is Wrong” is most people assumes success and failures as complete opposites‚ but “they are both products of the same process”. According to Roger Von Oech‚ almost everyone‚ from an early age‚ are taught that right answers are good and wrong answers are bad; especially if you went to school. People learn that doing mistakes and errors is wrong. Roger Von Oech says that with a fail or succeed attitude‚ people aren’t going to be taking up many chances. With an attitude like this they aren’t going to
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000 volunteers to join the army. They got 750‚000 in the very first month. The number of employed women in Britain rose from 3.2 million in July 1914 to almost 5 million at the start of 1918. Discover more facts about the people in WW1… Legacy The First World War was a watershed moment in European history. Survivors were disillusioned and felt
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Acute Ambiguity Roger von Oech‚ the author of A Whack on the Side of the Head‚ makes an unusual offer that thinking at random will increase the efficiency at which ideas become more abundant. This particular concept is certainly an original way to come up with new‚ fresh problem solving techniques. Ambiguity in the world can help new ideas flow for anyone when looked at in a creative way. Chapter seven begins by explaining an example that would make the case against using ambiguity. In fact
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Shian Thorpe English Summary “Does IM Make U Dum?” By Martha Brockenbrough is about the use of abbreviations and grammar. The author says the use of emoticons‚ facial expressions and punctuation marks are good for having a conversation with your friends it helps you communicate quickly and clearer. She also says when it is not okay to use abbreviations. Like if you are writing something to someone you want to impress like a teacher or boss. It wouldn’t be professional to use around those
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The causes of the world war were 4; the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ Arms Race‚ Alliances and the Empire. I think that the most important cause is the Alliances‚ because if other countries didn’t start coming into Austria-Hungary’s war with Serbia‚ it wouldn’t have turned into a major war. The first link is from Box 3: ‘Countries wanted a big empire because they gave countries more power‚ money and prestige’‚ to Box 1: ‘Countries in Europe were competing over who had the biggest empire’
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Why did the First World War break out in 1914? In this essay I will be outlining the key points in why the First World War broke out in 19 14. Many people tend to say "Because Archduke Ferdinand got shot." Still others have blamed it on the increased independence and Imperialism in Hungary to Russia’s growing military. If I had to answer the question myself‚ the answer would be all of the above‚ and more. The events from June of 1914 through August of 1914 can be described as one thing leading to
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Liberal government effectively dealt with the social problems facing the British people between 1905-1914 Discuss? The Liberal welfare reforms of 1906-1914 saw a remarkable change in government policy from a largely laissez-faire (a policy of non-intervention) approach to a more interventionist approach. The Liberal government‚ led by Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman would do more in the way of social reform than any government before it‚ establishing an obligation to help the more vulnerable members
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On the 28th July 1914‚ Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia with the Assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and one day later‚ the Russians got ready to help in the war. On the 1st August‚ Germany declared war on Russia‚ while the French soldiers were put on a war alert on the following day. On the 3rd‚ Germany declared war on France and invaded through the neutral Belgium‚ which caused Britain to declare war on Germany on the 4th. Finally‚ Austria declared war on Russia on the 6th‚ completing
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In Europe in 1914‚ there were five great powers. They were Britain‚ Germany‚ Russia‚ Austria-Hungary and France. Some were stronger in times of conflict than others‚ and many historians feel differently about the powers. This essay will use data to prove conclusively‚ an opinion held by many historians of which were the strongest and which were the weakest. Russia and Austria-Hungary were the two weakest powers in Europe in 1914. Austria-Hungary had a small army and a tiny navy of only 67 ships
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a favour by allowing him to leave the upper deck of the submarine‚ in order that he might await the motor launch in some sort of privacy; why should he ask for more? Undeterred by my silence‚ he continued: "I have a great friend‚ Lieutenant-zu-See Von Schenk‚ who brought U.122 over last week; he has lost a diary‚ quite private‚ he left it in error; can he have it?" I deliberated‚ felt a certain pity‚ then remembered the Belgian Prince and other things‚ and so‚ looking
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