Achievement, Careers, and Work

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CHAPTER 10

• Achievement, Careers, and Work

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Achievement

• Intrinsic
• vs.
• Extrinsic motivation ? ?

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Goal Setting, Planning, and Monitoring

• Goals help individuals reach their dreams,
  increase self-discipline, and maintain interest.
• Effective strategies for goal setting (p. 295)
• Set goals that are challenging, reasonable and
  specific.
• Set completion dates and work out schedules.
• Create subgoals.
• Make a commitment.
• Monitor progress.

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Time Management and Achievement

• Time management increases productivity, decreases
  stress, and provides balance betw. work and play.
• Time-management strategies
• Plan and set priorities.
• Create and monitor time plans (schedules).

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Obstacles to Achievement

• Procrastination
• Reasons poor time management difficulty
  concentrating fear and anxiety (overwhelm)
  negative beliefs personal problems boredom
  unrealistic expectations and perfectionism fear
  of failure
• Effective strategies for eliminating
  procrastination
• (see p. 297)
• Perfectionism
• Vulnerable to decreased productivity, impaired
  health, relationship problems, and low
  self-esteem. Depression, anxiety, and eating
  disorders are very common.

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Protecting Self-Worth by Avoiding Failure

• Ineffective strategies--Self-handicapping
  strategies
• Nonperformance (dont try)
• Sham effort (participate to avoid punishment)
• Procrastination (postpone)
• Setting unreachable goals
• Admitting to minor personal weakness to avoid
  incompetence (the academic wooden leg)

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Stages Models for Career Development

• Eli Ginzberg
• Fantasy (birth-1)
• Tentative (11-17)
• Realistic (18-25)
• Donald Super
• Growth (birth-14)
• Exploration (15-24)
• Establishment (22-44)
• Maintenance (45-64)
• Decline (65)

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Career and Personality

• John Hollands personality type theory
• Realistic
• Investigative
• Artistic
• Social
• Enterprising
• Conventional

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Work

• Factors involved in obtaining a good job
• Be aware of what employers want.
• Do a thorough job search.
• Create a high quality resume (chronological,
  functional, achievement).
• Learn how to have a great interview.
• Positive vs. negative effects of work
• When unable to work, many people experience
  emotional distress and low self-esteem.
• Some individuals appear to be addicted to work--
  Workaholic
• Dual career couples
• Men and womens roles are changing both within
  and outside of the home as result of dual
  careers.
• Diversity in the workplace
• The glass ceiling

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Work (cont.)

• Work during college
• Advantageshelp offset costs
• Disadvantagesrestrict opportunities for learning
• Retirement options80 of baby boomers expect to
  work during retirement
• Retirement and well-being
• Leisurehobbies, sports, reading