One of my most challenging roles at Exxon was as coordinator for an internally resourced improvement program focused on cost‚ throughput and quality. The project had multiple objectives: establishing performance baselines‚ setting stretch targets‚ ensuring robust end products and developing an implementation plan. Yet my greatest challenge was convincing the combined team and their supporting plant personnel to review the current working practices and develop the best‚ unbiased business solutions
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Have you ever tried something that was more advanced than what you’re used to? Whether you achieved that goal or not‚ you grew from the experience‚ correct? Author Ralph Waldo Emerson is quoted saying‚ "Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered‚ you will never grow." Based on your experiences you may agree or disagree‚ but there is not doubt that by trying new things you grow‚ achieve‚ and find yourself. First of all‚ there is no guarantee that you will always succeed
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Dysfunctional Ever After Some women strive for attention‚ and would pay any price to get it‚ but not all attention seekers do so because of personality disorders. Most sacrifice some of their personal values for the sake of attention. Therefore this usually is the result of an underlying disorder. Ariel Schulman‚ Henry Joost‚ and Yaniv Schulman‚ Ariel’s brother‚ are the filmmakers that created Catfish‚ a documentary showing how even a seemingly normal‚ but troubled housewife who spent the majority
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Personal Experience Monograph SSG John Webb The Worst Day of My Life 20 October 2012 ALC Class 001-13 Unclassified TABLE OF CONTENTS Abstract………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………1 Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..1 Description of events………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….1 Outcomes……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………4 Lessons……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….5 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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The song I chose to write about for the song project is “"If You Wanted A Song Written About You‚ All You Had To Do Was Ask” by Mayday Parade. The first poetic device that clearly stuck out to me is the device allegory‚ which is defined as a short moral story. The song as a whole is a short moral story since the writer of the song is referring to a tough situation that happened to him‚ in this case heartbreak. The writer talks about a prior relationship he was in where he opened up to his partner
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The Worst Day of My Life I wish I could say I would never forget but truthfully some of it I have or actually maybe I have not forgotten but more like tucked it away in my unconscious mind and only think about it when triggered. I am talking experiencing the worst day of my life! It happened Aug 19‚ 2005 which I actually had to ask my mom the exact date because I have totally blocked it out. I am speaking of a horrific accident that my oldest son Kestan now 14‚ when he was 8 yrs old put his hand
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bad back then 2009. Second‚ I am like a pioneer who is like to discover new things and have no fear for uncertainty. Last summer‚ I received Government’s scholarship to study abroad at Texas‚ in the Univ. of St. Thomas. I not only had the opportunity to study‚ I had an internship at the Government’s office for two moths. After the program‚ I traveled around the U.S. alone by only public transportation and it’s also my first time to the states. Third‚ I am like a leader who is so brave to solve
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December 15‚2000 my family and I were in the kitchen eating breakfast until my dad eagerly came downstairs with a smile so big you could see his teeth. “Good Morning” my dad said to everyone one the breakfast table‚ guess what today is? ….. with a big pause my mom said “I don’t know dear tell me” December 15!!! My dad said like it was a big deal. My mom smiled and said “why are you so happy”‚ because “I have something very special planed for Christmas he replied” so get ready tomorrow were going on an
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1. The conditions in the economy before the Great Depression were rapidly increasing causing a huge growth in the city. Throughout the city new towns were appearing‚ and in these towns banks‚ opera houses‚ streetlights‚ and restaurants were being made (Chapter 1). “America was going on the greatest‚ gaudiest spree in history” according to F. Scott Fitzgerald. Basically the quality of life and business was immensely good at the time. The wheat industry was undoubtedly the way to go for those
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1. What do you think Will Hunting’s life would be like if the therapy had not been successful? I believe that Will would have still been a construction worker and a janitor. He would still be afraid to take chances and allow people to actually love him. Furthermore‚ Will would have continued to be an intelligent‚ yet angry person for the rest of his life. He was going to look at his life fifty years from now and have so many regrets. He was going to be labeled as a genius that was an idiot for wasting
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