“Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall‚ don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it‚ go through it‚ or work around it‚” Michael Jordan said when asked about his greatness. This six-time NBA champion is one of the most accomplished men in the history of sports and the world as a whole; despite‚ as a high school athlete‚ he was looked at as being to small to compete at the next level. Thereafter‚ Jordan is known to be the greatest basketball player of all-time. He is
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The Political Economy of South Korea: A Necessary Transformation I. Introduction: In this paper‚ I will discuss the measures that the Republic of Korea’s (addressed as South Korea from here on out) government took in trying accomplishing economic development despite its several economic and political upheavals. I will‚ specifically‚ review the economic growth and institutions established in South Korea beginning in the 1950s‚ the process of democratization in South Korea‚ and the effects
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strategy is even older than Catholicism‚ as reference is often made to the strategy approaches championed by the military - Sun Tzu - more than two thousand years ago the Chinese warrior‚ Sun Tzu explored the issues of military strategy in his book titled the "Art of War". He details the use of strategic planning to be able to win without actually having to fight. "Sun Tzu and Machiavelli on strategy" Johnson and Scholes (p163) differentiates between strategy and strategic planning "Strategy‚ is of
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is Buddha and the founder of Taoism is Lao-Tzu. Buddha (originally Siddhartha Gautama) was raised in luxury‚ but he watched people who weren’t as fortunate as him suffer. He wondered why people suffer because‚ unlike them‚ he was not experiencing any form of suffering. To answer his question‚ he gave up his luxurious life and searched for a solution by meditating until finally he came up with the Four Noble Truths and became the enlightened one. Lao-Tzu‚ on the other hand‚ was focused more on nature
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To begin‚ the origins of the Dao De Jing go back long ago. Lao Tzu‚ the great teacher of Daoism‚ is said to have wrote down his teachings when he was tired of society and was crossing the border to West China. (Mohammed‚ 153) His teachings were known as the Dao De Jing. It is said that he was reincarnated into a deity‚ but is not certain if this is actually true. The Dao De Jing contains lots of information that has had an “enormous impact on Chinese thought.” (Mohammed‚ 154) It is a very important
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Democracy Through Time Democracy as a concept has changed and evolved through the years. Lao-Tzu‚ a Chinese philosopher‚ advised a form of government that had many democratic values to his emperor. His work‚ Tao-te Ching‚ was written in the sixth century B.C. before the term democracy was even coined. Some time later‚ in the fifth and fourth centuries B.C.‚ the Greeks gave this idea a name and put it into effect. In the work The Origin of Civil Society (1762) Jean-Jacques Rousseau argues
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of literature used by the religion and it includes the role of women and the five bonds also known as the five great relationships. History Confucius was born August27‚ 551 BC in a small state called Lu. His birth name is Kong Qui or K’ung Fu-tzu. “The modern name of Confucius is an early Western rendering of the sage’s Chinese honorific name “K’ung-fu-tsu”” (Confucius‚ 2013) It is noted that Confucius was born in answer to his parents prayers. Confucius surname Kong means an utterance of thankfulness
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flourishing era for philosophical growth in ancient China. It is in the course of that period that Confucius and Lao-tzu‚ the two most significant Chinese spiritual figures‚ are believed to have lived and taught. The philosophies that they adapted‚ Taoism and Confucianism‚ coexisted in dynastic China‚ appealing numerous followers over the last 2‚500 years. Although both Taoism‚ founded by Lao Tzu‚ and Confucianism‚ founded by Kong Qiu (Confucius)‚ share numerous similarities and emphasize on self-improvement
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ship caught up with the fleet to arrest him‚ Alcibiades sensed betrayal was awaiting him in Athens; so he took the opportunity to deflect to Sparta while in route back to Athens. Spies are a key element in war Sun Tzu says‚ and a necessity to understand what is going on with the enemy. (Tzu 1963) Alcibiades was more than just a spy‚ he was a coward. Not only did he not return to Athens to face trail‚ he deflected to the enemy. He provided Sparta the entire game plan on what the Athenians were
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experience‚ directors Rachel Dretzin and John Maggio did a study for PBS Frontline documentary called growing up online‚ where Rachel Dretzin and John Maggio went to Japan to interview this kid named Chun Young II. Chun Young II is a really special kid who lives with his mother in Japan. According to his mother‚ Chun Young is one of those kids who is addicted to playing a lot of computer video games on his computer. Everyday he comes home from school‚ eats lunch with his mom and the rest of the day he plays
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