...Critical Analysis In the article How Successful People Think, Roger Martin explores the way successful leaders come to new ideas and solutions to their problems by embracing “integrative thinking”. He explains it as having a capacity to hold two opposite ideas at once and finding a middle ground that is superior to both. Even though this article was published in Harvard Business Review and it’s target is educated audience (mostly in business field), language and style of writing are articulate and clean. Author does not use over technical words or examples that common person wouldn’t know. Title is bold, bright and hard to miss. Pictures are set up to be inviting and on the point (brain, light bulb). Writer is targeting people who have a wish to improve their leadership skills and recognizes that this quality is spread throughout all social classes and educational levels. His tone is light, supportive, conversational and readers can tell that author is personally involved in the subject: “… wisely, I might add…”,”…I have interviewed…”. In conclusion of the article Mr. Martin’s voice turns even more declamatory: “But I refuse to believe that the ability to use our opposable minds is a gift reserved for minority of people…” Roger Martin is the dean of the Rotman School of Management at University of Toronto. His passion for the subject is undeniable, but evidence he presents appears personal, weak and contradictory. He claims that “…(successful leaders) share somewhat unusual...
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...A successful civilization is a reflection of the leaders hard work to create a peaceful, organized community. To make a strong civilization, it is crucial to have a excellent leader. All rulers lead differently, some are successful and some are not. Depending on personality, ability to rule, and commitment to their people determines their success. Pharaohs had a massive say in how to rule their kingdom. A lot was on their plate, and it was up to them to make positive change and impact. Queen Nefertiti was a very successful leader during the time of the New Kingdom, and her leadership helped Egypt become one of the greatest civilizations to dominate western Europe. Some of the qualities that a good leader must posses to effectively rule a nation are selflessness, confidence, intelligence and determination....
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...relate to "Resources". By resources, we mean the financial resources (money) needed to develop and use an innovation (or name of specific innovation). 1. How would you rate the availability of financial resources for implementing (an innovation) in (your organization)? How would you rate the availability of financial resources for implementing (an innovation) in (your organization)? HighAbove AverageAverageBelow AverageLowDon't know / Not Sure | 2. Do you think the financial resources in (your organization) related to (an innovation) are allocated in an appropriate way (i.e., fairly, wisely, in a timely manner)? Do you think the financial resources in (your organization) related to (an innovation) are allocated in an appropriate way (i.e., fairly, wisely, in a timely manner)? Extremely Appropriate - in need of no changesSomewhat Appropriate - in need of only a few minor changesAverage - not bad, but could use some changesNot Appropriate - in need of many changesExtremely Not Appropriate - in need of a complete overhaulDon't know / Not Sure | 3. Do you think the financial resources of (your organization) and the way those resources are allocated act as a barrier or an enabler to the use of (an innovation)? (A barrier makes an innovation harder to implement, an enabler makes an innovation easier to implement) Do you think the financial resources of (your organization) and the way those resources are allocated act as a barrier or an enabler to the use of (an innovation)? (A...
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...will be very valuable. How many people here would like to double their income? If I can show you how, will you give it a try? I'm going to show you today how to double your income. I'm going to show you how everyone doubles their income and it begins with changing the way you think. The starting point of doubling your income is very simple, is make a decision to double your income and set it as a goal. If you do that, everything else changes for you. Now, I have some good news. The good news is that we're living in the very best time in all of human history. South Korea has become a role model for the rest of the world. South Korea is talked about all over the world as a model for what is possible in any countries. And I'm so honor to be with you. I thank you very much for inviting me to come. SECTION 02 We have now entered into the 21st century and many things have changed. One of the most important things that have changed is that we have left the world of physical work and we've moved into the world of mental work. All your success is going to be determined by how well you think. The most effective thinkers are the ones who will control the future. And you are among the top 10% of the people in our society. How do I know that? It's because you're here. It's always the top 10% of the people who come to this program. It's always the people who have a wonderful future who come to this program. I know because I've spoken to you and to other people like this for more than 20...
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...6 Weird Habits Of Successful People December 18, 2012 We call people weird because they do things differently than we would. Seth Godin wears those brightly colored but mismatched socks. Steve Jobs’ work uniform was a black turtleneck and jeans. Look around and you can see the obvious differences in a lot of successful people. What most business owners don’t see when they look at successful people are the habits they’ve developed. Leonard DaVinci slept two hours at a time in four-hour intervals. Charles Dickens would only write and sleep facing north. Some of their weirdness was superstition, but a lot of it wasn’t. Here are six weird habits of successful people. 1.They think backward. Successful people start at the finish. Most of us have been taught to take one step, then the next, and the next until we arrive at our destination or goal. But successful people, like rocket scientists, actually clearly define the outcome they want first, and then reverse engineer the steps they need to take to get there. 2. They like to repeat themselves, a lot. They repeat themselves a lot. If you’re pre-vinyl and never heard a broken record, think “repeat” or “loop.” Successful people don’t stop when they have a success. When they succeed, they try to figure out ways to repeat that success. 3. They cut corners. Once successful people figure out how to repeat success, then they figure out how to get the same result faster, easier and cheaper. There’s a fine line between cutting corners...
