...How to get back on track You don’t know this about me but I was 14 years old and won 2nd place in the regional Chess competition along with 3rd place in the state and 8th place in nationals (that’s 8th in 100 competitors). What I learned (beside that I am awesome) was that everything in life if a chess game and should be treated as such. Along the way I learned project managing and learned that everything in life requires management and a manager for it. So combining those concepts you get that everything in life needs to be managed with grace, foresight, risk and timing. Below is what my Thesis was for my BS called “Playing the Game Called Management” Got an “A” by the way and inducted into the tech honors society. But that’s another story. The Question There are things we need to establish to try to fix things. One was recognizing the causes of which we already mentioned in the email. In chess that’s viewing the board and the player the environment all causes to the end games all potentially harmful and none of it on your side. This is handled in PM by openly set the goals and make sure that they are understood. In chess that is to yourself in PM that is to the group. This would not be to re-write the project by this date. That’s not a goal, that’s a want/need. It means to lay out what are the real goals for each party (to look good, make money, do the job and go home, do a good job, learn etc.). This is kind of dirty but so is detoxing after a bad drug habit...
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...is how I can connect with the audience. I do this first because I feel that any audience member should feel a connection between them and the speaker whether or not they agree or disagree with the speaker. And the way I display this connection with the audience is through the types of immediacy such as verbal immediacy, nonverbal immediacy, technological influences on immediacy, and cultural influences on immediacy. In my first speech of the class, Any Old Bag Speech, I focused on getting the audience to me and like me for who I am. When I watched the speech on acclaim I realized that I used a form of verbal immediacy. Verbal immediacy directly relates to judgments of a speaker’s competence and character and includes the use of personal examples, humor, addressing others by first name and asking questions that solicit viewpoints or opinions. Using humor and personal examples in the speech certainly helped me relax because I could tell the audience was enjoying my speech instead of nodding off due to boredom. It also gave me confidence in my ability to speak in front of people, which is one of the main purposes of this course. My informative speech was a bit of struggle trying to find the connection with audience because the topic I chose. I could tell by the way that some of the audience were sitting that I was lacking immediacy. The nonverbal immediacy, which describes nonverbal behaviors that communicate liking, a positive evaluation of others, or positive affect to others...
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...McShane Case Study 4.1 1. Each one of the medical staff has different ways of dealing with the stress that they have to deal with. Each has found their own way of dealing with the emotions that go along with a position that deals with patients that need that extra emotional support. They accomplish their emotions by focusing on the task at hand which is taking care of the patient and letting them know that they are there for them to help them both mentally and physically. Most medical staff employees, who deal with the type of trauma that these three individuals deal with every day, have to find their own way to deal with their emotions. You can’t go to work and look at your patients and show emotions, because those patients rely on you for support to help get them through every day by knowing that you are there for them. I believe that they do effectively manage their emotions, because none of them show their emotions in front of their patients. I know from experience that if you are someone who shows emotions easily and a situation arises and your emotions come out, it can make the situation difficult to get through. They keep their emotions to themselves and then let them out when they are not around the patients. People feel off of other people’s emotions, so you have to learn to separate your emotions. 3. Stress occurs when situations arise that challenges or threatens you and you have to find ways to handle those situations. Stress is something that can occur at...
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...Violence can be justifiable in some situations like self defence or a martial art. It should in any way be used as a killing tool but only to get yourself out of a bad situation. Violence should never be used in any way of using it to get things you want or force people to do anything or use it to solve a problem or crisis. There is always other options to sort out the situation, In the movie The Hurricane, Rubin Carter never used violence to get what he wanted. Rubin only used violence when he was about to be dropped off the edge of a cliff into a rock death, he used it to protect himself but he would never kill a man. Violence should not in any way be used to solve any problems at all just as seen in World War 2 when thousands of people died when it could have been easily been changed and would have never occurred, if the hierarchy had sat in a meeting and discussed and reached an outcome of a way around several thousands of men camped out to kill the other men in their trenches. the hierarchies did not change their ways and it happened again in World War 2. I think that defending your country is a great thing to do but sending out a man to kill and get revenge on another country is unacceptable. Violence is definitely acceptable in self defence or to defend your family and friends but it is completely unacceptable to use it to kill. If someone comes into your house and holds hostage a family member, you can't stop and ask or discuss violent matters. Violence should be...
