...Diversity Awareness Group Assignment Adversity existed among various cultures at the Cirque du Soleil. A major factor contributing to adversity was communication that included language barriers and acculturation. Language barriers arose due to the mixture of people from thirty different countries. This increased the potential for working, training, and interacting with individuals where English was not the first language. As a result, this caused misinterpretation, frustration, and confusion. Another reason adversity existed at Cirque du Soleil was difficulty with acculturation. This can cause stress by the “process of cultural and psychological change that results following meeting between cultures” (Wikipedia 1). Acculturation can cause people to feel misunderstood and alienated from decisions in the workplace. When language barriers and acculturation are not addressed in any work environment it will eventually lead to an overall breakdown of communication and create animosity among employees. The issues that led to adversity at Cirque du Soleil affected the bottom line. Net loss was caused by a high turnover rate, too many projects at one time, dealing with internal issues, and a lack of a strategic plan. Firstly, the high turnover rate could have let to more time spent on hiring and interviewing. Adversity in a work setting could also be where more people of minorities leave their employment. Secondly, the developmental ideas were an excellent way to improve...
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...There is need to continue to build our knowledge base and gain from every experience possible, both positive and negative, so that we shall not allow tragedy to be in vain by learning at every possible turn. The Army must also continue to educate not just the leaders, but also the generations of Soldiers yet to come who will replace us as NCO’s. When their time comes, and they stand on the precipice of adversity, they will be prepared for the fray. Lastly, we need to sustain the positive environment that we have built in support of creating the most resilient force. Through education and sustainment, the USA will be successful when the people of our country need us the...
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...A Long Way Gone In the book, “A Long Way Gone,” the main character Ishmael goes through some tough situations and how they deal with it. Ways that Ishmael went with Adversity is how he looks at someone else as a different person, how he comes to having himself with a shelter in different situations.Ishmael overcomes things without them letting it pull him down. One way that Ishmael deals with adversity is how he comes together to make himself a shelter. He has nothing else he can do when he’s walking around, traveling by himself. He said, “That was when i finally came to accept that i was lost and it was going to take a while to get out of where I was.” While other people may be struggling he finds his ways in these woods that he can make himself a better shelter, knowing that he is going to be staying there for awhile. “I decided to make my new home a little bit more comfortable by adding leaves to the weaved branches to make them less hard to sleep on.” Ishmael said. He finds different ways to make his position better...
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...Abstract Resilience is the process of adjusting enough in the process of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats or major sources of stress. Resilience is a two-dimensional construct regarding adversity exposure and the positive adaptation to that adversity. Some researchers concluded that psychological development of humans is greatly buffered and that long lasting consequences of adversity are frequently associated into either organic damage or major interference in the normative protective processes ingrained in the caregiving system. Resilient individuals show social competence even in the presence of risk factors related to negative adaptation. Building and maintaining health relationships...
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...The Golden Age both depict the stories of different characters who experience the ramifications of the countless adversities surrounding relationships with themselves and the people around them. Throughout the two texts, Hosseini and London both expertly explore the intricate notion of love in the face of adversity, as well as the effect of loss on an individual as a result of a death of someone close. In addition, the destruction of relationships regarding families, friends and partners, which highlights the sacrifices lost throughout the journey of life, are examined. Inimical impacts can provide a prodigious influence on an individual's most...
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...cried at every obstacle that had been thrown at me. I remember climbing up the monkey bars with her and being too afraid to come down. She was afraid too, even though she stubbornly denied it. Being the risk taker she was, she had pushed away her fears and jumped, she scraped her knee pretty bad but it was all worth it to her. But me? I stayed up on the monkey unwilling to come down until my parent came and carried me down. And that was one example of us being different. “People may react to adverse circumstances in different ways.” For example – Liesel form The Book Thief by Mark Zusak may react to adversity differently than Elie Wiesel would and so can Christopher from The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon. Everyone is different with their own schema and that’s what makes them unique. Throughout the book Christopher’s most challenging adversity was dealing with emotions. Christopher solves problem with logic and perseverance, emotions are not needed. After discovering...
