Professor Baba Shiv
brings up three important factors in regards to emotion and its role in the
decision-making process. He tells us in
his lecture that passion, confidence and the extraction of utility from the
experience that we get based on this confidence, affects our decisions.
I have noticed in my
experiences at work, that when I am confident and passionate when speaking to
my students about their academic careers, that this energy becomes
contagious. My students can feel my excitement
and believe in things I tell them regarding education and their future. Starting college for the first time,
especially for adult learners, can be scary and I engage with many hesitate
individuals. I engage my students from
the start by being confident about our programs and confident about their
ability to be successful. I am
passionate about education and I prove this to them not only through my
emotions but also my actions. I have
seen that these kinds of interactions have a positive impact on my student’s
success because I let them know that I believe in their abilities to accomplish
these academic goals. They enter our
programs with more confidence and passion on their end as well and have a
higher chance of succeeding. Emotionally
I was extremely excited, proud and encouraging which I feel these emotions
transferred through to my students.
An example of a
situation that I did not feel confident about was when I tried to convince one
of my friends to make a trip with me.
The trip was something I had to do because I needed to submit some
important paperwork in another town. I
did not want to take this trip alone and tried to convince my friend that the
trip would be fun and exciting. Because
I knew the town we were going to really had nothing to offer in the means of
tourism, my confidence did not show through.
I showed no passion when describing the area and was only able to offer
factual details that were less than desirable.
Had I confidently described the many possibilities we had in
entertaining ourselves in this town, I may have been able to convince her of
the benefits of accompanying me on this trip.
In this situation, I was hesitant, unsure and unrealistic which my
friend easily picked up on affecting her decision to come with me.
No comments:
Post a Comment