...The attribute of ambition should get seen as good or bad? Leaders should be able to show their self-motivating aspect to accomplish their goals. Nevertheless, ambition identifies as a positive character trait, rather than a negative expressed idiosyncrasy because it creates driven goal achievers and makes plenty of room for people creating revolutionary ideas have a realistic outcome due to their attributed determination. Positive ambition creates successful goal achievers because it builds a want within you that makes you reach your desired goal. In the case of Martin Luther King Jr, he felt urged to speak out on the topic of equality among the races. The bestowed ideology related to the black community, because of his voice he then gained...
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...Definition of ambition | 3 | 1.3 Constructive Ambition | 4 | 1.3.1 Definition of Constructive Ambition | 4 | 1.3.2 Example of Constructive Ambition | 4-5 | 1.4 Destructive Ambition | 5 | 1.4.1 Definition of Destructive Ambition: | 5 | 1.5 Personal experience with ambition | 6 | 6.0 bibliography | 7 | “Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.” 1.1 Introduction: Many people have different ambitions in life so the word ambition would have different definitions, depending on whom you ask. To me ambition is an urge desire to achieve your goals or succeed. Ambition leads you to dedication, motivation and determination. Ambition is a feeling that is driven from within. In other words it is the sum of two factors; force and goal. In this essay, I will define "ambition", the different effects of ambition, and at last, I will talk about my personal experience with ambition. 1.2 Definition of Ambition Ambition is the motive force needed to propel all of us to work towards our set cherished goals. It is the force that drives us to accomplish goals that are within or beyond one’s natural abilities. Nevertheless ambition has the power to corrupt and completely alter one’s sense of reality and morality. Different people have different ambitions in life. The nature of ambition varies from persons to person. It depends upon one's family background, upbringing, social status and economic condition. 1.3 Constructive Ambition 1.3.1 Definition...
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...Ambition is the motivating force towards many people’s success; too much ambition can result in chaos. Ambition drove Macbeth to be a great warrior. However, once a malicious thought was planted in his mind, his potential to do great things turned into evil deeds. Macbeth’s ambition caused his downfall. Macbeth was on the road to greatness, he had everything a man could want. Macbeth’s successes in battle lead to admiration by many important and powerful people, such as the king. King Duncan boasts about Macbeth stating, “ O valiant cousin! Worthy gentleman! “(I.ii.24). Ironically Macbeth later on kills his king. Macbeth had titles and power, the King was by his side promoting him to be triumphant. “I have begun to plant thee, and will labour to make thee full of growing.” (I.iv.29) This is King Duncan’s promise to Macbeth to help him to succeed. Macbeth has the full support of the King to follow his bright and ambitious future. To this point in the play, Macbeth’s ambition is positive and he shows a lot of potential to do great things in the future. Later in the play, Macbeth had a turning point from positive ambition to destructive, negative ambition. The witches planted the ambitious seed in Macbeth’s mind that someday he would become king and Lady Macbeth fuelled this aspiration with encouragement; however, the thoughts of murder came from Macbeth himself. It took very little for the notion of murder to be considered. “For mine own good All causes shall give way. I am in...
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...their characterization of McTeague the narrator does not seem to exhibit a negative attitude towards him, in fact it is quite the opposite. McTeague is a giant with childlike qualities. The narrator seems to envy McTeague in a sense. He says that “McTeague was a young giant” not only alluding to his size but also his character. Hinting at a childishness of the doctor. The author’s diction, his reason for using the word ‘young’ implies an innocence and purity about the character McTeague. ‘Young’ has a connotation equivalent to the ideals of innocence especially when paired with such words that have a massive presence. The pairing of the two words ‘giant’ and ‘young’ serves the purpose of transferring the positive connotation of the...
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...May 3, 2017 Hannah Barovier The Power of Ambition “Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, like diamonds we are cut with our own dust.” This statement made by John Webster describes the downfall of Macbeth, which was brought on by unchecked ambition, his hamartia. In William Shakespeare’s great tragedy Macbeth, a man upsets the natural order by committing regicide, simultaneously putting him at war with himself. Macbeth is driven by his lust for power and loss of morals. His unchecked ambition leads to his own self-destruction, and the natural order is restored. Over the course of the play, Shakespeare imparts that ambition will never fulfil a lust for power, and while it can be positive, it has the ability to fundamentally alter one’s...
