Picturing Success
Picture Success exercise Nelson Abreu, USC-IDBT, P&P, Cohort V
Imagining the successful end of the project can motivate us to succeed. To related to the feeling, I can even back at how it felt to accomplish a successful presentation of well-researched novel concept, I can project forward that same feeling of satisfaction and pride (and happy exhaustion). In the best case scenario, the feedback from peers and experts might point to an exciting post-class incarnation or offshoot of the project. Ideally, the team and the entire presentation audience will benefit from our success: at the very least, by acquiring some morsels of new information, new benchmarks and inspiration. Locally, our success might energize the USC innovation community. Globally, it is possible that our project can impact the related industries.
I do not expect that we will reach a fully fleshed out product in just a few weeks, but we can determine whether or not it might be worth pursuing such a product thereafter. There will be intellectual reward, but there is an outside chance of financial reward. Either way, this process will further my career by learning more about safety, applied mindfulness, product design, and entrepreneurship. I am particularly motivated to success because I am passionate and curious about the theme and want to make the most out of this program. I believe that it is important to study consciousness, mindfulness, or the depths of the human mind which affects our well-being, personal growth, relationships, sense of meaning, happiness, how we feel and understand ourselves and the world. It can also act as source of many of our ideas and insights. Technology and techniques might help us tap into our own well of potential and well-being. I’m fascinated at the potential means and applications, including in areas like industrial safety, which is part of my professional experience working in high-voltage and construction environments.
The connection between mindfulness and safety is not obvious on its face, therefore exploring the viability of an innovation in this space - one that can save life or limb - seems compelling to me. I will invest around 15 hours weekly to make sure we succeed, even though I am already working nearly 60 hours on other projects. We will all learn from this process and obtain insights, skills, knowledge and experiences that we can apply for future projects. We may also discover that we want to continue working on this project even after the course is complete. #TeamOnSpyre