Half-Way Reflection

1) This course definitely forces you to be tenacious. I like to do my assignments early, and if I don't complete them early, I like to read the directions and think about my strategy well before I submit the assignment. I think planning and perseverance are pivotal parts of tenacity, and they are definitely parts that have helped me in this class.

2) I felt like giving up right before I did the first Customer Interview. Honestly what pulled me through was having a friend with me while I went out and asked random strangers weird questions. Not everybody has a friend who would do that, so I was lucky. I do advise, though, if you are scared to do an assignment, bring a friend along for moral support.

3) In terms of fostering skills that support tenacity, I suggest next semester's students try and complete their assignments early, or at least get a jump start on thinking about how they will complete them. I think they also should let their assignments build on each other, it's O.K. if the first couple of a series of pitches or interviews are bad, but just try to push through and make the next few better. Lastly I think students just need to go through this class with a open mind, and with the understanding that all they have to do is try their best.

Developing a tenacious mindset may take practice for some people. Other people have had one their whole lives that they developed through sports or hobbies or school work.  If a student already understands what it is to be tenacious, I suggest they tweak it in a way that best fits this class. If a student has never had to be tenacious then I suggest that they take the class one step at a time and learn from each assignment given to them. Regardless, my main suggestion is to persevere through both the easy and hard assignments.