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...in the opening chapter of the novel; he is presented as an almost ephemeral, ghost like figure. However we are drawn to his character by the way he is described: ‘There was something gorgeous about him, some heightened sensitivity to the promises of life’. Consequently, Every time he is mentioned there is always something to interrupt which adds to the mysteriousness of his character. At the end of chapter 1 we catch a glimpse of him where he is bonded with strong romantic imagery, he comes out to see ‘the silver pepper of the stars’ and is spotted when ‘the silhouette of a moving cat wavered across the moonlight’. Fitzgerald combines the purity and romance of Gatsby’s dream with these symbols. On the contrary when he gives a ‘sudden imitation that he was content to be alone’ by stretching out his arms towards the ‘dark water in a curious way’ the purity of his character seems to disappear as the ‘single green light, minute and far away’ suggests the ill omen of his character. In Chapter 3 Fitzgerald uses the part scene to introduce Gatsby to the reader, here Gatsby emerges as a mysterious character who is the subject of gossip, He is well known but ironically nobody seems to have any verifiable information about him. Nick then describes him and says ‘he had one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it’ the way Gatsby us portrayed is one of extreme modesty, he appears to be the perfect gentleman. However he keeps a distance from his guests which makes...
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...had to watch Reruns of Three’s Company just to learn the English language. Kim was facing something more then just fitting in and learning the English language she was facing poverty and never knew how to. She had a rich girls soul and can’t handle being poor. In my opinion Kim wrote this essay wanting to explain her struggle and how she faced poverty when coming from so much. She wanted those who are going through what she went through feel better about change. She showed it is light at the end of the tunnel and that what those people are going through she went through it so they aren’t alone. To change people ways showing them those who aren’t familiar with different countries and are new to certain things help them instead of giving them their back. Kim explained her story with a settled tone but used pain to help make her essay loud. She was hurt by the way things changed and how to tried to fit in but her soul was somewhere else. She couldn’t watch her mother and father struggle when they had everything. I can’t say I can relate to Kim because I wasn’t rich and moved to a different country but I can say I understand. When I moved to Arizona everyone welcomed us with open arms but I was teased because my accent was different from others. When I moved to Maryland I was in the third grade and again teased for having a...
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...Name: Course: Date: Instructor: Societal Norms vs. Change People tend to stick to what they know, what has been normal and passed down to them from generations and apply these things to their own lives. Communities are simply afraid of change and afraid of the way it may affect their ways of living for the worst. Change will always affect different people and communities differently, whether it is positively or negatively. Following old traditions within small communities has both costs and benefits. The question is whether or not change could overcome both the benefits and costs of following old traditions within the community. According to Nancy Scheper-Hughes, an anthropologist and the author of The Anthropological Looking Glass, communities, such as small villages from Ireland like Ballybran, need to accept change to be able to learn the more modern ways of looking at situations. Scheper-Hughes critiques the Irish villager’s ways of living and, whether or not she actually noticed, compares this village to American way of living. Villages such as Ballybran may have a different way of living, but this does not necessarily mean it should be looked at as uncivilized or the wrong way, though change may have been a wise choice for the villagers, which Scheper-Hughes was trying to imply. Furthermore, Maxine Hong Kingston, the author of No Name Woman, emphasizes on the risks and effects of change when born into such a strict community such as a woman born into Chinese customs...
