Human beings take simple things and make them complex when all they really need to do is keep things simple, said the speaker for the K-State Healthy Decisions Club kick-off event.

Dan Moore, president of Southwestern, a company aimed at encouraging and helping college students succeed by staying focused and setting goals, spoke to students Wednesday afternoon in the K-State Student Union Courtyard.

K-State organizations including Career and Employment Services, Academic and Career Information Center and Lafene Health Center gathered in one arena to show their support for helping students achieve the highest success in college in conjunction with the new student initiative to Healthy Decisions.

"Students are more focused if they have goals," Moore said.

If students want to achieve success, he said they need to utilize their "168 hours a week in pursuit of what they want to be."

By attending class and finding a quiet place to study from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., they will get the best grades imaginable, Moore said. Though grades do not constitute the success of a student, he stressed that "GPA is the snapshot of how they applied themselves."

Moore also encouraged regular sleeping habits because he warned that many students develop sleeping disorders - like sleep apnea - from bad sleeping habits. More importantly, Moore emphasized the significance of seeking help in college.

Whether physically, academically or mentally, students should become more aware of the various resources and services available to them on campus, he said.

Jamie Bauerle, member of Healthy Decisions, said the group strives to make students - especially second-semester freshmen and sophomores - better aware of the various services available to them so K-State can retain student involvement and have a higher graduation rate.

Healthy Decisions is more an initiative rather than a student organization that works with existing K-State organizations to help students, Bauerle, senior in human ecology said.

What inspired Bauerle and other members to start Healthy Decisions was the desire to make students more aware of the organizations on campus, encourage them to be more involved on campus and take advantage of the resources available to them like tutoring programs and Career and Employment Services.

"There is a stereotype that Healthy Decisions only includes physical fitness help, but Healthy Decisions focuses on every aspect of students' well being in order to be successful throughout their college careers," said Healthy Decisions member Sarah Tedford.