Personal Reflection: Effective And Constructive Stress

My personal stress levels tend to be high but only because I put stressful situations off until the lat minute. I scored a 120 on the stress test showing that I have an A+ personality. I realized that I have both constructive and deconstructive stress in my life. If what is causing me stress isn 't due for a few weeks I would have destructive stress. I tend to feel overwhelmed and mentally breakdown probably because I know I have to do what is stressing me, but I keep putting it off. My stress becomes constructive when I get down to the due date. I work very well under pressure. I have noticed this with past assignments for this class that I always work on assignments last minute. To reduce stress I try to forget what I have to do even though …show more content…
I feel that I am pretty flexible and spontaneous when it comes to problem solving and thinking. I can be a creative person if I know people will listen to my ideas. I feel that my score wasn 't a complete 12 because I also have a little bit of systematic thinking. At work I would think rationally on how to finish a project. This was because the manager was very strict on how projects were to be done. Overall for my personal plan I plan on maintaining my flexibility on problem solving. I also plan on being creative in different settings. I believe that being creative allows problem solving to be easier. I feel fairly confident in both creativity and problem solving so I cant wait to see how far I can come if I practice both of these throughout my …show more content…
My Dad motivates me by how successful he is in life and all that he has accomplished. My Mom is motivating because she has raised three children by herself, due to my Dads deployment, and has been the strongest women I know. I think I am easily motivated because I do not want to disappoint anyone throughout my life. This helps me to motivate myself even. The only problem with being easily motivated is it causes a lot of unneeded stress because I do not want to disappoint anyone. For my future plans I need to not worry about disappointing others and just worry about myself. This is easier said then done. developmentally I plan on bettering myself. I still plan on having motivators, but I will not allow these motivators to cause stress. For my influence style I plan on being will rounded with each type of power. For my future career I want to have a high source of referent power only because as a PT patients need to understand and listen to what I have to say so that they can heal