Comments on: Risk-Taking and Decision-Making http://doniree.com/2009/11/19/risk-taking-and-decision-making/ food, travel, yoga, and living with intention Fri, 18 May 2012 22:12:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Emil Fred http://doniree.com/2009/11/19/risk-taking-and-decision-making/#comment-4350 Emil Fred Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:43:04 +0000 http://doniree.com/?p=1876#comment-4350 I took a risk of not joining GE after jack welch and it paid of well..now iam peacefully doing my farming at a remote place in uganda...The second risk i took was not accepting the Nobel Prize for Physics and gave the name of an Indian for that...I am happy that I am not famous now...I hate crowdsAnother risk I took was I took a risk of not joining GE after jack welch and it paid of well..now iam peacefully doing my farming at a remote place in uganda…The second risk i took was not accepting the Nobel Prize for Physics and gave the name of an Indian for that…I am happy that I am not famous now…I hate crowdsAnother risk I took was

]]> By: Emil Fred http://doniree.com/2009/11/19/risk-taking-and-decision-making/#comment-4351 Emil Fred Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:43:04 +0000 http://doniree.com/?p=1876#comment-4351 I took a risk of not joining GE after jack welch and it paid of well..now iam peacefully doing my farming at a remote place in uganda...The second risk i took was not accepting the Nobel Prize for Physics and gave the name of an Indian for that...I am happy that I am not famous now...I hate crowdsAnother risk I took was I took a risk of not joining GE after jack welch and it paid of well..now iam peacefully doing my farming at a remote place in uganda…The second risk i took was not accepting the Nobel Prize for Physics and gave the name of an Indian for that…I am happy that I am not famous now…I hate crowdsAnother risk I took was

]]> By: Social Media and the Yamas http://doniree.com/2009/11/19/risk-taking-and-decision-making/#comment-4349 Social Media and the Yamas Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:36:16 +0000 http://doniree.com/?p=1876#comment-4349 [...] anything over a personally-determined-as-acceptable-for-myself number of words unless it’s something like this where I bring together a bunch of other people’s responses and ideas.  I absolutely am aware [...] [...] anything over a personally-determined-as-acceptable-for-myself number of words unless it’s something like this where I bring together a bunch of other people’s responses and ideas.  I absolutely am aware [...]

]]> By: Friday Five 11/20/09 Edition | Conner's Blog http://doniree.com/2009/11/19/risk-taking-and-decision-making/#comment-4348 Friday Five 11/20/09 Edition | Conner's Blog Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:49:06 +0000 http://doniree.com/?p=1876#comment-4348 [...] posts a excellent post on risk taking and then announces that she is taking a big risk. (go wish her [...] [...] posts a excellent post on risk taking and then announces that she is taking a big risk. (go wish her [...]

]]> By: uberVU - social comments http://doniree.com/2009/11/19/risk-taking-and-decision-making/#comment-4347 uberVU - social comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:31:14 +0000 http://doniree.com/?p=1876#comment-4347 <strong>Social comments and analytics for this post...</strong> This post was mentioned on Twitter by doniree: {Blogged: Risk-Taking and Decision-Making} (and a picture of me and @SeanMcBrown!) http://bit.ly/o4wD6 What's been YOUR riskiest decision?... Social comments and analytics for this post…

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]]> By: Risk-Taking and Decision-Making | Problems Resolved http://doniree.com/2009/11/19/risk-taking-and-decision-making/#comment-4346 Risk-Taking and Decision-Making | Problems Resolved Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:05:53 +0000 http://doniree.com/?p=1876#comment-4346 [...] Follow this link: Risk-Taking and Decision-Making [...] [...] Follow this link: Risk-Taking and Decision-Making [...]

