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Tenacity & Paying It Forward

1) Tenaciousness is a competency. What are the behaviors that you have used (or developed) to keep up with the requirements of this course? 
I think I have put in more effort than required for most of the assignments and blog posts and really started looking forward to reading feedback and seeing the blog develop. After the course I will probably try and make a personal blog to make a habit of explaining my ideas and interests.

*Cough*

2) Tenaciousness is also about attitude. Talk about a moment or two when you felt like "giving up." What pulled you through? Do you feel like you've developed a tenacious attitude during the past two months? What experience or experiences most contributed to this?
I had several moments before some of the interviews where I was unsure of how to start or what to do. The speaking to people was less of a problem than figuring out who to try and approach. I didn't want to bother anyone, and my product is about people with size restrictions and I felt really bad trying to find a way not to just walk up to people who were overweight and ask questions that could be seen as rude. I usually ended up having to change the way I framed the problem and forcing myself to just walk up to someone and start talking, after which the conversations were enjoyable each and every time. I think I have always had a fairly tenacious attitude,but this class has helped me practice and confront new situations.
3) Three tips. What are three tips you would offer next semester's student about (1) fostering the skills that support tenacity and (2) developing the 'tenacious mindset' ?
  1. Get ahead and stay ahead (I'm trying to take my own advice here)
  2. Try stuff before you make judgments about how hard it will be. Especially the interviews turn out to be painless and pretty fun if you do it with the correct mindset.
  3. Take pride in your work. This could just be getting excited when you see comments on your blog, making a product for a opportunity that excites you, or planning work more than just scrambling on the last day to do minimal effort.

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