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Tishan Crowe

Leadership

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1. A Lesson in Time Management by Ally Perkins

The first article that caught my attention on iGrad was based on time management. I found this interesting and helpful as I just recently completed an action plan with the goal of improving my time management skills.

The article basically gave 5 pointers to assist in time management. They consisted of "staying organized", "prioritizing and focusing", "fighting the urge to procrastinate", "finding study times that work for you" and "minimizing distractions". Although I was already aware of these needs when it comes to time management, it was re-assuring to see them explained from another perspective.

I can honestly say that this skill would benefit my future goal of becoming an entrepreneur. There will be the need for a lot of planning and organizing, which needs to be managed correctly in order for me to keep up with my daughter and full-time job before becoming a business owner.

2. Do You Know Your Financial Personality? What Your Money Habits say About You by Mackenzie Maher

The second article that caught my attention was about one’s “financial personality”. In this article, there were 5 types of financial personalities described. Each explained how much or little one would acknowledge their financial responsibilities, how quickly one would spend, how much planning went into consideration before spending, etc.

The financial personality that best suited me was “the planner”. According to the article, “the planner might just be the most well-rounded of the financial personality types”. I thought that this was most similar to me because as it described for the planner, I too have clear financial goals and understand the value of a budget.

Seeing as ‘spending less on a monthly basis’ was another one of my goals in my recent action plan, I feel encouraged that I will be successful after reading this. Although I have always known that I am financially responsible, it was comforting to see that of the 5 financial personalities described, I related most to “the planner”.