hour rule you may ask? The 10‚000 hour rule is a directive from the book Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell that states that if you want to be successful then you have to put 10‚000 hours into it. “In fact‚ researchers have settled on what they believe is the magic number for true expertise: ten thousand hours (40).” This prominent quote is controversial because many people disagree with the time it takes to become successful. I believe that this rule that Malcolm Gladwell calls “The 10‚000 Hour Rule” actually
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TOP 10 LIST OF UNCONTROLLABLE RISK FACTORS FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES AIRBORNE DISEASES Regular check-ups / immunization / hygiene Diseases communicated by air i.e.) tuberculosis.flu and etc. RADON Change ventilation system / radon checks According to CDT Minnesota Department of Health (2007)‚ Radon is a radioactive gas - that means it continuously decays and releases radiation. It is produced from minerals in soil‚ such as uranium and radium. Although radon is present throughout the environment
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The Top 10 Myths About Dinosaur Extinction Misconceptions About the Extinction of Dinosaurs Cen Chen We all know that the dinosaurs mysteriously (or not so mysteriously) vanished off the face of the earth about 65 million years ago‚ a mass extinction that still lingers in the popular imagination. How could creatures so huge‚ so fierce and so successful go down the drain virtually overnight‚ along with their close cousins‚ the pterosaurs and marine reptiles? The details are still being worked out
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ffirs.qxd 3/10/08 4:02 PM Page iii 5 A N I N S P I R I N G TO O L FO R O R G A N I Z AT I O N S A N D T H E P EO P L E W H O L E A D T H E M The Five Questions MOST IMPORTANT You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization Peter F. Drucker Jim Collins‚ Philip Kotler‚ James Kouzes‚ Judith Rodin‚ V. Kasturi Rangan‚ and Frances Hesselbein ffirs.qxd 3/10/08 4:02 PM Page viii ffirs.qxd 3/10/08 4:02 PM Page i “Nobody‚ not even Socrates‚ has ever asked
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2011 Top 10 Most Visited Websites in United States 1. Google Google has become such a popular search engine that people have coined the phrase “Googling” to describe searching for topics on the Internet. In addition to serving as one of the top search engines‚ you can get maps and directions to a variety of destinations‚ read news articles on today’s hot topics and benefit from an excellent online shopping mall where you can compare prices and read customer reviews on products and retailers
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What are the top 10 qualities a great reporter must possess? Here it is in my humble opinion. 1)Curiosity- A reporter MUST absolutely be a very curious person. This is by far the number one thing and it outweighs all of them. Interested in how things work‚ and why people are they way they are. 2)Communication Skills You have to be able to communicate with people‚ interpret what information they give you‚ and present it to others. 3)Integrity- This goes without explanation. 4) Ability
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Running head: LEADERSHIP ASSESSMENT Leadership Assessment Leadership Assessment Leadership can be best defined as beauty. One may say that is in the eye of the beholder. The best managers consistently allow different leaders to emerge and inspire their teammates. My prior organization‚ Comcast Corporation‚ a telecommunications provider‚ mission statement is to deliver a superior experience to their customers every day. Jason Biske‚ whom is Director of Sales and Operation‚ created an environment
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Peter Skrzynecki is of Polish/Ukrainian background and was born in 1945‚ in Germany‚ shortly before the end of World War II. He emigrated to Australia in 1949 with his parents. Most of Skrzynecki’s poems are about his life and the change that he has experienced from moving to a different country. In 1951 the family moved to Sydney‚ to the working-class suburb of Regents Park‚ where a home had been purchased at 10 Mary Street. The poem “10 Mary Street” represents change as it shows the comparison
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Peter Browning was promoted to the position of Vice-President of Continental White Cap in 1984 after holding the position of Vice President and General Manager of Continental’s Bondware Division where he turned losses into profits. Browning was faced with the daunting task of rejuvenating and repositioning the Chicago division in the face of upcoming competition from other producers of vacuum sealed metal closures for glass jars. In addition‚ White Cap’s customer base was being influenced by the
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The 10‚000 Hour Rule is the idea that it takes about 10‚000 hours to master a skill. In Outliers‚ Gladwell uses Bill Gates as an example. According to Gladwell‚ Gates spent approximately 10‚000 hours practicing coding‚ honing the skills that he would later use to build his multi-billion dollar software company known as Microsoft. Bill Gates is a real-life example of the idiom “Practice makes perfect”. The 10‚000 hour also factors into education. In order to ensure success in school‚ I must reform
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