Think Link: Self-Reflection, Learning Strategies, and Financial Goals

This Think Link assignment presents a comprehensive self-assessment and personal development plan. It explores the student's understanding of themselves, their learning preferences, and financial habits. The student reflects on their strengths and weaknesses, identifies areas for improv...Read More

Running head: Think link 1
The Think Link
Student Name
Institution of Affiliation

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The Think Link Map
Football community personal understanding problem solving
Communicator
Ambitious
Linguistic
forgetfulness Visual world in 3D
Accountability
Socialization
Football
Integrity transparency
Adventure
music
Leading others
Organizing planning discussion & case
study
Personality spectrum Intelligences
Higher Higher
Lower Lower
Me
Values
Interest
Abilities
Learning
approach
overspending

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Did anything surprise you about your findings/results?
No, there is nothing that surprised me from the results above. This is because
these are I have been told before. It is always important to know the person or your
personality. The results from the map above did not provide different results from that
which I know.
Was there information you already knew? Provide examples to explain/illustrate
this knowledge
The information that I knew including the interpersonal and interpersonal.
Understanding of oneself is critical in pursuing a career of choice (Radford, & Radford,
2017). Moreover, when you understand yourself, it can help you to develop the
strategies to build a personal brand. This provides better management of daily activities.
I also knew my stand on integrity issues.
For example, I do allocate time to play and watch football. This is what excites
me at any given point and time. I won’t get tired of watching or playing football. Since
my youth, I would love to go out and watch with friends. I find myself comfortable and
cheerful in the midst of friends. In that case, I realised that I loved socialisation and
making new friends Lapointe, Vandenberghe & Boudrias, 2014). This is some of the
critical issues and elements that I find myself enjoying doing it over and over again.
How will you implement changes based on your results from the quizzes and
studies you have completed throughout the course? Provide specific details of your
plan(s)

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The first thing to do is to set goals and objectives that will help me the address of
realising these objectives. The goals that are set, I will conduct a continuous review of
these goals to help address the challenges or the limitations that are faced in the
process of implementing these changes.
For example, one of the goals is to be a competitive public speaker in the next
one year. This is a goal that is time-bound and specific (Greco, & Kraimer, 2018). To
achieve this milestone, there are tactics that I would use to meet this goal. I would read
extensively and organise informal public speaking sessions with other students to
sharpen my skills. This is important in providing some extensive understanding of the
areas of weaknesses and strengths to leverage. These strategies are essential in
improving and developing these public speaking skills at the end of the one year.
Furthermore, I would also seek for a mentor or a coach who will help in guiding
through a successful path of developing competitiveness in the market. The mentors
and coaches can help shape someone’s skills in the long run (Corcoran & Baist, 2018).
This is a strategy that helps in correcting and developing skills that are relevant in
succeeding in the market.
Include and describe at least three strategies you use to study effectively
according to the information you have learned in the course
Discussion: This is a strategy that allows me to share knowledge and
experiences on the respective topics that are addressed in class. A debate is essential
allows better knowledge retention in the long run. The daily discussions mean that I will
be able to tap more knowledge and information from colleagues. This will inform the
decision and better understanding of key topics of interest.

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Use of case studies and personal experiences: When leaning, theoretical
perspective is not sufficient. Thus, using case studies is the most effective format in
which I will gain more understanding of real-world examples and real issues faced.
Take, for example, using scandals as Enron helps in understanding the problems of
integrity and internal control of a company. The managers, in this case, were greedy
and misused the funds and resources in the company.
Using online materials: The online materials offer a rich platform of
understanding of the subjects studied. Take, for example; YouTube offers numerous
work examples and learning materials. Therefore, it makes it easy to learn as there is so
much information that one can quickly discover if they need to. This is a strategy that
will help me gain more knowledge in these cases.
Do you feel as though you should make changes to your spending habits? With
support from your answers explain why or why not?
Yes, I feel that there is a need for me to make changes in the way that I do spend
my money. For example, I find myself spending money on leisure things than the
requirements. Moreover, I do also overspend my earnings or the money that I have and
deplete my account before the end of the month (Billingsley, Gitman, & Joehnk, 2016).
Therefore, I firmly believe that there is a need for me to consider the way I do spend my
resources to realise better value for money.
Explain whether or not you feel financially stable with your current financial
trends/habits.
With my current financial trend and habit, I don’t feel financially stable. This is
because there is always the need for a monetary increment to meet these demands

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(Brounen, Koedijk & Pownall, 2016). My social habits require higher financial resources
which constrain my current resources. The net effect is that I will need to look for more
resources to meet these demands.
What connections can be made between your learning preferences and your
financial habits?
My learning preference and financial have limited link. This is because what I
love to spent my money do not relate with education. However, I like to learn through
experience as a way of boosting my understanding. This is the only link that I would find
myself spending my money. Otherwise, all of my financial expenditures are for leisure
and nothing relates to my education. This explains the reason why there is a need for
me to make a review of my expenses to ensure that they are matching the essential
items that are serving my needs.
Financial SMART goals
Specific: To reduce expenses on leisure activities and increasing expenditures in
education-related activities.
Measurement: To reduce expenses on leisure by 30 per cent and increase expenditure
in education by 30 percent.
Achievable: The goal is to be met and reviewed at any point in time to ensure that I am
on the path to achieving. The percentage reduction is massive and requires deliberate
actions.
Relevant: The reduction of the expenses must be made without introducing any
changes in the external resources.

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Time-bound: This is a goal that is set to be within the next one year. Therefore, the goal
remains under review within this time.
Reference
Billingsley, R., Gitman, L. J., & Joehnk, M. D. (2016). Personal financial planning.
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Brounen, D., Koedijk, K. G., & Pownall, R. A. (2016). Household financial planning and
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Corcoran, S., & Baist, H. (2018). Peer Mentoring of Home Health Occupational
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Greco, L., & Kraimer, M. (2018, July). Goal-Setting In The Career Management
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