Nathaniel Vo MLLL-3043

Be Looking Over Onward Mentally The word "bloom" denotes a transition from a premature stage to a mature stage.  We often think about flowers blooming after they get enough sunlight and water.  We, humans, are similar.  However, the difference between us and flowers is that our sunlight and water aren't given to us freely.  We need to constantly look forward towards the next bit of sunlight or water.  To grow or bloom, you have to want it.  You have to keep looking for it.

Reach Even Deeper Objectively This week, my Acronym is "reach even deeper, objectively", or REDO.  It gives a good reminder that whenever we redo something, we need to reach deeper objectively.  By that, I mean that we increase our knowledge on the fundamentals and essence of the subject.  We objectively try to improve ourselves, rather than redoing and getting the same outcome.

I Don't Even Assume I haven't done an acronym in a few weeks, so I thought I'd do one.  My acronym of "idea" reads "I don't even assume".  I think that's what an idea should have.  We're so quick to dismiss ideas because we assume the worst of them.  However, dismissing ideas doesn't allow us to grow.  It only hinders us and lowers our field of vision.

At the start of the year, I became involved with the Esports Association at OU.  This organization deals with competitive gaming as well as outreach.  I am playing on the varsity team for the League of Legends development in the organization.  Some background, League of Legends is the most played video game in the world.  In 2016, there were estimated over 100 million active players every month, which is pretty huge.  The game is very competitive and team-based.  It revolves around good decision making and skill.  For me, playing on the OU varsity team has been a treat.  There's so much to think about in regards to your own team.  Personally, I try to be the best that I can be for my team, so that leads me to have a strong growth mindset towards learning more about the game.  It requires discipline and time to continue to compete at a high level.  I spend hours every week practicing at the game to play better and be the best I can b...

I like this cat  because I think it's very true.  It's true about the picture too.  Some older people don't understand how to use a phone or computer because they just haven't tried to mess around and be curious about it.  I usually find that the more curious a person is, the easier they understand any material.  I also think that these cats represent a very important idea to always hold.  It's always important to not have different views but to be able to look at it in different views.  That way, you don't necessarily lose your ideology, but you understand other's ideology and adapt your own ideology based on what you truly believe.  We never fully know ourselves.  We can only experience events that draw ourselves out. 

Always as a child, I've been conditioned to always make straight A's because it will "give me a good job".  Growing up, I didn't pay too much attention to making good grades, but now, I see that my parents just wanted the best for my future.  I read stories of people in poverty who struggle each and every day wondering how they're going to pay off the house or even feed their own family, and that really sucks and is unfortunate.  I definitely never want to have to put my family in that situation.  So while the meme is talking about money, it really has a deeper meaning.  Money isn't always greeding to have.  As long as you don't base your life around money, money is an amazing tool to have.  In my case, I view money to take care of my family and make sure that my family is secure.  In order to do that, I have to do well in school, and so that is a big inspiration for me to do well.

Build Up My Purpose I really love doing acronyms.  They're just fun to think up, and creating one hurts my head.  My Acronym is BUMP, Build up my purpose.  We have so many bumps in our lives, we end up getting upset or angry at why we keep having bumps.  However, we forget that bumps make us stronger and they build our purposes in life.  Without bumps, life is too easy, and we don't have anything to work towards.

Work At It Timely Wait.  I think that waiting is very important in growth.  So often, I feel like I rush into things and it leads me to getting burned  out.  I think for growth, it's important to space your time out and sometimes just wait.

Get An Important Nerve Sometimes I feel like I get very complacent about a lot of things that I do.  So my acronym is "gain", which could also be taken as to gain something and grow.  I think sometimes I don't have a strong enough nerve to keep going hard at something, so this is my acronym. Humans have nerves that keep us going

Go Rip Open Windows Sometimes in order to grow, you have to seek out opportunities.  You have to force the window open.  This resonates with me because I'm a pretty passive person, so I don't really look for opportunities too often.  But I need to remember to look for opportunities to grow.

I've heard Carol Dweck's Ted Talk in the past at the beginning of my senior year of high school, roughly 2 years ago.  I can't really find myself empathizing with the "Power of Yet" that she speaks of.  Before college, I was always an overachiever that didn't have to struggle to earn good grades in school.  I did very well in high school actually.  However, when I got to college, I found that I didn't have good discipline in my studies and that I struggle with school way harder than I did in high school.  The problem with the "Power of Yet" is that this society of today is SO much more competitive than in the past.  If you don't hustle, then you won't make it.  In her Ted Talk, she says that we as a society focus too hard on the "Power of Now" than the "Power of Yet".  However, we need to use that urgency of not knowing something to drive us to learn it.  For example, let's say that I'm taking a Physics class. ...