]]> By: Alexandra Proaps http://doniree.com/2009/11/19/risk-taking-and-decision-making/#comment-4345 Alexandra Proaps Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:39:01 +0000 http://doniree.com/?p=1876#comment-4345 Whew, biggest risk is for sure a touchy subject for me because I get emotional when I think about it. IT is not just ONE thing, really. In general, the most major risk or decision I made was back in June 2008. I was handed an opportunity to manage the spa where I was working at the exact same time I was accepted to half a dozen grad schools. I had decided theyear before that it was time for me to go back to school to do what I really wanted... apply psychological theories to the REAL world and help people live better lifes (personnel selection, training, ergonomics, and other Industrial/Organizational psychology practices). I opted for grad school ( 6ish years of school and being poor and having no real life in a new place with no friends over living the same routine life but with the added bonus of cashola). I knew I had to get out of Huntsville, AL, but I was so scared of failure, scared of not making new friends, scared that I would not do well in school. Fear fear fear had a GRIP ON ME.I forgot to mention that I had made plans to attend one school when I got a call asking if I would work in my current advisor's lab with him at another school. Old Dominion is in Norfolk, 30 minutes from my grandparents'. I decided to move into an apartment they had added onto their house, so I would not have to pay rent, could be close to them, and so I would still have my own space. I picked Old Dominion.I will not go into it too much, but I had a series of meltdowns my first semester and ended up having to take some serious measures to ensure I could keep my sanity. I almost quit school a few times because it was by far the most intense life style adjustment I had ever been through. I found out who my friends really were and made some of the most AMAZING friends I have ever had in this program. I feel so blessed every damn day to have met three people in particular who have been the brightest shining stars in my life going through this program. I was able to let go of my past enough to let go of toxic relationships and that has allowed me to form strong friendships with new friends (and some old!) I came in wanting to do one thing, but have ended up going in a completely new direction because of the research opportunities my schools hands me. I am now working towards a degree in Human Factors Psychology. I do not have a background in Engineering, so some of it is WAY over my head. I keep ploughing through and work hard. All that hard work paid off in the form on an Internship in my field. No Master's students get Internships, only PhD students, but my advisor had faith in me. It has been the BEST work experience of my life.I also am blessed to have chosen to live near my grandparents. About three months after moving, my grandmother started feeling bad. No one really knew what was wrong with her, but over months of doctor's appointments she was diagnosed with a myeloma in her shoulder. They thought radiation would kill it, but it spread rapidly to her intestine and throat and turned into full blown Multiple Myeloma, which is not curable. She was hospitalized in April from internal bleeding and basically spent April thru June in the hospital being tortured with radiation and chemo, where she finally passed away after deciding to stop all her treatments. It was traumatic for me to be her main caretaker (my mom could not come quit her job to live with us for 6 months and came up a couple times to help, but I was mostly on my own while working and doing school stuff). It was also a BLESSING to be with her almost every day when she needed me the most... some nurses in the hospital towards the end thought I was a nurse in another hospital because it was all so normal for me. She basically raised me with my mom and was my greatest role model. (ok... not going to cry!) But she died peacefully (the day before my mom and little brother were coming up to visit for the last time). If I had not gone to ODU...if I did not live in Virginia Beach, VA,my life would be...so incomplete.Every day I spend AT LEAST a half hour (sometimes hours) questioning if this is what I want to do with my life and if this is REALLY how I want to spend the next 4 years of my youth. I am young and should be dating, going out, travelling, etc. Right? :) I am only in the Master's program and am now applying to PhD programs. So now I am taking another risk... I am not sure if I will get into PhD programs, but I hope so and I hope I get to make a new decision in April/May about WHERE I will go based on which schools accept me (or not).I am not as scared about that decision because I have reached the bottom (a few times) while in this program and I know I can do it... with lots of help from my friends and mom and little brother).Sorry for the novel!I need a damn blog! Whew, biggest risk is for sure a touchy subject for me because I get emotional when I think about it. IT is not just ONE thing, really. In general, the most major risk or decision I made was back in June 2008. I was handed an opportunity to manage the spa where I was working at the exact same time I was accepted to half a dozen grad schools. I had decided theyear before that it was time for me to go back to school to do what I really wanted… apply psychological theories to the REAL world and help people live better lifes (personnel selection, training, ergonomics, and other Industrial/Organizational psychology practices). I opted for grad school ( 6ish years of school and being poor and having no real life in a new place with no friends over living the same routine life but with the added bonus of cashola). I knew I had to get out of Huntsville, AL, but I was so scared of failure, scared of not making new friends, scared that I would not do well in school. Fear fear fear had a GRIP ON ME.I forgot to mention that I had made plans to attend one school when I got a call asking if I would work in my current advisor's lab with him at another school. Old Dominion is in Norfolk, 30 minutes from my grandparents'. I decided to move into an apartment they had added onto their house, so I would not have to pay rent, could be close to them, and so I would still have my own space. I picked Old Dominion.I will not go into it too much, but I had a series of meltdowns my first semester and ended up having to take some serious measures to ensure I could keep my sanity. I almost quit school a few times because it was by far the most intense life style adjustment I had ever been through. I found out who my friends really were and made some of the most AMAZING friends I have ever had in this program. I feel so blessed every damn day to have met three people in particular who have been the brightest shining stars in my life going through this program. I was able to let go of my past enough to let go of toxic relationships and that has allowed me to form strong friendships with new friends (and some old!) I came in wanting to do one thing, but have ended up going in a completely new direction because of the research opportunities my schools hands me. I am now working towards a degree in Human Factors Psychology. I do not have a background in Engineering, so some of it is WAY over my head. I keep ploughing through and work hard. All that hard work paid off in the form on an Internship in my field. No Master's students get Internships, only PhD students, but my advisor had faith in me. It has been the BEST work experience of my life.I also am blessed to have chosen to live near my grandparents. About three months after moving, my grandmother started feeling bad. No one really knew what was wrong with her, but over months of doctor's appointments she was diagnosed with a myeloma in her shoulder. They thought radiation would kill it, but it spread rapidly to her intestine and throat and turned into full blown Multiple Myeloma, which is not curable. She was hospitalized in April from internal bleeding and basically spent April thru June in the hospital being tortured with radiation and chemo, where she finally passed away after deciding to stop all her treatments. It was traumatic for me to be her main caretaker (my mom could not come quit her job to live with us for 6 months and came up a couple times to help, but I was mostly on my own while working and doing school stuff). It was also a BLESSING to be with her almost every day when she needed me the most… some nurses in the hospital towards the end thought I was a nurse in another hospital because it was all so normal for me. She basically raised me with my mom and was my greatest role model. (ok… not going to cry!) But she died peacefully (the day before my mom and little brother were coming up to visit for the last time). If I had not gone to ODU…if I did not live in Virginia Beach, VA,my life would be…so incomplete.Every day I spend AT LEAST a half hour (sometimes hours) questioning if this is what I want to do with my life and if this is REALLY how I want to spend the next 4 years of my youth. I am young and should be dating, going out, travelling, etc. Right? :) I am only in the Master's program and am now applying to PhD programs. So now I am taking another risk… I am not sure if I will get into PhD programs, but I hope so and I hope I get to make a new decision in April/May about WHERE I will go based on which schools accept me (or not).I am not as scared about that decision because I have reached the bottom (a few times) while in this program and I know I can do it… with lots of help from my friends and mom and little brother).Sorry for the novel!I need a damn blog!