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...the highest technology on the world, how we plan for own time on one day. The wonderful cities have not been gone, however, we can research on Internet to find out some cultures of the countries, such as, England, Korean and Japan. The technology could help us on different ways to communicate in everywhere. Also, we have a good planning on each time that we raise up the time to do others and it is convenient to people to connect with others. First of all, there are the different paths of communication to provide the best speaking. The technology is helpful for us that people communicate with other cultures people, although our time is limited to use. The communication has also improved with videos and photos. For instance, Facebook is became one part of our life to check our life’s feeds. Friends also post the news of own to share with each others who always cannot chat and diverse citizens. If you ask me, will you feel displeased that Facebook is missed by your own life? My answer is ‘NO’, because society utility can connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them that technology bring us some benefits on it and enjoy with utilities. Therefore, Communication is not only a way for establishing contact with others, we should use different paths to communicate with materials. Moreover, our time is limited to use, we have a good planning on each time that we raise up the time to do others. The highest technology can make the speed of work, also...
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...their mistakes. Also, if the person has enough background about dealing with conflicts, he/she will be able to resolve it easily. The ways we deal with conflicts make it easy to solve. According to the reading, “Conflict and the way you deal with it can, in fact, have more positive than negative effects”. The people can solve their conflicts easily because they get in conflicts sometimes, and that gives them the opportunity to solve it easily. For example, according to the listening, when the lady was talking her colleague interrupted her, and then she told him that she didn’t finish talking yet and reminded him to respect other people when speaking. We can understand from this that because of her knowledge in dealing with conflicts, she was able to solve it quickly before it increase into serious fight! Another reason why conflicts can be easily resolved is that it leads people to think about the conflict. It is important step to think about the conflict in order to solve it easily. That is because it gives the person time to think about his/her position in the conflict. It means that when people think alone about what have they said or done in a conflict that they had, they will be able to resolve it easily. People call that “Stating the conflicts”. According to the listening, stating the conflicts is part of the SALAM method which is a way to solve conflicts. Moreover, thinking can help people who have...
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...What is fashion to me? Fashion to me is a way to express your inner self, therefore I only wear that I think look interesting. I shop for clothing that makes me feel confident and feel true to yourself. People tend to judge others on what they have on the outside instead of getting to know and understand the reason why they 'express' themselves in certain ways. It is way of demonstrating to the world your feelings, your sense of taste. It’s up to you to get creative by taking inspiration from places and people and putting them together to make something that is your own, something that you are proud of and enjoyed creating. Everyone ways of expressing them self is different from others. Fashion is like a wearable art with your body as the canvas. The different color, texture, shape, and pattern make the canvas come to life and stands out. No canvas is the same so the outcomes vary from person to person. Fashion can inspire people. It what brings out motivation, confidence, determination, passion, and dreams. It defines who we are and depicts what kind of person one is. Fashion is like accessorizing one’s personality. Sometime the trend is not to your taste, so then you either conform to something else or take it upon yourself to create your own things that express yourself. It can change your perspective on a situation and event by the way you dress. If you’re in a bad mood maybe dressing up can help cheer you up. Fashion is a way to signify who you are, where you come from...
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...end up to be a teacher anyway. He mentions that he tried to explain that the image that they are picturing during his adolescence is wrong. He hated compulsory education with a passion. I believe that the author’s argument is that everyone is smart in their own way. He argues that he did not get smart by the way most of the students would assume right away that just because ones a teacher, then they have been a book worm and just studied a lot during their adolescence. This is why the author told a story about an experience that changed his life. An experience on how he got smart and this is because of a girl named Debbie. Just like a typical high school student, he fell in love with Debbie at first sight and since she was an intelligent lady, the author felt obliged to be intelligent as well to impress her. Though the storyline ended as the incentive being gone because the author just got led on by Debbie, he says that “Having savored the heady wine of knowledge, I could not now alter my course”. Reading this article made me think how we all have different backgrounds on why who we are now and how we all have our own ways on how we become who we are and what we are. I believe that everybody is smart in their own way and they just become smarter and smarter. We all have different experiences and this article is a unique one. I do agree with the author that students automatically assume that teachers come from a background such that during their adolescence, they were always...
