Academic Success Research Paper

Everyone wants to be successful, and we all have different visions of success. For me success is to have a goal, plan the steps to achieve the goal, follow the plan, and finally achieve the goal. I will be successful when get my degree and find a job in a psychology field. To be able to achieve my goal I have to have a plan and strategies and I have to follow them. There are different strategies that people can follow to achieve their goals depends on the goals they have. There are some strategies that I think I need to follow to be able to achieve my goal.
Self-esteem
Personal responsibility is one of most important factors. Taking responsibility for our actions equals success. It also makes us feel good about ourselves and rids us of negative

actions. Once we accept total responsibility for our actions, we will soon discover that this also enables you to find solutions to life’s difficulties far more quickly. For example, I failed my math class last semester. I could just think that wasn’t my fault and blame other people for that. So I would never change my actions and I would do the same thing over and over. I would never be able to see what I did wrong. But I thought about it and I see that I had a good instructors. He was very helpful, I was the one who didn’t want to ask questions or ask for help. So I learnt my lesson. I have to ask my questions and contact my instructors if I have any questions or concerns. I took full responsibility for that so I can do something different this time to be successful.

Self-esteem
Self-motivation is the key to academic success.

You have to be able to motivate yourself when you are getting tired. People have different motivations and their motivations make them to keep going and achieve their goal. “By focusing your mind on a positive goal instead of an ambiguous fear, you put your brain to work. It instantly begins devising a plan for success. Instead of worrying about the future you start to do something about it. This is the first step in motivating yourself to take action. When know what you want, you become motivated to take action” (Falconer, 2007). Self-motivation is very important for my academic success. When I get tired or I lose my motivation, I start listening to crime podcasts. They make me motivated because this is what I love to do. So I start again. Motivation is very important for me to achieve my goal. I always try to keep myself

motivated.
Self-esteem
Time management is another important factor for academic success.

You have to be able to manage your time based on your priority. So you know what you need to do first. You have to put your school work first. You have to make sure that you are done with your school work first and then you can do other stuff. If you want to be successful, you have to take care of your school work first. This has happened to me several times. Sometimes my friends ask me to go out with them on weekends. I cannot go out with them most of the time because I have assignments. So I know what my priority is. I have to do my assignments first and then I can go out with my friends. So we have to manage our time and priority to be able to achieve our

goals.

Emotional Intelligence
Stress management can help students succeed in college. Students have to be able to manage their stress to be able to be successful and achieve their goals. “For the majority of students, stress and anxiety don’t get in the way of living a productive daily life. But it’s when stress becomes distress” (O’Rourke, 2015). So students have to make sure that stress and anxiety don’t get in their way. There are many ways that student can manage their stress. They can go to their school health center and meet a counselor. yoga and meditation can help student to manage their stress as well. I believe that they need to find out the best way that makes them to feel relax. Running works so great for me. It reduces my stress and make me feel relax.
Self-esteem
Students have to believe in themselves to be able to be successful. If they don’t believe in themselves they cannot do anything. Students have to develop an "I can do this!" attitude. “Unlike high school, you are not forced to attend, complete your assignments or even graduate. To succeed, you must be confident, dedicated and have a strong work ethic. You must also have the ability and determination to solve problems when you encounter them and keep on going. If you do not have confidence in your problem solving skills, are unsure of yourself or can't really says you're going to follow through to the end, you can become stressed and drop out”(Education Corner,2017). So if students don’t believe in themselves no matter what they do, they can never reach their goal. Therefore, it is very important to think that we are strong and we can reach our goal. Students have to know that they get where they want to if they believe in themselves. I used to think that I can never do mathematics. But recently, i changed that, I think I can do math and I can be great in math.