can learn from them. Apologise with Dignity If you’ve made mistakes that harm other people‚ it is important to offer a dignified apology. Be clear that it was an unfortunate incident that will not be repeated. A good apology can go along way to restoring trust. If you don’t apologize‚ out of embarrassment or unwillingness‚ the offended person will hold it against you. If your apology is sincere‚ the other person is likely to forgive you. It is more effective to apologize in person‚ rather
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losing their home to a fire. She tucked her pride away and sought out help through the church. Not only has Mama rebuilt her home from scratch‚ but has helped her other daughter‚ Maggie‚ cope through her living disabilities. “She has been like this‚ chin on chest‚ eyes on ground‚ feet in shuffle‚ ever since the fire that burned the other house to the ground” ( 71). Throughout “Everyday Use” Mama describes Maggie as a shy‚ uneducated‚ but appreciative person. Mama’s strength comes from Maggie‚ her
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you need the ability to think win/win. Covey sums up the different ways of human interaction. Win/win proves that there doesn’t always have to be a winner and a loser. Win/lose is a competitive mindset. Lose/win is accepting a loss to make the other person feel good. Lose/lose is when ego driven people are too competitive and needs to win. Win is the mindset of winning. Win/win or no deal only works when your personal levels of integrity‚ maturity‚ and abundance have established enough trust
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that the enemy might be trying to burn down the gate and it turns out they were. I hurried over to the door and could feel the heat rising from the other side. Now I was a Knight and I had power over my squad and the CO told us to stay at the gate‚ but we knew that the moment the whole gate caught on fire the enemy would punch a hole right to the other side. I ordered my archers to shoot at the guys with the battering ram‚ but unfortunately the enemies were underneath a tortoise which is a large
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just no one in my family is that selfish to go and get themselves killed. The reason it relates to me and my family is because we have kept secrets that are not worth keeping but we keep them anyway. Whether i t is from people o thers or from each other. This relates to the book by the following. One is that the family quotes that "let the house burn as long as no one sees the smoke" meaning that it is their secret and no one needs to know about it. Another way is that Clara was selfish and said some
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Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter‚ http://www.processtext.com/abclit.html A Jas-Scan Production Version 1[if you make corrections‚ please change the version to a higher number] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------CHAPTER ONE The Earliest History HISTORY OF THE Six Duchies is of necessity a history of its ruling family‚ the Farseers. A complete telling would reach back beyond the founding of the First Duchy and‚ if
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suddenly found himself confronted by a thing he had never before faced --his own innermost‚ unmitigated‚ arid unbedecked self. He saw all the garbs of pretence and egoism that he had worn now turn to rags of folly. He shuddered at the thought that to others‚ before now‚ the garments of his soul must have appeared sorry and threadbare. Vanity and conceit? These were the joints in his armor. And how free from either she had always been--But why-- As she had slowly moved up the aisle toward the altar
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hold as gold all that shines like gold” in the 12th century. This phrase was changed to read “all that glisters is not gold” and used in William Shakespeare’s literary work The Merchant of Venice written in 1596. Variations have since been used in other writings such as: Tragic Tales by George Tuberville‚ The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien and Don Quixote by Cervantes. With the evolution of the English language the quote has been modified to its present form‚ “All that glitters is not gold.”
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dangers have deceived men‚ than forced them. Nay‚ it were better‚ to meet some dangers half way‚ though they come nothing near‚ than to keep too long a watch upon their approaches; for if a man watch too long‚ it is odds he will fall asleep. On the other side‚ to be deceived with too long shadows (as some have been‚ when the moon was low‚ and shone on their enemies’ back)‚ and so to shoot off before the time; or to teach dangers to come on‚ by over early buckling towards them; is another extreme. The
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heritage is often destructive and that no one can stay in one place forever. This poem brought up some mixed feelings for me. On one side‚ my family is all from a small town so I understand the connection but overwhelming desire to get out. On the other side‚ I am preparing to leave for college and have some mixed feelings about leaving my home town. My mom grew up in a little small town called Idalia‚ CO. She graduated in a class of a whole ten kids‚ and that was a huge class for that town. I still
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