"Always do the right thing. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest" -Mark Twain. Twain’s quote represents an idealism that should be backwards‚ were doing right wont astonish people because it’s universal. Sadly‚ our world lives in the idealism of Twain’s quote. Yet‚ life is infused with change‚ consequently‚ enabling use to change Twains quote by trying to make right choices part of our lives. Doing the right thing means sacrifice. In my case‚ I sacrificed time‚ using it for Juniors
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Summary of Chapter 5 of Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking In chapter five of Malcolm Gladwell’s‚ Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking‚ he takes a new twist on the idea of thin-slicing‚ which he describes as‚ “the ability of our unconscious to find patterns in situations and behavior based on very narrow slices of experience” (23). Throughout the four previous chapters‚ he explained how thin-slicing works and how it can be useful in everyday life. However‚ in this chapter‚ offers
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PROCTER & GAMBLE Always/Whisper Problem Procter & Gamble is faced with the decision to change the name of their feminine pad/napkin products from “Always” to “Whisper”. The Singapore operation increasingly depended on P&G Japan‚ which used Whisper since P&G was blocked from using Always. The strategies for name change come in three alternatives: (1) the name change would be introduced swiftly; (2) the name change could be phased in for different items at different times; and (3)
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Solution to Case 2 Financial Ratio Analysis Bigger Isn’t Always Better! Table I Quickfix Autoparts Balance Sheet 2000 2001 $155‚000 10‚000 250‚000 $309‚099 12‚000 270‚000 $75‚948 20‚000 500‚000 $28‚826 77‚653 520‚000 $18‚425 90‚078 560‚000 $415‚000 $591‚099 $595 ‚948 $626‚480 $668 ‚50 3 $250‚000 (25‚000) $250‚000 (50‚000) $500‚000 (100‚000) $500‚000 (150‚000) $500‚000 (200‚000) $225 ‚000 $200 ‚000 $400‚000
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Mark Twain said that he more things are forbidden‚ the more popular they become. And I think that it’s true. There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable. Because people always want something and it’s very easy to get into the habit which can be extremely harmful to your health. Since the ancient past‚ the human race has experienced temptation and attraction towards forbidden things. It started with the story of Adam and Eve‚ the first man and woman in the history. They
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We’ve Got Mail--Always Is e-mail a blessing or a curse? Last month‚ after a week’s vacation‚ I discovered 1‚218 unread e-mail messages waiting in my in box. I pretended to be dismayed‚ but secretly I was pleased. This is how we measure our wired worth in the late 1990s--if you aren’t overwhelmed by e-mail‚ you must be doing something wrong. Never mind that after subtracting the stale office chitchat‚ spam‚ flame wars‚ dumb jokes forwarded by friends who should have known better and other
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This television show‚ written by James Manos Jr.‚ is a very bloody and exciting series. In season four Dexter discovers another serial killer‚ Arthur Mitchell. James’s purpose of creating this show is to represent how the serial killer Dexter is not a monster. He emphasis how others are real monsters when they murder innocent people. Arthur was the writer’s main argument to express that Dexter‚ in comparison to other serial killers‚ is not a bad person. Manos is trying to appeal to an older audience
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In the past decade or so‚ after financial tsunami‚ Hong Kong people changed their mind against more and more challenge. In fact‚ if they had not positive attitude‚ they would not solve variance of different stress tactfully. Up to now‚ people‚ who exist inside the information age‚ almost needs dealing with more problems‚ and then is caused stress every day. How should we do? In my opinion‚ I am prone to select the positive solution – stress can be good thing instead of negative choose. There
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When a girl reaches the age of puberty her self-confidence drops significantly. The advertisement #LikeAGirl by Always shows the stereotypes people use of girls during that emotional time. The commercial is set up like it is for an audition. Throughout the commercial they have different people come in for their “audition”. They have older teenagers from different sexes asked the same couple questions separately‚ “Show me what it looks like to run ‘like a girl’‚ show me what it looks like to fight
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Is prison always the best solution? Some people think that the best way to reduce crime is to give longer prison sentences. Others‚ however‚ believe there is better alternative ways of reducing crime. Nowadays‚ the number of crime is rapidly increasing. Many people indicate that all the lawbreakers should be sent into jail. First‚ it is essential to base on the seriousness of crimes in order to give appropriate punishments. Because it is society’s money to build and manage prisons‚ governments
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