Episode #04 - Critical Reflection on Learning in the Course Review

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Episode #04 - Critical Reflection on Learning in the Course

At the start of this course, I have two objectives to accomplish. Firstly, the ability to strike a conversation with a complete stranger with ease. Secondly, the ability to be decisive in making any new decisions.

I can say for certainty that I have achieved my first objective. I had said before in my first blog post that I am aware of the other party’s body language, tone and the words he/she uses. With this knowledge, I can see whether the person is a thinker, feeling or auditory person. Hence, I mirror his posture, tone and words to get engagement and a sense of familiarity. With the knowledge of DISC personality, I became aware what words and sayings I should use to engage the person. With the lessons learned from this course, striking a conversation with a complete stranger has never been easier before and I was able to engage him/her in a personal level.

For my second objective, I still need to work on it. I am still trying to overcome my fear of trying new things and being decisive. For example, I was tasked to complete a game mechanic of a character and I was worried that I could not finish it on time. Usually, I would be busy worrying about it then doing actually work. Now, I just start working on it despite my worries and by the end of it, I had finished it on time. It gave me a gratifying feeling and increase in confidence about myself. By being more decisive, I was able to bring a memorable pitch presentation by wearing a sarong to class and presenting the idea of work culture sensitivity. At first, the idea sounded ridiculous but I knew it would sell the point of our presentation. Hence, I was able to sell the idea to my fellow classmates.

In conclusion, I am able to engage with people more comfortably now and I would need time to work on myself to be more decisive in following my decisions. It was a fun and enlightening course.

Episode #03 - Resolving Interpersonal Conflict Review

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Episode #03 - Resolving Interpersonal Conflict

There was a story about two people, Jag and Zac, doing a school game project. The duo sets out to make a fighting game with boss fights. After going through the Alpha phrase of the project and getting feedback from the lectures, this was how the conversation between Jag and Zac goes.

Do note that Jag is a D personality while Zac is a C personality.

They were discussing the feedback they received and now they were adapting their plans for Beta according so. Currently, they have three stages and five characters. For the Beta phrase, they had intended to create one more stage and two more characters.  

Jag: “Ok. Looking at the feedback, we are doing quite well. However, the common feedback we get is that we lacking character interactions. And we got two weeks till Beta.”  

Zac: “I think we can make three characters instead of two. We make the last stage boss as a character and forgo the last stage. Remember, we still have major bugs to fix.”

Jag: “No. We need that last stage. This will look good on our portfolio and shows the game can be done in many scenarios. Three stages are not enough to show character interactions.”

(Jag is being very competitive at this point and his only desire what’s best for the project.)

Zac: “But the major bugs are need time to fix them. And we don’t have time to create one more stage!”

Jag: “Look. You are not looking at the big picture. The bugs can be fixed later. We need to make one more stage and go as what we have planned.  Plus, this would make us look good.”

Zac: “We should fix the bugs first before adding new content. Or else, it would lead to more unknown bugs. Don’t you understand that?”

Jag and Zac are now angry at each other for not understanding each other’s point. As the issue drags on, this leads them both to have a rocky relationship for several days. Zac was frustrated with Jag for being persistent about making the last stage. Plus, he still refuses to listen to Zac about the major bugs that needed fixing.

Question: What can they do to solve this conflict before Beta arrives in a week's’ time?


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Episode #02 - Evaluating Listening Skills & Nonverbal Behavior Review

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Episode #02 - Evaluating Listening Skills & Nonverbal Behavior

During my Poly days, it will take me nearly one hour to reach Nanyang Poly since I lived at Lakeside. I would usually turn on my PSP and play a game. However, the battery was flat. So I sat there and observe the passengers.

There was a couple standing near me. The girl was facing the door and the guy was behind her. Although they were standing still, their body were stiff and the girl was hugging herself. She had a tense face and her eyebrows were frowning. While the guy was hunched over and he has a concern face. He keeps averting his eyes to her and biting his jaw. He looked as if he wanted to say something to her. Whenever he moved closer to her, she would hug herself tighter and keep turn away from him. I can see there are some tension between them. Although there was no verbal communication, but their body language tells it all. The guy was concern about something and wanted to talk to her but she was not in the mood to talk nor listen to him.

I looked around and noticed a baby across me. He was sitting on the lap of a Chinese old lady. The baby was roughly three or four months old. He was sitting quietly and gave out a small squeal. The squeal was subtle and soft. I looked around to see if anyone else noticed the small squealing. There was three secondary school girls standing near the baby. The baby squealed again. Two of them turned and smiled at the baby while still responding to the conversation at hand. Looking across my left, a middle-aged Indian man was sitting at the reserved sit reading the newspaper. He had a deep frown and was occasionally grunting about something. The baby squealed again. I thought it was too soft for him to have heard it. However, he turned his eyes to the baby without putting down the newspaper. To my surprise, he winked at him and continue his reading with a small smile. 

I shook my head and continue my observation of the other passengers with a smile.

 

Episode #01 - Communication, its Strengths and Struggles Reviews

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