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...ANALYSIS: With those statements up there, I can say it matches me as around 95%. I’m going to summarize what I am like or not as a person with ENFP rate. I am a little bit crazy and cocky sometimes but I always know how to cope up and mingle with people in different ages. I like crazy new ideas and things but I love vintage or old fashioned things because they are interesting, amazing and stunning which made me different from others. Yes, I can easily persuade people especially those I just met and made them feel it was right but most of time it is right. I am warm towards others but I’m not that kind because I want people to know me as tough one so I pretend most of the time to be one but I can easily sympathize. Base on the result, I’m good keeping relationship but they should cooperate and go with my decision of being practical and yes, I’m like this and I just realized it by reading this. I am really friendly and I want them to be happy around me by telling stories but unlike in the result there, I don’t easily forget my old friends. I love being around them because I have a problem being alone because I feel depress and cry just an hour I’m alone and I think that is not normal lol. In terms of business, I agree with the result in all of it that I’m good at brainstorming and productive but it had to be an interesting topic because I can be easily distracted if it is not and I’m usually late. I do made decision but mostly they are objective if they needed to be and even I...
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...strained body to recover its size and shape after deformation caused especially by compressive stress, an ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change. Resilience can be defined in many different ways some of which include; * Overcoming adversity; Being at risk, yet successful; A process, not a static variable (Rutter) * A pattern of positive adaptation in the context of past or present adversity (Wright & Masten, 2005). * A set of inner resources, social competencies, and cultural strategies that permit individuals to not only survive, but recover, or even thrive after stressful events, but also to draw from the experience to enhance subsequent functioning (Stanton-Salazar & Spina, 2000). * Resilience in childhood is defined as typical development in the face of adverse circumstances that propel others to deleterious outcomes (Deater-Deckard, Ivy, & Smith, 2005). * Resilience itself could be seen as the process of, capacity for, or outcome of successful adaptation in the face of challenging or threatening circumstances (Veselksa, Geckova, Orosova, Gajdosova, van Dijk, & Reijneveld, 2008). Psychological resilience is an individual's ability to cope with stress and adversity. This coping can result in the individual "bouncing back" to a previous state of normal functioning, or simply not showing negative effects. (Masten, 2009) Resilience is most commonly understood as a process, and not a trait of an individual. Resilience is...
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...Staying Positive When I began to do research for this paper my first thought was, what exactly is resilience? Resilience is adapting to adversity. It is the ability to roll with the punches that come in life. When stress, adversity, or trauma attacks, a person will still experience anger, grief, and pain, but they are able to keep functioning. Everyone needs to be a little more resilient in life, having a more positive outlook on trials that frequently come each individual’s way. “The Blessings of Adversity” is a talk given by James E. Faust in February of 1998. Faust, at the time, was the second counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The main audiences of this talk are members of The Church through out the entire world. In fact he directly mentions the followers through out his entire talk. Faust specifically talks about financial hardships that cause stress in many people’s lives. He states, “Many Saints throughout the world have a difficult time making ends meet” then making it apparent that many individuals who go through low times in their life rise to be very successful, but humble people. This was a significant time for this talk to be given because around 2002 to 2003 there was an economic recession that affected the United States. I personally feel like this talk was preparing many members...
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...Specifically, MT assists persons in maintaining performance levels during moments of adversity, perceiving pressure as a challenge, and as a spring board for prospering. Jones et al. (2002) The purpose of the current questionnaire was to explore the role, relevance, and correlation of selected psychological constructs: reboundability, resilience, concentration, confidence and factors that affect confidence; and motivation. Constructs were examined using the Mental Toughness Questionnaire (MTQ),...
