Still working on my DMP.

Having trouble figuring out what my Personal pivotal needs are.

I can tell you one thing that is important to me: I want my contributions to whatever I am doing to be recognized. If I do something unique that has never been done before, I want credit. If I have noticed something no one else has noticed, I want credit.

If I have come up with a solution to a problem that no one else has solved, I want credit. I want recognition. But, recognition is based on other people noticing what you’ve done. How does one get recognition unless other people notice? I could speak up about what I’ve done, call attention to myself, but does that really go over very well?

I’ve realized that being recognized is always important to everyone. If I feel this way, so do others. It is not that I do something only because I need to be recognized, it’s that when I am innovative, I want people to notice.

So, as I am becoming a better observer of all that is around me, I intend to be looking for innovative contributions that others make and giving them recognition. Since we are all creative, it’s not a very hard task to set upon. Encouragement through recognition of innovation is hugely significant in this whole process.

The Master Key Experience is fascinating for me because it is like doing Psychology 101 all over again, only much better, due to the emphasis on PRACTICE and developing good habits. Now to me, “Psych 101” or “Intro to Psych” does not merely mean learning the basics.

The textbook for that course is the best way to study for the Graduate Record Exam in Psychology, so it represents the sum total of college Psychology knowledge that a graduate program would expect a new grad student to know!

As a freshman in college, I fell in love with psychology, and MKE is giving me that same feeling of self-discovery, but with better results. I already have so much deeper understanding of what is going on inside of me and we have barely begun.

There are mysteries of my experience that I am now beginning to understand and I am excited as I anticipate each new week. I can almost anticipate what the next step will be because internally I yearn for it. If ever there were an application for the admonition “Trust the Process” would be it. I am trusting the process.