Thing 1: Lifelong Learning

After watching the 7 1/2 Habits of Highly Successful Lifelong Learners, I thought about which points were easiest for me and which one's were the more difficult and why.
Let's start with the easier points:
1.  Begin with the end in mind.  This point is very easy for me.  I was taught at a very early age to visualize my goal before even beginning the task.  This has translated into my teaching profession since we are to look at what we want our students to accomplish before we look at each individual task. 
2.  Accept responsibility for your own learning.  This point is also easy.  I consider myself very vocal and productive in every activity that I am involved in.  I also consider myself as a very active participant in my own learning.  I am very proud at what I succeed at and I let it be known.
5.  Create yourown learning toolbox.  I am always looking for new items to go into my toolbox.  I am a collector of everything.  I am always looking for new and inventive ways to help my students achieve their goals and gain knowledge.
7.  Teach and mentor others.  I am very active in sharing what knowledge I gain and I love to hear from others about what they know.
7.5.  Play!  Really, does any one have trouble with this point.

The habits that are hard for me are the following.
3.  View problems as challenges.  I sometimes get down on myself when a new situation arises.  It takes me a while before I see the problem as a challenge that I can overcome.  I do eventually come to that point but I need to digest the new information first.
4.  Have confidence in yourself as a competent, effective learner.  I think this goes hand in hand with the third point.  Again, once I get started I become more confident with myself.  But at the begining of a new challenge I sometimes lack the confidence until I see some results.
6.  Use technology to your advanage.  Sometimes I consider technology as difficult.  I am not really afraid to try new technology things, but sometimes sitting in class with younger students, I worry about "oh my they already know what Dr. Wilson is talking about and I have not a clue."

Here is my Learning Contract from google docs.