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    Question: Are people better at making observations‚ discoveries‚ and decisions if they remain neutral and impartial? Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading‚ studies‚ experience‚ or observations. Objectivity by researchers has not‚ and probably never will be attained. People will always have biases; some will be created by cultural values and others by personal views. The search for objectivity lies in the realm of philosophy along with the search for reality

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    Review your Ethical Lens Inventory results from Week Seven.            Open a blank document in Microsoft Word.          Write a 350- to 700-word paper reflecting on the results of the  Ethical lens Inventory. Answer the following in your paper:   o   What is your personal ethical lens? Rights and responsibilities ‚which helps me distinguish between reasoning and intuition‚ I believe in achieving the greatest good for each individual for the community. o   What are your strengths and weaknesses

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    The outlook of each person is different‚ and our attitude and solution of the same event are also different. When something bad happens‚ some tend to see the event as a single event which does not affect their lives. On the other hand‚ the others feel that an event is just one of string of bad events affecting their lives. When you are looking at a glass that is filled exactly halfway with liquid‚ is the glass half full or half empty to you? People who see an event which is much worse than it is

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    Three Keys to a happy life   Everyone wants to live a happy life. But where does happiness come from? Buddha said "Life is a creation of the mind." Shakespeare put it this way when he said "There is nothing good or bad‚ but thinking makes it so." Therefore‚ the first key or the most important key to a happy life I would say is Positive Thinking. Maybe all of us have heard of this famous question: is the glass half-full or half-empty? An optimist observes what is in the glass – the full half‚ because

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    ECA TASK 1 Richard Layard stated that happiness comes from outside and within‚ explain this statement‚ drawing on appropriate evidence from chapters 3 and 5 of the course book. In this assignment I will be explaining the above statements. There are many factors which contribute to our overall happiness . Optimistic Thinking‚ focusing on our strengths and blessings gives us contentment From within. Our roles in life our work our friends

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    Professor Mrs. Bennett English 110 20 October 2010 How to be Happy Life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness has been the focal point of America for over two hundred years‚ yet so many Americans work their entire lives just to find themselves just as unhappy as they were when they first began. Many people believe money is the key to happiness. “If only I were rich‚ I’d be happy.” They surround themselves with fancy cars‚ large‚ extravagant houses‚ and designer clothes‚ all in an attempt

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    Does Positive Thinking Work? Final Assignment Annotated Bibliography Gregoire‚ Carolyn. (2012). Positive Thinking Tips: 10 Ways To Overcome Negativity And Become More Optimistic. Huff Post Lifestyle Less Stress‚ More Living. Retrieved from: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/09/positive-thinking-tips-10_n_2252944.html In the article titled “Positive Thinking Tips: 10 Ways To Overcome Negativity And Become More Optimistic‚” author Carolyn Gregoire discusses how anyone can acquire positive

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    Life’s Descriptions Life is one of those words that can be shaped however one may please and turned into an idea suited for themselves. For example‚ “Life is like photography. You need the negatives to develop” (Brown). There are many metaphors used to describe life depending on whether it is an optimistic or pessimistic view. Two comparisons some may make about life are having to do with having their life course mapped out and then‚ to its polar opposite‚ going through each day without a clue.

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    High attitude means high altitude. This is in fact the basic principle behind attitude indicators in airplanes that measure the position of aircraft with respect to the horizon. While the plane is climbing up‚ it has a nose up attitude and while it is descending‚ it has a nose down attitude. Pilots keep a close watch at this attitude indicator because they know it helps to determine the altitude of the plane. If they wish to change the altitude‚ they must adjust the attitude. With this very example

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    A very good morning to my fellow teachers and beloved students. As the counsellor of the school‚ I humbly thank you for inviting me to give a speech entitled ‘ways to take steps to get some relief’. As all of you know‚ without proper stress management techniques‚ the consequences can be devastating. The consequences of stress can be expressed in 3 ways which are physical symptoms‚ feelings and behaviours. Making a lifestyle change is one of the ways to manage your stress. For instance‚ you can opt

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