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...we are learning in school to actual life and real life situations. The article that I choose for this week is from Security Info Watch and it discusses the future of data breaches this year and things that we could encounter over the time frame of this year and next decade as technology continues to grow at the rate it is growing. It compare the big breach with Target and aligns it to other situations that are possibilities with the way we use our technology. One of the big theories that the article through out was that we are going to run into issues with all of this cloud computing and big data and that society is very vulnerable to a big data cloud breach. Apple has started the whole ball rolling with cloud computing storing all of your data on a cloud platform easily accessible by all of your devices. The only problem is that it too is easily accessible to other things such as malicious people. Another possible breach that the article discusses is that healthcare is slowly being stored via a cloud platform as well and there are potential ways that a breach of that information could be a reality soon and one day. Results...
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...1. If you want fast you have to slow down. It does not mean that you have to do everything by a slowly way. It means that you must do everything carefully. In my oipnion, this is This is one of the most effective ways to save time. If you do everything carefully so you will save a lot of time for checking and fixing problems. In addition, the quality of your work will be significantly improved if you do it in a careful way from the beginning. Moreover, the risk of your job will also significantly reduced. It will help you be more confident in arranging and planning your activities. 2. You can still do more work whether your timetable was full already. If you can arrange work by a resonable way so your downtime will be less significant. It means that your time will not be wasted. On the other hand, from my own experience when we do too much work, the quality of work is often reduced. So, when we set up a time to do the maximum volume of work we must always pay attention to section 1 above and continue reading the section 3 following. 3. If you can not identify the most urgent and important works, you will not be able to sort the rest. It simply means that when you have completed the urgent works then you will feel more comfortable to do the rest. Again, it related to the work's quality. Maybe the pressure of work will make you achieve high performance but it also bring a certain risk. In my opinion, I do not like to do the important work accompanied a certain...
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...lookout for new ways to add value to the customer It requires people who are committed to taking personal responsibility for offering good service. Positive attitude is of great value and importance in all walks of life, especially in the work place. Having a good, positive attitude, along with positive thinking, at work will reflect on what you do and make you a more productive employee. This can determine how well you get your projects done and also how others perceive you. If you display a good attitude, you may increase your chances for a promotion or a raise if you are a positive role model for others within your department at work. The important question is what is attitude? Attitude is everything, even the worst situation can be tackled with one’s positive attitude. The environment around has a part to play but in the end its only we who decide to take or leave the opportunity. Success or failure of a business is determined more by attitude than by aptitude. It's not very easy to maintain positive attitude every time but it is essential to keep ourselves on track so that we get the best results from everything we do, every decision we make. A simple way to understand the effect of attitude is to know the difference between “optimistic and pessimistic” (Dolores p1). An optimist is hopeful about the future or the success of something in particular but on the other hand, someone who is pessimistic thinks that bad things are going to happen. Attitude is the way that we behave...
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...myself, and in turn, I would hope to earn their respect, trust and motivation to get the job done. My goal is for my subordinates to view me as that NCO that treats them like people, rather than talk to them in that condescending way that most of us remember coming up through the ranks. Finally, they would view me as the NCO that rarely fails to recognize their achievements and successes. My supervisor’s opinion of my followership would vary. While I have the enthusiasm, ability and commitment to learn from those above me, I don’t always display the confidence and self-reliance necessary in making critical decisions. I’m often asked by my supervisor, “How would you handle this if I weren’t here?” or “What would you do if you were running this shop?” My supervisor would tell me I need to step up, make important decisions to include unpopular ones, then be ready to accept the responsibility for any blow-back as a result. I don’t think I’m able to put my finger on any one specific type of leadership style that I employ. I think that different circumstances call for different leadership styles. For example, if I were dealing with our home station, moderate stress day-to-day operations, I would focus on keeping my personnel on track by finding ways to keep them motivated, by reinforcing their understanding of how what they do directly affects the mission. In a deployed/combat environment, I might be more stern and abrasive, with emphasis on discipline to safeguard against...
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