]]> By: Alexandra Proaps http://doniree.com/2009/11/19/risk-taking-and-decision-making/#comment-4352 Alexandra Proaps Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:39:01 +0000 http://doniree.com/?p=1876#comment-4352 Whew, biggest risk is for sure a touchy subject for me because I get emotional when I think about it. IT is not just ONE thing, really. In general, the most major risk or decision I made was back in June 2008. I was handed an opportunity to manage the spa where I was working at the exact same time I was accepted to half a dozen grad schools. I had decided theyear before that it was time for me to go back to school to do what I really wanted... apply psychological theories to the REAL world and help people live better lifes (personnel selection, training, ergonomics, and other Industrial/Organizational psychology practices). I opted for grad school ( 6ish years of school and being poor and having no real life in a new place with no friends over living the same routine life but with the added bonus of cashola). I knew I had to get out of Huntsville, AL, but I was so scared of failure, scared of not making new friends, scared that I would not do well in school. Fear fear fear had a GRIP ON ME.I forgot to mention that I had made plans to attend one school when I got a call asking if I would work in my current advisor's lab with him at another school. Old Dominion is in Norfolk, 30 minutes from my grandparents'. I decided to move into an apartment they had added onto their house, so I would not have to pay rent, could be close to them, and so I would still have my own space. I picked Old Dominion.I will not go into it too much, but I had a series of meltdowns my first semester and ended up having to take some serious measures to ensure I could keep my sanity. I almost quit school a few times because it was by far the most intense life style adjustment I had ever been through. I found out who my friends really were and made some of the most AMAZING friends I have ever had in this program. I feel so blessed every damn day to have met three people in particular who have been the brightest shining stars in my life going through this program. I was able to let go of my past enough to let go of toxic relationships and that has allowed me to form strong friendships with new friends (and some old!) I came in wanting to do one thing, but have ended up going in a completely new direction because of the research opportunities my schools hands me. I am now working towards a degree in Human Factors Psychology. I do not have a background in Engineering, so some of it is WAY over my head. I keep ploughing through and work hard. All that hard work paid off in the form on an Internship in my field. No Master's students get Internships, only PhD students, but my advisor had faith in me. It has been the BEST work experience of my life.I also am blessed to have chosen to live near my grandparents. About three months after moving, my grandmother started feeling bad. No one really knew what was wrong with her, but over months of doctor's appointments she was diagnosed with a myeloma in her shoulder. They thought radiation would kill it, but it spread rapidly to her intestine and throat and turned into full blown Multiple Myeloma, which is not curable. She was hospitalized in April from internal bleeding and basically spent April thru June in the hospital being tortured with radiation and chemo, where she finally passed away after deciding to stop all her treatments. It was traumatic for me to be her main caretaker (my mom could not come quit her job to live with us for 6 months and came up a couple times to help, but I was mostly on my own while working and doing school stuff). It was also a BLESSING to be with her almost every day when she needed me the most... some nurses in the hospital towards the end thought I was a nurse in another hospital because it was all so normal for me. She basically raised me with my mom and was my greatest role model. (ok... not going to cry!) But she died peacefully (the day before my mom and little brother were coming up to visit for the last time). If I had not gone to ODU...if I did not live in Virginia Beach, VA,my life would be...so incomplete.Every day I spend AT LEAST a half hour (sometimes hours) questioning if this is what I want to do with my life and if this is REALLY how I want to spend the next 4 years of my youth. I am young and should be dating, going out, travelling, etc. Right? :) I am only in the Master's program and am now applying to PhD programs. So now I am taking another risk... I am not sure if I will get into PhD programs, but I hope so and I hope I get to make a new decision in April/May about WHERE I will go based on which schools accept me (or not).I am not as scared about that decision because I have reached the bottom (a few times) while in this program and I know