He means that if the venture needs you to be anyone else but yourself, it will lead to no good. This reveals to me that Thoreau believes strongly in the individual, being yourself, and seeking your own path. This quote is also applicable to modern life because many ventures nowadays require you to conform for some purpose. The second aphorism I remembered is “Our life is frittered away by detail...Simplicity, simplicity.” Thoreau means that our focus and attention to detail now in society and culture do nothing but to waste our lives away needlessly. He believes simplicity is the better choice.
In today’s society, people are obsessed with the notion of success and how to achieve it. Many people wonder if there really is a secret to success. According to Colin Powell, former Secretary of State, “There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, learning from failure.” Throughout the book Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell proves Colin Powell’s quote to be true. There are no secrets one can use to become successful.
Delbanco’s interpretation that Thoreau creates world that we both need and fear is basically saying that Thoreau creates the perfect world that we would need to best survive and would strive the best in; however this world is something that we as people are not used to and have never experienced so we would be skeptical and scared when it is presented to us. I definitely agree with Delbanco’s statement about Thoreau’s world. Although it would be nice to love in a world where things were based on a man’s conscience rather than government, and the people played a bigger part in how things were ran; it would be something nobody is used to therefore no one would really know what they were doing and who is to say we can trust everyone’s conscience because there are some people in the world with bad consciences. In my opinion Thoreau’s world would only work in
If you know you’re most important values and your hierarchy, you'll know what the internal motivations that move you to take action to achieve your goals and what are the states that try to avoid at all costs. Your values are constantly conditioning your behavior, often without being aware of it. What is important in my power to be someone in life to meet my goals I have in mind. So that my parents are proud of me for what I’ve done make them proud and for them to see that I succeed and all thanks to them. Attending High School is challenging in a way where you don’t know who you are have bad influence’s and as well good and you know what is good and bad for you.
The short video “Work Skills” mainly focuses on informing viewers about the different difficulties of choosing an appropriate career. The video, through many different examples and interviews, explains how we should not allow the idea of an untraditional career become an obstacle in ones career cruising. One should never allow sexism, the idea of stereotypes, or physical disabilities interfere from reaching career goals. In order to be in a career that one will thoroughly enjoy, one must examine personal interests and passions. It’s very important to realize that no career is easy and we must work hard to be successful.
America is always looking for a way to improve its society. Anything that we can do to help our environment or other outstanding problems is usually done. The key fact for this is that Americans are never satisfied; there is always room for improvement, which is why we remain a super power. An article I found on America being in decline states, “The only reason the U.S. is still in the running is because of our forceful way of handling problems”. This statement was ignored, because it shows how negative some people can be, and I completely disregarded this
They are afraid to die, therefore they have a force resulting in procreation, they will in another way continue to survive by their offspring. Nietzche believed that it was not only the will to survive, but to succeed (power) and that everyone has this power, even subconsciously. Everything strives for power. The overman (Ubermensch) is the superior man who justifies the existence of the human race. It is described to be the one who is willing to risk all for the sake of the enhancement of humanity.
What they don’t see though, is the high amount of pressure I put on myself to be perfect at anything and everything and the sheer disappointment I feel if I get a grade of 99% instead of 100% - it may as well have been a zero and then my whole day can be ruined. The personal expectations that I put upon myself can be harsh and hard to swallow. I am working on trying to not be so hard on myself and am trying to adapt the philosophy of “one put down equals two put ups,” which means that for every piece of negative feedback or criticism, you must offer two positive comments. This strategy is supposed to
(Keller & Kotler, 2006) There are as many leadership styles as there are books, etc. Trust is the one characteristic that appears in every book listed in Keller’s book (Keller & Kotler, 2006). Inspiring trust is essential to successful leadership. People will not follow someone as their leader unless they trust him/her; they won’t follow anyone unless they believe that person knows and communicates what he/she is doing. According to author Stephen M. R. Covey in his book “The Speed of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything,” when trust goes down productivity also goes down and costs go up.
Education must enable a man to become more efficient, to achieve with increasing facility the legitimate goals of his life. Education must also train one for quick, resolute and effective thinking. To think incisively and to think for one's self is very difficult. We are prone to let our mental life become invaded by legions of half truths, prejudices, and propaganda. At this point, I often wonder whether or not education is fulfilling its purpose.