1. A summary of three main points you gained from the reading (You may list the points‚ but elaborate each enough to show your thoughts so you can talk about them and we can understand them.) The main points of the article Lessons Learned form Extraordinary Leaders the author stress’s the importance of what it takes to be a true leader. This does not mean a manager although employers would love to have all their managers as leaders but unfortunately this does not always happen. A manager is designated
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2012 What I have lived for Looking back on my life‚ there is a question wandering in my mind---what I have lived for. After a long time of contemplating‚ I find that I have been engaged in three missions in my whole life: overcoming difficulties‚ cultivating diligence and pursuing happiness. These three missions have made my life meaningful and wonderful. First‚ I have never surrendered to the difficulties in my life. I know that if I want light‚ I must conquer darkness. So I fought with all
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Buying a Home: Old Versus New Are you currently looking for a home? What kind of home are you looking for? A cozy one with lavish fireplaces? How about a brand new home with the latest technology? Whatever you are looking for‚ there are many rewards for purchasing your own home. Homeownership gives you comfortable‚ peaceful and secure feelings if you go for an old home or a new one. Either is worth the investment. The buying market is favorable today with low mortgage rates‚ incentives from the government
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The past three weeks I can say that I have learned quite a lot‚ I never really thought I could understand what entailed through organized crime. There are many different attributes that were involved to form organized crime. Without knowing exactly what those attributes are you would never be able to figure out what it takes to organize crime or even get why they call it organized crime. I would say to myself why do these mafia and big groups put so much time and effort into making sure that there
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problem of lone drinkers. Our group had proposed the concept of a free valet driving service in major hotel chains such as the Hyatt and Hilton Hotels where social drinking is prevalent‚ so that lone drivers who go drinking would be driven to their homes rather than drive under intoxication. Though it provides a solution to the lone drinker issue‚ we realised that this method is merely deterrence and does not arrest the problem of a lack of social responsibility while drinking. It was merely pinning
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A discovery I have made in my life is that making mistakes only makes you a better person. Normally when someone makes a mistake‚ it is because that person is inexperienced in whatever they are attempting to do‚ and they are doing it improperly. When we make mistakes we are hopefully learning a very important piece of information‚ what not to do! Life is trial and error‚ we do things wrong and hope we do it better next time. There are many examples of myself making a mistake and in turn never
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The Visiting Forces Agreement between the U.S. and Philippines Philippine Foreign Policy and Relations TTH 10:30-12:00 Torrecampo‚ Rejane Cortez Outline of the Paper I. US-Philippines Bilateral Relations II. The Visiting Forces Agreement through the years III. The Renegotiation or Termination of the VFA U.S.-Philippines Bilateral Relations "The Philippines and the United States are longstanding allies." -U.S
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I was walking home on the long broken up concrete path from the bus stop to my house‚ should I? Or should I not? When would I have the time? What would other people think of it? Why should I fight for it without help? I was so confused about what I wanted to do. I pondered these questions for hours. I didn’t know what I should choose. I felt like the wind was howling “CHOOSE! CHOOSE!” I didn’t know what to do and I felt like a predator trying to choose a sweet but hard to catch prey or easy but
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Rashmi Bansal’s book‚ I have a Dream‚ is a collection of stories of 20 idealists who using their creative‚ innovative and entrepreneurial skills decided to use these skills to bring a change and dedicated their lives for the greater good of the society. The entrepreneurs in this book‚ instead of developing business models for profits‚ decided to use it as tools for the betterment of society. Like any other Rashmi’s books‚ this book too has been divided into three categories: The Rainmakers‚ The Change
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A Dissection of I Have a Dream On August 28‚ 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave one of the most influential speeches in literary history. The speech titled "I Have a Dream" was delivered at the Lincoln Memorial on the hundredth anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. It was created to address some main problems of the time: true freedom‚ civil rights‚ and to bring an end to racism. This speech was an important step in the civil rights movement‚ with out it many of people wouldn’t of been
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