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...powerfully focuses on the negative consequences of ambition in the text 'Macbeth' and in the film 'Gladiator' directed by Ridley Scott and how it can lead to one's downfall. Macbeth is shown as the "noble" hero by the King after slaying the Thane of Cawdor and claiming victory in the war for Scotland, while Ridley Scott's 'Gladiator' portrays Maximus as the "noble" hero but still not comparing to Macbeth like Commodus does in the film. Shakespeare effectively focuses on the cynical repercussions of ambition in 'Macbeth' and how it can lead to one's failure. Macbeth is shown as a wellborn protagonist after being regarded as "Noble Macbeth" by the King of Scotland, King Duncan after slaying the Thane of Cawdor and winning the war for his country. This starts to show the effects of Shakespeare's Aristotelian Tragedy where the tragic hero is established. Macbeth's ambition begins after he and Banquo are told their fates by prophesising witches. "All hail, Macbeth, that shall be king hereafter". This quote is indicated by one of the witches that starts to show the beginning of the end for Macbeth. The behaviour and attitudes of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth leading up to the murder of King Duncan are completely contrasted. Macbeth expresses great reluctance to act, convincing himself that the murder is unjustified, and will bring him great troubles, grief and negative consequences. "I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition". Macbeth says this to Lady...
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...Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational Research and Policy Studies (JETERAPS) 4(1): 64-73 Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational2013 (ISSN: 2141-6990) © Scholarlink Research Institute Journals, Research and Policy Studies (JETERAPS) 4(1):64-73 (ISSN:2141-6990) jeteraps.scholarlinkresearch.org The Role of Student-Related Factors in the Performance of Biology Subject in Secondary Schools in Eldoret Municipality, Kenya Wabuke Joy Mukhwana Chepkoilel University College, Department of Science Education, P. O. Box 1125-30100, Eldoret, Kenya. ___________________________________________________________________________ Abstract This paper focuses on the student-related factors that influence performance of students in Biology in Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education in Eldoret municipality. The study was conducted through an ex-post facto design. A total of ten secondary schools were sampled. Target respondents were Form Three students and teachers of Biology (those teaching Form Three) within the municipality. The study sample (which was made up of 225 respondents; 200 students and 25 teachers) was obtained using stratified sampling. Simple random sampling was then used to choose the streams and particular students who participated in the study. Purposive sampling was used to obtain only the students who study Biology. The data was collected using questionnaires, observations and interviews and analysed using statistical package for social science (SPSS) computer programme...
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...doubtlessly the most imperative attribute you will need to embrace. Rotten days or moods are acceptable to have and absolutely normal, however it is at all times essential to look for the brighter side of a situation or occurrence that isn't in your favor because you can always gain something from every experience, if you choose to. This means you will have continuous personal success if your outlook is positive. Nonetheless, your own choices will be one of the biggest determining factors of where you end up in life. Mistakes, hardships, and roadblocks will always happen throughout life which you will be required to overcome and cope with. How you deal with these adversities can drive you forward to become even more successful than you would be without such occurrences in the end. However, they could very easily be your downfall, but only if you choose to dwell or let them affect you negatively. All of these hard times and blunders will make you grow as a person and give you a valuable lesson, if you decide to learn from them and make the conscious effort to see them in a positive light. Having a silver-lining perspective is tremendously beneficial and important when it comes to obtaining personal...
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...self-blockade of Europe that would last to some extent or another, for the next 8 years until his abdication on April 11th 1814. Bonaparte is purported to have believed that his policy of Blocus Continental would lead to inflation and large-scale debt within Britain, and while his desired impact of the Continental System unto the UK was not quite so dramatic, the affects that Napoleon intended as a result of the Berlin Decrees were extremely significant in terms of their impact upon Europe. However, there were also numerous consequential impacts of the Continental System which need to be examined if an objective assessment of its impacts upon Europe is to be made; aided by the classification of impacts into short and long term and positive or negative. The Continental System was intended as a way in which Bonaparte could force Britain into a peace, but its primary effect was that of alienation. After the Milan Decrees (17th December, 1807) endorsed and actively legislated for the capture of neutral ships sailing in international waters if they had traded at a British Port, carried British goods; or merely had allowed the Royal Navy to search their ship. This effectively changed the way in which trade worked across the Globe, in turn inflicting very significant impacts upon Europe. Before the Continental System became enforced, colonial trade had been highly centralised around the European Powers; especially Britain, France, Spain and the United Provinces before its creation...
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...returns home not the same person as he was before he was deployed according to his wife which is currently seeking a divorce from him. He also admits to isolating himself with no ambition to do anything and became abusive towards his wife. Trying to find ways to enjoy his life and how to get things back to normal living. Then we have a second main character Stephen Lee he also has PTSD also related to the return from the war, he was in Desert Storm. His symptoms are similar but he also deals with shame and guilt for his behavior as a serviceman and also as a husband and father to his young children, upon his return home from the war. Both Capt. and Lee participated in the study for a total of three weeks. At the end of that time the meditation was very effective on their emotional state and how they where perceiving situations in life with a more positive outlook and not as negative as in the beginning. It is also relieved some of continuously taking of medication to cope. Dr Richard Davidson said, “Our emotional intelligence is more important to our life’s successes than that of our cognitive intelligence.” Agreeing with this statement, Our brains every ehanging and learning that our emotions are our daily lives and if you don’t learn to have coping skills to change from negative to positive when necessary it could destroy your means of leading your best...