I can do it... with lots of help from my friends and mom and little brother).Sorry for the novel!I need a damn blog! Whew, biggest risk is for sure a touchy subject for me because I get emotional when I think about it. IT is not just ONE thing, really. In general, the most major risk or decision I made was back in June 2008. I was handed an opportunity to manage the spa where I was working at the exact same time I was accepted to half a dozen grad schools. I had decided theyear before that it was time for me to go back to school to do what I really wanted… apply psychological theories to the REAL world and help people live better lifes (personnel selection, training, ergonomics, and other Industrial/Organizational psychology practices). I opted for grad school ( 6ish years of school and being poor and having no real life in a new place with no friends over living the same routine life but with the added bonus of cashola). I knew I had to get out of Huntsville, AL, but I was so scared of failure, scared of not making new friends, scared that I would not do well in school. Fear fear fear had a GRIP ON ME.I forgot to mention that I had made plans to attend one school when I got a call asking if I would work in my current advisor's lab with him at another school. Old Dominion is in Norfolk, 30 minutes from my grandparents'. I decided to move into an apartment they had added onto their house, so I would not have to pay rent, could be close to them, and so I would still have my own space. I picked Old Dominion.I will not go into it too much, but I had a series of meltdowns my first semester and ended up having to take some serious measures to ensure I could keep my sanity. I almost quit school a few times because it was by far the most intense life style adjustment I had ever been through. I found out who my friends really were and made some of the most AMAZING friends I have ever had in this program. I feel so blessed every damn day to have met three people in particular who have been the brightest shining stars in my life going through this program. I was able to let go of my past enough to let go of toxic relationships and that has allowed me to form strong friendships with new friends (and some old!) I came in wanting to do one thing, but have ended up going in a completely new direction because of the research opportunities my schools hands me. I am now working towards a degree in Human Factors Psychology. I do not have a background in Engineering, so some of it is WAY over my head. I keep ploughing through and work hard. All that hard work paid off in the form on an Internship in my field. No Master's students get Internships, only PhD students, but my advisor had faith in me. It has been the BEST work experience of my life.I also am blessed to have chosen to live near my grandparents. About three months after moving, my grandmother started feeling bad. No one really knew what was wrong with her, but over months of doctor's appointments she was diagnosed with a myeloma in her shoulder. They thought radiation would kill it, but it spread rapidly to her intestine and throat and turned into full blown Multiple Myeloma, which is not curable. She was hospitalized in April from internal bleeding and basically spent April thru June in the hospital being tortured with radiation and chemo, where she finally passed away after deciding to stop all her treatments. It was traumatic for me to be her main caretaker (my mom could not come quit her job to live with us for 6 months and came up a couple times to help, but I was mostly on my own while working and doing school stuff). It was also a BLESSING to be with her almost every day when she needed me the most… some nurses in the hospital towards the end thought I was a nurse in another hospital because it was all so normal for me. She basically raised me with my mom and was my greatest role model. (ok… not going to cry!) But she died peacefully (the day before my mom and little brother were coming up to visit for the last time). If I had not gone to ODU…if I did not live in Virginia Beach, VA,my life would be…so incomplete.Every day I spend AT LEAST a half hour (sometimes hours) questioning if this is what I want to do with my life and if this is REALLY how I want to spend the next 4 years of my youth. I am young and should be dating, going out, travelling, etc. Right? :) I am only in the Master's program and am now applying to PhD programs. So now I am taking another risk… I am not sure if I will get into PhD programs, but I hope so and I hope I get to make a new decision in April/May about WHERE I will go based on which schools accept me (or not).I am not as scared about that decision because I have reached the bottom (a few times) while in this program and I know I can do it… with lots of help from my friends and mom and little brother).Sorry for the novel!I need a damn blog!

