Over the last 5 weeks, you reflected on what success looks like for yourself, considered how to best manage your time, practiced setting attainable goals, and learned about the importance of self-esteem and positive thinking. In our final week, we examine motivation and self-discipline. Motivation helps drive us toward our goals while self-discipline can keep us on track.

Reflect

Consider what motivates you and how you make decisions that either drive you toward or push you away from your goals.

Before you draft your response to this discussion, be sure to read through the Week 5 materials.

• Visualization is a powerful tool to have in your motivation toolbox. For this week's My Vision Board and Reflection Worksheet assignment, you will take time to visualize your goals, not just the outcome, but each step to get there. Do you see a relationship between the process and practice of visualizing and maintaining motivation? Explain how you perceive the relationship or lack of it.
• Self-discipline is taking personal responsibility of your willingness and desire to finish tasks and reach your goals. The readings discussed several ways to increase your level of self-discipline. Which of the strategies discussed this week do you think you will use to increase your level of self-discipline in your life? Share a bit about why you think those strategies will work best for you.