Simon Schama begins with rhetorical questions to make the readers thinking about the power of art and give a statement of how most of art’s history being assumed. He moves on to give detailed description of Mark Rothko and his arts. Schama then uses his personal experience of not being interested in Rothko’s arts to illustrate the process of the change of his perspective. Schama purposely writes, “The longer I started, the more powerful was the magnetic pull through the block columnar forms towards the interior of Rothko’s world” to make a transition of his point of views towards Rothko’s arts (401). He continues to develop the point of what makes Rothko’s arts so powerful. Schama organizes his writing in this particular order to better show…
In the book, “Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life”, Jeremy has a box that his father had made for him. Jeremy wants to unlock the box with the four keys required to open, but he does not have them. Over the course of the summer, Jeremy and his best friend Lizzy go on a long adventure to find every key to figure out what is inside of the box his father left of his after he died. They overcome many obstacles in their journey, but it was all worth it in the end. The adventure that Jeremy went on the entire summer to find out what was in the box with everyone's help, only to find out that everyone that helped him was in on a plan that his father set up, was honestly not much of a surprise to me.…
Many people believe that a strong leader must inspire those they are leading and make them want to…
Some historians argue that slavery was the primary cause of the American Civil War. As Robert E. Lee said, “In this enlightened age, there are few I believe, but what will acknowledge, that slavery as an institution is a moral and political evil in any country. It is useless to expatiate on its disadvantages.” I believe the statement that slavery was the primary cause of the American Civil War is true, because slavery was very controversial and became the symbol of disunion.…
Discuss the common-sense notion that ‘leaders are born, not made” (page 115). What does this saying imply about leadership? Discuss the “peaks and valleys” theories of leadership (page 115). What does this theory suggest about leaders?…
In the reading, Sinek describes that the thing that differentiates leaders from everyone else is their thinking process. It is clear, that many individuals have the tendency to start from the outside of the circle and make our way in which in turn leaves the individual with little to no results. Sinek describes that the inspired leaders and inspired organizations regardless of their size and regardless of their industry all act and communicate from the inside out (2009). These leaders all know why they are doing what they do and understand the purpose and cause of the leadership role they are holding which then transpires into how they carry out their position. Those whom you are leading do not follow nor show up because it is you who is leading but simply show up because of why you are leading and the similar interests and values that are shared.…
Others lead because they posses great minds and there are those who stumble into leadership because of the times they live in for example; the case of Jim Jones and the peoples Temple. Jones attracted many not because he was a great leader, but rather he approached people at a time in America that many needed a leader they could trust and someone to speak for their values. According to Robert C. Solomon leaders and followers each get and give trust to each other. Solomon mentioned that “…charisma is dangerous in the wrong leaders, but rather that it is a distorted perspective on leadership” (Ciulla, 2003, p.206). Also, according to Solomon the emotional core of leadership is trust. There is a difference between obligation and trust. In the case of Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple followers joined the church trusting, but it led to an obligation. (Ciulla, 2003).…
Simon Sinek’s ideas and concepts of leadership relate to ones used by the Marine Corps. Marines are one of the most successful military organizations around the world. They have achieved success by accomplishing missions and winning battles. Battles fought in difficult terrains, climates and circumstances. Marines have also thrived in times when other military branches have better equipment and funding.…
For many leaders, it’s about them: “How can I get ahead / win / succeed / look good? How can I get more recognition, pay and perks? They’ve lost track of Robert Greenleaf’s admonition that “leaders are servant first” – to teach, guide and develop people so they can accomplish a worthwhile purpose together.…
Character relates to Kouzes and Posner leadership model and Maxwell’s reflection in that Maxwell’s stresses the value of how we first have to work on yourself before we can work on others. He states it is easier to teach what is right than to do what is right [5]. He also reflects that people do what they see. In this we cannot build something great out in the world until we’ve tried to build something great inside of us…
Great leadership also depends on the motives of a leader. It question leaders; are they doing so that other can shine and reach their potential? Or do they just have a personal agenda? J. Lee’s style of leadership sees a leader’s motive as outristic, where the motive of a leader is to use his power for the betterment of an…
My father once told me that, “everything we do— be it in academia, at work, social or family life—we are guided by principles, beliefs and values that collectively form our ideology of life.” I believe that every leader, to a certain extent, is shaped through her individual personal experience. Although in some cases, we may not realize to what extent our personal assumptions and beliefs shape our ability to lead or be led.…
Although research has shown that the presence of specific traits alone do not ensure successful leadership, it has been proven that successful historical leaders share certain key traits. According to Shelley Kirkpatrick and Edwin Locke, “leaders do not have to be great men or women by being intellectual geniuses or omniscient prophets to succeed, but they do need to have the "right stuff" and this stuff is not equally present in all people” .…
Perhaps family itself was the value that we were missing the most—a sense of togetherness that would unify us much more than anything else could. Yet we never did make that connection. Instead we found it best to try and act as though we knew what a functional family was as though we were doing a bad game of Simon Says. As Gary Soto recalls from his childhood, “I tried to convince them that if we improved the way we looked we might get along better in life” (Soto, 29). That was the way my fake family was. We knew the meaning of values, but in reality we did not put them into practice, whether it be out of laziness or simple antagonism for those we may or may not have viewed as inferior to our bloodline. Seldom attention was given to the values…
Leadership is attained by mutual cooperation between multiple parties. Usually, people who follow need inspiration so they will be able to eventually model…