Explain how successful the Delian League was. To know better about how successful the league was‚ it is good to know why the league has founded in the first place. After some Greek city states including Athens encouraged and facilitate cities in Asia minor to rebel against Persia‚ The Persian empire had subdued the rebellions and then‚ to address the root of the problem decided to attack Greece. From the two decades of Greco-Persian war‚ it was the Athens and her allies who came out victorious eventually
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The reasons why people succeed in their careers are probably as numerous as the number of successful people. When we begin to think about the qualities these people possess‚ it becomes apparent that we can classify or catagorize them into a few specific groups–those who really enjoy their work‚ those who are obsessed with their work (they either want to be the “best” or have a fear of failure)‚ those who are blessed with exceptional talent in their field‚ and those who have planned
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made the term “successful aging” familiar among gerontologists. As a result‚ a considerable amount of research has been done by the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Successful Aging. Aging is the foreseeable faith of all humans and with it comes a progressive decline in physical‚ psychosocial and cognitive functioning of the body. However‚ successful aging slow the process of aging and results in less‚ not more years of disability (Vaillant & Mukamal‚ 2000‚ p. 840). Successful aging reduces
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Developing and Implementing Successful Strategies Planning is identifying and selecting appropriate goals and courses of action for an organization (Jones & George‚ 2011). Strategy is a cluster of decision about what goals to pursue‚ what actions to take‚ and how to use resources to achieve goals (Jones & George‚ 2011). There are three steps to planning‚ determining the organization’s mission and goals‚ formulating strategy‚ and implementing strategy. This is where the relationship between planning
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Successful Communication A communication event I recently attended was "rush" for a sorority. It was a series of days where I met with all the different sororities. The whole point of this is to meet many different people to decide which sorority is for you. The event is focused around communicating with people so they can get to know you and you can get to know them. If you send the wrong message about yourself you may not be invited back the next day to see the people that you would like to
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Dying before being successful is my greatest phobia. Dying at an early age prohibits me from accomplishing my goals. Death before success puts a lot of fear in my heart. This is my greatest phobia because I do not want to leave this Earth before I reach my goals in life; if I die early‚ I will not experience my American dream‚ I will not be able to say that I am successful‚ and I will not be able to make a difference in my community. My American dream is one of my biggest goals. I have so many
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Crusades were referred as “Histories most successful failures “‚ because they were able to conquer Jerusalem (holy land) but weren’t able to keep it because the Muslims took their land right back. I agree that the Crusades were failures more than successors because of the fact that they failed to keep the “holy land” from the Muslims: when they spent so much time and effort trying to conquer it. Although the crusades were a failure they were also really successful because they were able to conquer the
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The Secrets to Successful Strategy Execution According to the article‚ The Secrets to Successful Strategy Execution‚ there are four building blocks to successful strategy execution. The blocks are: 1. Clarifying decision rights (setting expectations) 2. Designing information flows (making sure people are on the same page‚ have the right information to do their jobs) 3. Aligning motivators (recognition and rewards consistent with attitudes‚ behaviours) 4. Making changes to organisational
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I believe that in large measure what makes an organization successful in meeting the needs of its various constituencies is its distinctiveness. Organizations that have strong and unique cultures generally experience excellent performance which implies why many of the most successful organizations today are thriving and growing because‚ in large part‚ of their unique and strong styles and values towards corporate culture. Yet these same conditions pose a critical set of challenges but yet retain
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Rome began as a small city-state in 753 B.C.E. and slowly turned into the center of a mighty empire that expanded into parts of Europe‚ North Africa‚ and western Asia. Rome was transformed into a successful empire by its army‚ the power of its leaders‚ and its great wealth. One reason why Rome was successful was that it could build a strong army. Rome was a small city-state and did not have many people‚ but it built an army using the people it conquered. These people were persuaded to join the army
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