Personal and Professional Development
Game plan: - correct answer ✔✔also known as a plan of action, this is a personalized path to success
that involves creating to-do lists and defining goals.
After you have defined your idea of success - correct answer ✔✔game plan, prioritize and be productive
Prioritize: - correct answer ✔✔to understand what your most important objectives are and to put those
at the top of your to-do list.
Productive: - correct answer ✔✔producing results and completing tasks in order to progress in school,
work, or life.
more ways to help you maintain your psychological health: - correct answer ✔✔Thinking positive
thoughts really is one of the healthiest things you can do for yourself - with negativity comes a
destructive cycle of distress.
These are the same qualities of self-actualization, which is the process of realizing or achieving your
potential.
Be proud of your accomplishments, and do not feel bad about rewarding yourself for doing a good job.
You must be kind to yourself. Do not waste your time being highly critical of yourself.
Find something productive or creative that you are good at doing, and do it often. This can include
simple things like reading a book a week, writing a blog, learning a craft, or exercising.
Trust yourself. Sometimes we become so self-conscious that it's easy to forget how much we know.
Maintain a healthy self-esteem by trusting in your abilities.
Develop a sense of humor! Laughter has been proven to help reduce stress, and some studies have
shown that people who appreciate humor are more likely to live longer than those who don't.
stress is the body's natural response to - correct answer ✔✔both physical and psychological stimuli.
, Eustress: - correct answer ✔✔Greek for "good stress," this is a result of the stimuli around us that cause
us to live happy, healthy lives. Eustress is usually short-term, feels exciting, and provides motivating or
focused energy.
Distress: - correct answer ✔✔Greek for "bad stress," this is a result of the stimuli around us to which we
do not or cannot properly respond. Distress causes anxiety, feels unpleasant, and can either be short or
long-term. Unresolved problems, for example, can have a negative effect both psychologically and
physically. Distress can overwhelm your body with chemicals that exhaust you and reduce your body's
resistance to pathogens, which can result in physical ailments ranging from peptic ulcers to
cardiovascular disease.
Much distress is caused by procrastination: - correct answer ✔✔the act of delaying or deferring
something, especially something that needs your attention.
When you procrastinate, you are - correct answer ✔✔essentially choosing to believe that your work or
relationships are not as important as whatever else you choose to do. Procrastination can cause
problems or arguments to intensify and almost always increases your distress.
Exercising and keeping your body healthy also - correct answer ✔✔helps prevent the effects of distress
from worsening or lasting too long.
The other end of the stress spectrum is that of the perfectionist: too focused on ensuring that every
detail is perfect. - correct answer ✔✔Perfectionism is not a healthy model for succeeding in school, in
your career, or in life - it is an obsession with perfection that can lead to poor health and lots of distress.
Creating a mission statement should begin with considering three things: - correct answer ✔✔your
definition of success, your interests, and your values.
Mission statement: - correct answer ✔✔a set of guidelines that captures an individual's or institution's
sense of purpose.
Including exercise in your daily routine - correct answer ✔✔is a great way to maintain physical health, as
it prepares your body for the demands of the cosmetologist's work environment.
Game plan: - correct answer ✔✔also known as a plan of action, this is a personalized path to success
that involves creating to-do lists and defining goals.
After you have defined your idea of success - correct answer ✔✔game plan, prioritize and be productive
Prioritize: - correct answer ✔✔to understand what your most important objectives are and to put those
at the top of your to-do list.
Productive: - correct answer ✔✔producing results and completing tasks in order to progress in school,
work, or life.
more ways to help you maintain your psychological health: - correct answer ✔✔Thinking positive
thoughts really is one of the healthiest things you can do for yourself - with negativity comes a
destructive cycle of distress.
These are the same qualities of self-actualization, which is the process of realizing or achieving your
potential.
Be proud of your accomplishments, and do not feel bad about rewarding yourself for doing a good job.
You must be kind to yourself. Do not waste your time being highly critical of yourself.
Find something productive or creative that you are good at doing, and do it often. This can include
simple things like reading a book a week, writing a blog, learning a craft, or exercising.
Trust yourself. Sometimes we become so self-conscious that it's easy to forget how much we know.
Maintain a healthy self-esteem by trusting in your abilities.
Develop a sense of humor! Laughter has been proven to help reduce stress, and some studies have
shown that people who appreciate humor are more likely to live longer than those who don't.
stress is the body's natural response to - correct answer ✔✔both physical and psychological stimuli.
, Eustress: - correct answer ✔✔Greek for "good stress," this is a result of the stimuli around us that cause
us to live happy, healthy lives. Eustress is usually short-term, feels exciting, and provides motivating or
focused energy.
Distress: - correct answer ✔✔Greek for "bad stress," this is a result of the stimuli around us to which we
do not or cannot properly respond. Distress causes anxiety, feels unpleasant, and can either be short or
long-term. Unresolved problems, for example, can have a negative effect both psychologically and
physically. Distress can overwhelm your body with chemicals that exhaust you and reduce your body's
resistance to pathogens, which can result in physical ailments ranging from peptic ulcers to
cardiovascular disease.
Much distress is caused by procrastination: - correct answer ✔✔the act of delaying or deferring
something, especially something that needs your attention.
When you procrastinate, you are - correct answer ✔✔essentially choosing to believe that your work or
relationships are not as important as whatever else you choose to do. Procrastination can cause
problems or arguments to intensify and almost always increases your distress.
Exercising and keeping your body healthy also - correct answer ✔✔helps prevent the effects of distress
from worsening or lasting too long.
The other end of the stress spectrum is that of the perfectionist: too focused on ensuring that every
detail is perfect. - correct answer ✔✔Perfectionism is not a healthy model for succeeding in school, in
your career, or in life - it is an obsession with perfection that can lead to poor health and lots of distress.
Creating a mission statement should begin with considering three things: - correct answer ✔✔your
definition of success, your interests, and your values.
Mission statement: - correct answer ✔✔a set of guidelines that captures an individual's or institution's
sense of purpose.
Including exercise in your daily routine - correct answer ✔✔is a great way to maintain physical health, as
it prepares your body for the demands of the cosmetologist's work environment.
