The way of the jaguar warrior

1
The way of thejaguar warrior

• What it really means to be a student at
• SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE

2
JAGUAR The spirit animal

• The Jaguar is the largest, most powerful of the
  big cats in the Americas.
• It is the king of the jungle.
• To the Maya and Aztec, the Jaguar was a god and
  the living symbol of the warrior spirit.
• To the STC student, our Jaguar spirit animal
  tells us to be a

warrior
3
How can a student be a warrior?

• The way of the warrior is to be strong,
  self-disciplined and to never, never give up.
• No challenge is too great, no barrier too high
  for the true Jaguar Warrior.
• But a Jaguar Warrior does not do battle with
  others.
• He or she looks within themselves to find the
  strengths and combat the weaknesses.
• This way they become truly capable of taking on
  whatever life hands to them, both in school and
  in the world.
• The Warrior needs to learn the ways of Emotional
  Intelligence to enable them to succeed wherever
  they are.

4
What is emotional intelligence?

• Your four most basic emotions are
• Happy
• Sad
• Angry
• Afraid
• All other emotions like being energetic,
  jealous, frustrated, or worried are different
  combinations of the first four.
• The Jaguar Warrior looks deep into her or himself
  to find and enhance the strengths and change the
  weaknesses into greater strengths.

5
How do you use emotional intelligence?

• There are several different kinds of Emotional
  Intelligence, for example
• Self-esteem feeling good about yourself.
• Assertion saying what you really think.
• Being a positive leader.
• Not being aggressive with other people.
• Being able to change when you need to.
• You will learn about these in College Success.

6

• There many different parts of Emotional
  Intelligence.
• The ones that are the most important to making a
  Jaguar Warrior be successful are
• Self - Esteem
• Time Management
• Assertion
• Goal Achievement
• Commitment Ethic
• Stress Management

7
Self - esteem

• Self-esteem is when you feel good about yourself.
• If you know you are able to get things done, then
  you will be self-confident about any challenges
  that may come up.
• A positive attitude creates positive results and
  a negative attitude creates only failure.
• A Jaguar Warrior looks at himself or herself
  positively and honestly likes what they see.

8
Time management

• No one can control time it flows around us and
  we flow through it.
• But we can manage ourselves about how we deal
  with time.
• Think about how you spend your time are you the
  master? Or do you let time control you?
• Keep a planner, make schedules, put first things
  first.
• The Jaguar Warrior makes time his friend, not his
  enemy.

9
assertion

• Assertion is being able to speak honestly and
  directly with other people.
• It is knowing that you will not be afraid to tell
  the truth in a tell it like it is way.
• Also, to be assertive, you need to be respectful
  and say what you need to say in a fair but firm
  way.
• People treated with respect generally respond
  with respect.

Actions speak much louder then words!
10
Goal achievement

• Before you can achieve your goals, first you must
  set them.
• Decide what is really important to you.
• Make it real WRITE IT DOWN!
• How will you get to your goal-
• Short-range go to class.
• Mid range get As in your classes.
• Long-range graduate with honors.
• Once you get to your goal, give yourself a
  reward.
• Make a habit of being victorious with your goals.

11
Commitment ethic

• A commitment is a promise you make to yourself to
  do something.
• An ethic is a rule of life you set for yourself.
• A commitment ethic is based on your personal
  values.
• When you have commitment ethic, you are
  dependable and reliable.
• People believe in you, but, more important, you
  believe in yourself.

12
Stress management

• Stress is something we all deal with, it comes in
  many different ways. Much of the time we cant
  control stressful situations and stressful
  people.
• But, like time management, we can control how we
  react to stress.
• You can let it get to you or you can take a
  deep breath, stay calm and handle it.
• Learning how to handle stress will make you a
  stronger person.

13
Investigating your mind

• Your mind is like an iceberg
• On top, your IQ (intelligence quotient) is your
  cognitive mind where you know things. It is
  quite small.
• Below, and much larger, is your emotional mind
  where your EI (emotional intelligence) is.
• Your cognitive (knowing) mind is strongly
  influenced by your emotional mind.
• Learn to understand and control your emotions and
  your cognitive mind will become your friend and
  servant.

14
The way of the jaguar warrior

• The Way of the Warrior is to investigate,
  understand and control the emotional and
  cognitive mind.
• When you get your two minds to work together,
  nothing can stop you from being a successful
  student.