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...as non-tax revenue. The overall budget deficit was estimated at 550.3 billion taka or 4.6 per cent of the GDP while Muhith proposed that the deficit financing would be met through foreign loans and domestic borrowings. The proposed budget allocated 23.17 per cent of the overall resources to social infrastructure sector, mainly to human resources, 30.18 per cent to physical infrastructure sector and 22.45 per cent to general services. Budget(2013-2014) criticized by specialists in different perspectives Ambitious but Achievable Finance Minister AMA Muhith said, “The budget for the upcoming fiscal year is ambitious but feasible. The minister admitted that the Tk 2, 22,491 crore budget is lavish. “But this ambition is not for the sake of ambition. This ambition is one that is achievable.” Budget in the eyes of leading economist Mirza Azizul Islam Prominent economist Mirza Azizul Islam has described “If the political uncertainty is not resolved, most of the goals prescribed in the budget proposals are not likely to be achieved. He described...
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...What Drives Us? What is drive and why is it important? It is the ambition and will of an individual to commit an act. We are driven by what motivates us and success is measured in many ways. Goals can be a part of this process, but are not always necessary. The most common motivator is reward, such as money; however it is not the only one. People are also driven by emotion and power. Without motivation, our society would not be as prosperous as it is today. Money, power, and emotion are the most prevalent things that compel us to wake up and do what we do each and every day. Our ability to earn money plays a large part in how we fit into society. Those that lack education and the ambition to learn generally find themselves the poorest while those that seek knowledge and want to better their lives usually hold wealth and power. Sometimes blind luck or chance can affect how we live. Winning the lottery or inventing something useful can change your life in many ways. They say you can’t buy happiness, but I would sure like to give it a try. The bottom line is having too much money is preferable to not having enough. Acting according to the law is a choice we all have to make. People who commit horrific crimes are driven, but not necessarily by the same things as the rest of the population. Feelings of power and the adrenaline rush from committing a crime can be addictive. Criminals usually commit more severe crimes after they learn how to get away with smaller ones...
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...convince Macbeth to murder Duncan by questioning his manhood, and Macbeth did the same to his group of hired murders to kill his best friend. Modern examples of manipulation include gangs, children, and siblings. The final concept is the importance of interpersonal relationships. This is the core of the play. It is the relation Macbeth had with the witches and his wife alongside himself that led him to a life of crime. Bad outside influence leads people to act unpleasantly. Even in modern cultures interpersonal relationships can be seen. School life, neighborhood, and family relationships all influence how an individual behaves. If the influence is positive, then the person sustains his relationships and grows, but if it is negative, the person falls to an unfortunately bad lifestyle. William Shakespeare establishes that keeping strong positive interpersonal relationships is the key to a good life, but if one lets one bad relation manipulate them, their actions will lead to their...
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...can be negative, positive, or even both, depending on how you approach it. As a child, your socioeconomic status is defined by the role your parents or family play in society. Therefore, it is largely out of their control at this point in their life. Which is why children classifying each other by socioeconomic status is a negative and unfair thing to do. For example, a child may not have much money, so they cannot wear the latest fashions. This can lead to the child being made...
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...trait help an emerging leader understand their role in leadership, and assists them in developing these traits. In order that we may understand the significance of these traits, we must seek comparisons the six traits and "Big Five". We can first compare Neuroticism, from the "Big Five", with Emotional control and maturity. "Neuroticism represents the tendency to exhibit poor emotional adjustment and experience negative effects, such as anxiety, insecurity, and hostility" (Judge, Ilies, Bono, Gerhardt, pg. 81). Conversely, with emotional control and maturity, leaders "generally do not become angry or enraged… leaders remain composed upon hearing that an employee made a costly mistake" (Kirkpatrick, Locke, pg. 76). Nonetheless, what is learned is that the best leaders can remain calm under-pressure, and help those around them stay calm as well. We can also compare self-confidence with Neuroticism. If there is a lack of self-confidence, one will positively reflect the trait of Neuroticism. Nonetheless, self-confidence along with emotional control can have a positive effect on the emerging leader; "Self-Confidence plays an important role in decision making and in gaining others trust". Moreover, "… others perception of it" (Kirkpatrick, Locke, pg. 76), as well plays an important role in the development of leadership traits. Without self-confidence, the emerging leader will lack the necessary traits to move an organization into...
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