]]> By: www.justatitch.com» Blog Archive » I’m all over the place! http://doniree.com/2009/11/19/risk-taking-and-decision-making/#comment-4342 www.justatitch.com» Blog Archive » I’m all over the place! Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:10:28 +0000 http://doniree.com/?p=1876#comment-4342 [...] Doniree’s blog today talking about risk-taking and decision making…check me out here!  I’m pretty thrilled to be featured among some amazing writers AND to be seen on [...] [...] Doniree’s blog today talking about risk-taking and decision making…check me out here!  I’m pretty thrilled to be featured among some amazing writers AND to be seen on [...]

]]> By: sloped http://doniree.com/2009/11/19/risk-taking-and-decision-making/#comment-4344 sloped Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:11:03 +0000 http://doniree.com/?p=1876#comment-4344 I think the biggest risk I took was going to college at a school where I knew no one. Coming from a tiny town where I knew everyone, and rarely met anyone new in the course of a month, let alone a year, it was a major life change. I grew a lot as a person because of it though, and have a great group of friends who I know will always be there if I need them. Hmmm, maybe it's time I took a bigger risk. I think the biggest risk I took was going to college at a school where I knew no one. Coming from a tiny town where I knew everyone, and rarely met anyone new in the course of a month, let alone a year, it was a major life change. I grew a lot as a person because of it though, and have a great group of friends who I know will always be there if I need them. Hmmm, maybe it's time I took a bigger risk.

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