What is effective effort?

Time Take enough time Too little time = bad job Too much time = wasted effort

Focus Work efficiently (don’t waste time with too much detail or on aspects that don’t matter much) Work without distractions (quiet, no TV, no multitasking, no cell phone)

Resourcefulness Know when to get help Know who to ask for help (or where to go to find help on your own)

Strategies Use smart tactics Know what to do when a strategy isn’t working Keep in mind tips you have learned

Use of Feedback Get feedback (from friend, teacher, etc.) Apply or use the feedback in order to improve your performance

Commitment Don’t give up Find ways to get around problems Try your hardest

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who point out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust & sweat & blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again & again; because there is not effort with out error & shortcomings but he who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows great enthusiasm, great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement & who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold & timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat. – Theodor Roosevelt