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...Things Fall Apart Literary Analysis The world is changing as do the people who live in it all the time, sometimes people just don’t fit with the changing world. In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, tells the story of a great man named Okonkwo. When European missionaries arrive, Okonkwo’s culture that he once knew is changing dramatically. The book addresses the clash of cultures and destruction of Okonkwo’s world with their arrival. Achebe shows us that Okonkwo’s inability to adapt and his own characterization causes him to end his life. Okonkwo’s suicide was caused by a mix of the European missionaries and Okonkwo’s own characterization. Okonkwo never learns from his mistakes, he always thinks what he does is always right no matter what. All he knows came from his childhood and younger years. Unoka is disrespected among the society. The culture values physical strength, achievement, and masculinity. Unoka represents the opposite of these values, he enjoys expressing himself through words and music, he’s a very talented musician. Okonkwo learns that these qualities are not what the tribe values. Okonkwo grows up being the opposite of his father, he becomes the best wrestler, he’s physically strong, and represents hyper masculinity. Okonkwo also becomes a very successful farmer, but after a bad harvest due to bad, inconsistent weather Unoka tells his son “‘do not despair. I know you will not despair. You have a manly and a proud heart. A proud heart can survive general...
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...company has just acquired a successful software firm located in San Benedetto. The purpose of the acquisition was to quickly allow Boswell to become a premier supplier of new and innovative computer software in Europe. On his first day back in Ohio, Michael has been called into the office of Boswell’s president, David Randolf, to give a status report. David Well, Mike? How soon can we get our management team into place over there in Italy and phase out their current staff? I’ve heard how slow and inefficient Italian businesses are, and I don’t want to waste time getting our company’s policies in action. Maybe we can get a head start on the European competition with good old American know-how. It’s not going to be that easy, Dave. I think it might be a mistake to send our people. The Italians have an excellent sense ofBoswell Technologies is a computer software development firm located in Akron, Ohio. Michael Carl, vice president for human resources at Boswell Technologies, has just returned from San Benedetto, Italy. It seems that Boswell is soon going to become Boswell International. The company has just acquired a successful software firm located in San Benedetto. The purpose of the acquisition was to quickly allow Boswell to become a premier supplier of new and innovative computer software in Europe. On his first day back in Ohio, Michael has been called into the office of Boswell’s president, David Randolf, to give a status report. David Well, Mike? How soon can we get our management...
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...play by. The game of life can be competitive and can be a lot of fun. We can choose to sit at the sidelines and marvel at how other people play or we can be a player by ourselves. We can choose to play the game of life to win or to play ‘not to lose’. There are many aspects that make up our game. We have the career game, the relationship/family game, the money game, the lifestyle game, the health game and the spiritual/moral game. Many people believe that it is almost impossible to win at every game. You can win some and have to lose some of them. However, the author of this book Adam Khoo has written the ways to win in all the aspects of our life. It is not impossible as there are many success stories despite of so many struggles and obstacles. All you have to believe in yourself and follow the set principles and strategies continuously. The book “Winning the Game Of Life” contains some of the key elements that those successful people use to practice in their lives. You cannot only sit and see what is happening around you and cursing your luck why these happened to you. There are so many hidden issues that these successful people have to went through. This set of principles can lead anyone to the desired goal and bring success in every phase of the life. 1. Success is a Journey Success cannot be gained instantly. Someone cannot say I am a successful person by just establishing or reaching one goal. Success is not a destination but a journey....
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...of scale and have their costs fall and their output increase. Even though the goal, if achieved, would be an advantage in the media market, there are some disadvantages to making this transition and there are challenges as well. Taking a foreign assignment in a global economy, would be a new challenge that would be bring about conflict if it were not approached and handled in the correct way. Furthermore, a foreign assignment would become a harder situation if an ethnocentric attitude were to be present by the person being assigned. Taking a foreign assignment in a global economy would require patience, innovation, assimilation, understanding, apathy, and a true understanding of the culture and the people that reside in the country that the assignment is in. Being successful requires promoting products and services that are of interest in that particular country and are in demand in that particular economy. There are cultural values and differences that have to be understood to truly understand what would be of valuable that a company could offer in a foreign country. This learning and understanding would require patience as there are values and cultural differences that were learned from before and excusing those and not wanting to push those as the agenda would be a challenge. Innovation would be required to be able to change and “morph” the company’s products and services into something that is unique to that country. The challenge comes as the company needs to switch from...
