Living Life Worthy of the Calling

I was surprised to see that my two glyphs had not changed much since the beginning of OT school! I liked how I have the same features but they are drawn so differently. A couple things stood out to me where the glasses and the nose. One thing that I noticed different about the two was that the second one has glasses as the first one did not. The glasses indicate that you have had more experience in leadership roles than most other people your age at this point in life. I was not surprised to see this addition as I have had numerous leadership positions since the beginning of OT school. Another thing that I noticed was the nose. In my first image the nose is triangle indicating that seeing yourself as a leader is necessary to being a leader. In the new image I have a round nose indicating that I believe a person can be a leader without seeing themselves as a leader. I have had a lot of experiences throughout OT school that have shown this to be true. During group assignment

Locus of control refers to how an individual perceives what happens to them. An individual can have an internal or external locus of control. If you have an internal locus of control you take responsibility for the things that happen and focus on the things you can control rather than the things you can’t. An individual who has an external locus of control often blames uncontrollable events on others or things around them. They don’t necessarily take responsibility like individuals who have an internal locus of control. Understanding individual’s locus of control allows us to communicate and understand them more effectively.  As a future occupational therapist, it’s important to recognize our client and colleague’s locus of control in order to understand how they respond to our interactions with them. Erik Meira (2016), a physical therapist, wrote in a blog post that locus of control can even explain why some patients self-discharge after a couple visits and why some never leave. Sh