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...Although I am only seventeen, growing up has taught me to appreciate the value of the little things in this world. You will face upon adversity at some point in your life. Joseph B. Wirthlin once said, “As with the butterfly, adversity is necessary to build character in people.” When misfortune shows up in my life, I face it in different ways; as a carrot, an egg, and a coffee bean. During my junior spring semester, I tried out for the varsity softball team, the odds were not in my favor so I behaved as a carrot. Winter cheer season was coming to an end, therefore; I was truly ready for the upcoming softball season. With confidence, I was for sure that I wouldn’t be benched the whole season, unlike the previous one. As tryout came I felt like I was improving since the last time I stepped out on that field. As tryouts came to an end, the coaches called us into the press box individually. Right away I could see the sorrow in their facial expressions. I was told I would not be participating in the Fort Chiswell Softball Program my...
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...Morality As Anti-Natural: Nietzsche believes life and nature are either ascending or descending and the descending line of life favours anti-natural practices and slave morality. Humans are susceptible to temptations motivated by drives. The descending line of life cannot channel energy from these negative drives into something more positive, since this is only a property of the strong. They must excise the passions or drives out of their lives completely by denying their bodies, self-mortification and the body soul separation idea. However, Nietzsche believes that the drives in their raw form should be transformed rather than exterminated, as this would be anti-natural. The idea that the counter tyrant to drives is reason, is hostile towards...
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...John Smith Mrs. Schlehner English 10CP, Period 2 26 November 2012 Adversity Essay Trials often test the measurement of a person’s strength of character. In the story, My Left Foot, Christy Brown’s disability is overwhelming; however, he perseveres with his limitations until he is able to write with the one limb that he has control of – his foot. Jonathan, in the story “Civil Peace,” learns that in order to live a life of contentment after losses that occur to his family during war, he must learn to accept the fate God allows. Jeannette Walls, in The Glass Castle, also learns that her salvation in life comes from acceptance of both her parents and her past. Resilience is a quality that can be modeled, but most people gain this trait from enduring and overcoming the hardships that they face in order to survive and ultimately, thrive. (OR): Christy Brown from My Left Foot, Jonathan Iwegbu from “Civil Peace” and Jeannette Walls from The Glass Castle are resilient in their ability to overcome hardship. In the autobiography, My Left Foot Christy Brown… In the short story, “Civil Peace,” …….. In Jeannette Walls’ memoir, The Glass Castle, Jeannette depicts her journey through a chaotic childhood to adulthood; in this tale she learns to transcend poverty with forgiveness and grace. For example, when her father terrifies her by throwing her in the Hot Pot springs, he says to her, “If you don’t want to sink, you better figure out how to swim” (Walls 66). Struggling...
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...In the words of George Elliot, “It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.” In the case of Homer's two epics, this quote holds true. It shows how Homer is able to present many points of views. Both the Iliad, and the Odyssey show how the lives of Achilles and Odysseus represent the crucial differences between a true hero, and a strong soldier. He shows their different views on honor, and how they view the society they live in. In these two epics, Homer uses specific events in the story to define the characters' views of their humanity as exemplified by their actions. Stereotypical heroes are thought of as being perfect beings. Yet, all heroes are flawed. The sign of a true hero is one who overcomes adversity,...
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...1 RACE, GENDER, & LEADERSHIP Race, Gender, & Leadership: What Impact Does Race and Gender have on Leadership Advancement for Women and Women of Color? Dawn MJ Hyman University of Baltimore 2 RACE, GENDER, & LEADERSHIP Introduction Race and gender disparities in public leadership still plague the workplace despite the continued growth of a more diverse demographic landscape. For women and women of color, this presents a unique challenge in their aspirations for leadership positions as well as how they are perceived and behave as leaders. We will examine leadership through the context of race and gender, discuss biases, perceptions and stereotypes, compare and contrast leadership experiences between women and women of color, review leadership behavior with regards to agency, and then complete the discussion with a summary and conclusion. 3 RACE, GENDER, & LEADERSHIP Race, Gender, & Leadership: What Impact Does Race and Gender have on Leadership Advancement for Women and Women of Color? Depending on the definer, leadership has taken on a host of various definitions – with most depicting the use of power, authority, and influence to promote the actions of others for goal achievement (Yukl, 2009). Early on, while studies have been conducted on men and leadership, women – particularly women of color – were excluded completely from this research until the 1970’s and 1980’s (Chemers, 1997). It’s critical to address the current scarcity of leaders...
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