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October 3, 2020
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Personal/Spiritual Development

Review the overall purpose and approach to Design Your Own Plan (DYOP) for completing your undergraduate education contained in the following document.  Hopefully, you’re committed to an engineering career, but even if you choose to major in another area, having a well-developed plan will prove to be of immense value in achieving your goals.

Design Your Own Plan Project.pdf
Prepare the fourth section of your DYOP (Design Your Own Plan), which covers PERSONAL/SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT.  Be sure to utilize the information contained in Engineering Fundamentals: An Introduction to Engineering, other course assignments, and class discussions.  Cite references as appropriate.

You should approach this project by evaluating where a world-class Engineering Champion for Christ would be for each of the topics addressed and what you are implementing to achieve this goal.  The method involves 1) understanding what the research says is effective, 2) evaluating your current performance/practices against the research, 3) identifying areas for improvement based on the evaluation, 4) developing a plan for closing the gap, and 5) implementing the plan.  Be sure to consider how youre going to stay accountable.

Submit the DYOP in pdf form no later than the date / time indicated.  Your submission should be a minimum of three pages in length, double spaced, with one-inch margins.  Start early, make steady progress, use the resources at your disposal, and submit on time to receive full credit!

Your PERSONAL/SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT paper should include learning/observations/research from the following:

Interview two people (not the same people as in previous papers) as part of the research for this paper.  In your discussion you should talk about what approach do they use to manage their time and priorities effectively, ask them for a response to If I knew then what I know now. and how to be successful in the engineering program.  Your interviewees should include practicing engineers, junior/senior level engineering students, engineering lab techs, freshman mentors, engineering faculty, or engineering professional advisors.
Go online complete the “Keirsey Temperment Sorter II” survey.  Examine your Temperament Type feedback report.  What temperament type are you?  Find the description of that temperament type on the Kiersey website.  How accurately does it describe you?  Print out the description and ask someone who knows you well how on-target the description fits you.  Outline your reflections, including how you can leverage this personal knowledge to move you toward becoming a master student.
Kiersey Temperment Survey
In DYOP-02 you discussed your time and priority management method.  Reflect on the changes you have made since the last draft and how they are working for you?  Be specific about how you plan your work and work your plan, including what tools you use, how you prioritize your work, how you divide up your big projects into manageable pieces, and how you ensure things get done on time.  How did you arrive at your current method (i.e., other methods have you tried, what seems to work best for you)?  How can you improve in this critically important area?
Finally, reflect on your spiritual development.  Watch the video ‘We The Champions’ and read the Declaration.  In DYOP-01 you discussed your goals.  Did that include any spiritual goals?  How would assess your progress in achieving them at this point in semester?  How would you update them for the next season of your life?
We The Champions
We the Champions Declaration
Submit DB threads by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Thursday of the assigned module/week and replies by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on the following Sunday.

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