Personal Growth Reflection Paper As the fall semester at East Carolina University draws to a close I have been exposed to a plethora of opportunities for success both within and outside of the classroom Since I ve been here I ve had a lot of experience with the sources that I ve come across while working with the Office of Career Services The Office of Career Services can assist you with interview preparation resume comments information for graduate school programs career planning for your specific major and also offers you guidance on which internship opportunities would be most advantageous for you East Carolina University provides an abundance of services that may be valuable to everyone regardless of their position however there were a couple that I did not find to be advantageous for me to utilize at the present On many occasions this semester I took use of the Pirate Tutoring Center the Bate Writing Center and the Speech Communication Center Because of the availability of these services at ECU it is very useful for everyone who may be experiencing difficulties or who just need assistance on specific problems College may be a very daunting and stressful experience but during my time here I have learned different tactics that have been really valuable to me and I would also recommend these tactics to other students as well One tactic is getting rid of procrastination I ve learned that managing my time more wisely is extremely important for any student s success Don t be afraid to experiment with new study techniques such as keeping your mind fresh by taking breaks at the right time and set obtainable goals every week to achieve so that you ll always be moving forward regardless of how much you do With exercise and adopting them into my regular life I was able to significantly improve my general thinking process and become more focused than I had ever been before Procrastination was always a major weakness in my everyday life but by altering your perspective and concentrating on the greater goal you can finally eliminate procrastination from your daily life and make better use of your time One of the challenges that led to me improving some of my leadership skills was to spend a weekend with friends without consuming alcoholic beverages Even though I do not consume alcoholic beverages persuading them to refrain from doing so was a difficult task particularly given that there was a football game that weekend Towards the conclusion of the weekend I persuaded them to compete to see who could spend the longest period of time without drinking which resulted in them wanting to improve themselves and coming to the gym and exercising After seeing their transformation as a result of a recommendation I made I was inspired to try new things with them throughout the semester in the hopes of having a beneficial effect on them This also led me to want to push others out of their comfort zone Another challenge that I faced was collaborating with other students that I had never met before for a group project Due to that fact there were times to where there were communication gaps because he did have any experience working with each other To solve this problem I would try to make sure everyone was on the same page with one another We also made sure that we held everyone accountable for their part which lead to improving our trust with one another In conclusion I was able to work on my leadership skill by influencing others to change their lifestyle and better themselves through the challenges that I was doing for health class I was also able to work on the flaws that I had over the years by using the techniques that I learned through lessons and experience The experience that I have gained from hard lessons and just being in a college environment has taught me many things in a short time period I look forward to being successful in my next semester as an ECU Pirate as well as learning a couple of new things along the way