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... Leadership When I think about the concept and definition of the word “leader”, a good deal of people, things and ideas come to mind. I am a firm believer that one must have certain qualities in order to be a successful leader. I also have confidence in the fact that, as humans, we lead by example. One of the most important characteristics I think an effective leader must possess is selflessness. A leader must not be selfish with desires, but solely interested in the needs of others. How can we lead if we are only focused on what we can profit? Effective leadership also comes from intentionality. How can we truly put our whole self into everything that we do? Leaders must intentional with actions, words and people. As we become more intentional, we provide ourselves a new way of thinking and a fresh understanding of all aspects of life. As previously stated, I am fully certain that humans lead by example. In my sophomore year of high school I started getting heavily involved in a program known as YoungLife. When I started, I had no idea how much of a bearing YoungLife would have in my life. YoungLife is a remarkable program that meets high school students where they’re at, and aspires to show students Jesus. Through YoungLife I have met three of the most amazing, role model leaders that I hope to have in my life for eternity. I think that as a successful and effective leader you must have wholesome communication skills. I also think that appreciation and communication...
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...64 percent of people said they still believed in the American Dream. This is the lowest percent in two decades. The American Dream has changed over time. The American Dream started as people wanting a better life for everyone but now it has diminished to people not even believing in it or others being very optimistic that we can still fulfill the ‘dream.’ The American Dream is different for everyone that you ask. Some might say that their dream is to own a house with 5 children. Others might say it is to have a good education, healthy family, and a steady job. Some even say that it is to own 5 cars with 3 houses across the globe. Everyone’s view on this term is different. Some may think that...
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...based on our difference of cultural, ethnic, racial and religious. These identities will affect how we see ourselves since we might have different responsibilities, job duties and backgrounds. Like inside two literature stories Shooting an Elephant and Everyday Use, Alice Walker and George Orwell both show how identity is connected to how we see ourselves in the present. In the story Shooting an Elephant, the main character is a policeman in British Burma. He received a report about a local man was death who killed by an elephant. When he arrived the place, he finds the elephant is no longer dangerous. He knows as a humanity, he shouldn’t kill the elephant since it does not cause a threat anymore. Also, “it is comparable to destroying a huge and costly piece of machinery, and obviously one ought not to do it if it can possibly be avoided” (George Orwell, P.818). However, as a British Burma’s policeman, he knows he need to kill the...
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...Leader Ledership Essay An efficient leader is defined as a person who is followed by the others. Besides that, a leader has to know about the human nature, and be able to direct people reducing the group's doubts about succeeding. Some people believe that a leader is born that way and there is no way, practicing or studying, to create a leader. They are wrong because inside of each and every one of us there is a leader waiting to be awake and holding on an opportunity to come out. A leader is capable of influencing and inspiring the people around him to voluntarily commit towards accomplishing a certain goal. There are different types of leadership people who specialize in trying to understand this important phenomenon. The only kind of leadership in which a person communicates true self are by way resonates with other people. This behavior is highly individual and situational for both the leader and follower and therefore there are a huge variety of ways in which effective leadership occurs. On top of that, when we think about the characteristic of a leader, we often think of leaders that are dynamic, which makes each of us to follow. We could take an example, such as Hitler. He did not have the values that we should follow, but he had that inspiration for the country to follow. If we also stop to think about the leaders today, we do not get the same vision of a leader that has a dynamism that is hard to resist, but rather a leader that has a good quality. The characteristics...
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...Janelle Monae How does the image represent the theme you have chosen? The image is exotic because of what she is wearing as it is very unusual and different. Why do you think the artist has been represented this way? I think the artist has been represented this way because she stands out and the outfit kind of represents a goddess. Is the representation a positive or negative one? I do not thinks this is a negative representation as I think all she is trying to do is stand out and look good so that people by the CD. What impact does the representation have on the audience? I think the impact this has on the audience is that she is portraying the idea that she is a goddess and that she is important. Janelle Monae How does the image represent the theme you have chosen? The image is exotic because of what she is wearing as it is very unusual and different. Why do you think the artist has been represented this way? I think the artist has been represented this way because she stands out and the outfit kind of represents a goddess. Is the representation a positive or negative one? I do not thinks this is a negative representation as I think all she is trying to do is stand out and look good so that people by the CD. What impact does the representation have on the audience? I think the impact this has on the audience is that she is portraying the idea that she is a goddess and that she is important. Danger Danger Exotic Danger Eazy-E How does the image represent the...
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...success means to them. Some people believe that money and/or expensive material items determine how successful a person is. Other people believe that success is measured by how happy a person is with his or her life, by measuring their job satisfaction or their family life. I believe that a person is truly successful when he or she has lived their life to the fullest and is completely content with where they have wound up in the end and has no regrets. In this brief essay I will be telling you about my view on true success in life. I will start off by telling you why material success could be included in my opinion, then I will tell you why a good quality of life is a big part, and finally I will tell you my exact view on what I want my future to look like so that I know that I have, in my opinion, had a successful life. First, I will begin with some of the material items that some people think they need to be successful and why. People that think they need material items to be successful in life probably will not go a day in their life without working and on top of that they will probably end up hating their job. This however will not change their view on what it means to be successful. There is no doubt that they will be happy with the beach house in Florida or the million dollar Lamborghini Maserati, but for what exactly? To be miserable at the job that has gotten you to this point in life. All of that sounds absolutely fantastic, but these people probably do not have kids...
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