Module 9 Day 3 - Thursday, November 1 TRADITIONAL

Module 9 is due on Monday.  

Important Dates

• Progress Report November 1
• Module 9 Obstacles in Leadership Due November 5
• Module 10 Disciplined Leadership Due November 13
• Progress Report November 15
• Module 11 Visionary Leadership Due November 19
• Module 12 Committing to Lead Due December 3

Got Resources?  NCPVS provides lots of resources outside of our course to support you.  For virtual help from a peer, go to the Peer Tutoring Center (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. For technology issues, issue a help desk ticket with the Virtual Support Center (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. To learn more about the world around you, attend a Culture Cafe (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. session. Click on the visual below to explore all of the resources NCVPS provides to you:

Got Scholarships? The PTC's College Readiness team along with Laura Misner from College Foundation of NC will be presenting "Finding & Applying for Scholarships ~ NC College Foundation" at the Culture Cafe on Friday, November 9th at 7 PM! 

Today's Assignments:

• Module 9 Lesson 2 Notes/CYK
• Module 9 Lesson 2 Practice Activity

Module 9 Lesson 2 Notes/CYK
Lesson 2 is about internal obstacles. Your notes include the following topics:  Internal Obstacles, Fear of Failure, Anxiety and Stress, Perfectionism and Apathy, Intolerance, Lacking Confidence, Rejection, Facing the Future, and How Leaders Handle Internal Obstacles.  Thank you for posting a screenshot that includes identifying information - I need to see which quiz you took.
Module 9 Lesson 2 Practice Activity 
As you did for your Lesson 1 Practice Activity, refer back to the notes before writing your reflection.  How can you use the information about fear of failure, anxiety, stress, etc. to show you understand the notes?  Discussing an internal obstacle can be more difficult than discussing an external one - remember that only I will see your post.
Need inspiration?  Being a leader is very demanding. When you have (or feel like you have) the largest part of the responsibility, you can have trouble motivating yourself as well as others.  One way to push through internal obstacles is to look at how others have done so. How do you push through when you see things differently? Check out a few examples of individuals who became leaders by pushing through their obstacles:

• It is interesting that failure actually led Vincent Van Gogh to be an artist. He tried being a teacher, a minister, and an art dealer before he began painting. 
• Walt Disney suffered financial setbacks before he found success. He lost millions of dollars trying to create his empire. But it was the internal obstacles that were the most difficult to handle - suffered from depression and fits of rage. If only we saw our hero's failures each time we saw the successes, we would see our own failures as growth.
• Albert Einstein experienced the obstacle of self-doubt. In elementary school, he was not a great student because he did not fit the standards for academic success during his time.  He did not like to memorize things and had issues with language mechanics. Both teachers and students called him names and characterized him as "slow." After years of being treated poorly, he found his calling when he came across an Algebra book. The rest is history...and a great example of a leader overcoming an internal obstacle. 

Got Review?  Think back to Module 6 Lesson 2 using this emaze:

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