tools and Tips the author provides a well put together article that provides sections with descriptions to follow for improvement in personal responsibility. “Breaking the Vicious Cycle - Our experiences in life teach us these two inclinations, but we do have a choice in the matter. We can choose to be blamers, and accept the consequences, or we can choose to be claimers, and the benefits of that. Imagine how hard it is to escape from a culture of blame when the very existence of that culture we blame on others? The only way to break this cycle is to take personal responsibility for the attitude and choose to overcome it. Don’t be a self-made victim.”
“Claimer Benefits - Some of the benefits of being a claimer include: * You give yourself the power to have an impact * You put tools in your tool belt, giving yourself more resources to get the job done * You have a ‘can do’ attitude, ‘I’m in control’ * It promotes trust. When you take the blame, people are more apt to believe you when you take credit * People will be more likely to come to you when they want something done, when they want to get results * It is more fun, more rewarding and less stressful