Openness is ones willingness or readiness to receive and to be open to new ideas or behaviors. I have tried most of my life to be open to others thoughts, behaviors’, cultures, beliefs, and opinions. My father has been instrumental in helping me to see life this way. My immediate family is responsible for instilling in me the core values that I have mentioned. I was fortunate to have grown up in a two parent household that was stable and nurturing.
The interesting thing that came from this article was finding different ways searching for the perfect mentor for someone. I think that that is one of the most important requirements that one needs to know. This article will encourage me to learn more about finding a perfect mentor for someone to have. Work Cited Vogt, Peter . " A Mentor Can Help You Succeed in Your First Job | Monster."
The reason why I want to join Year Up is that I feel that it will give me the guidance I need to further my self for the future. I believe that Year Up is a good program for me and my peers. The reason why I believe it is a good program is because it was founded to give youth the skills an training they need. To achieve there personal goals and to be confident in furthering there education. I am a good candidate for Year Up because I have many personal values that will contribute to the Year Up program.
My Special Occasion Speech My grandmother is my hero and someone I always look up to. She raised my brother, sister, and me on her own. My grandmother was my provider, and she taught us everything that we needed to know. I lived with her from the time I came home from the hospital until I moved out when I was seventeen years old because I was going to start my own family at that time. I moved in with my boyfriend.
Pool of mentors will also provide experts from different areas and will enable good networking opportunities for mentees. Mentoring program should as a result improve employee's performance and also their engagement levels to the organization. For me as a mentor it is an opportunity to grow as person and have more meaningful position in the organization with a high status of respect and being considered a role model. To have successful mentoring program we – mentors provide structured mentoring sessions with formal conditions which I will here describe in more detail. From my mentoring session it is overall required: • I and my mentee have signed formal agreement • I prepared for each session – reviewed the outcomes of last session, agreed action plans, goals, review what has gone well in the last session, and what could be done better this time, consider using different communication strategies and skills, prepare material that can be of use to the mentee and could help him to achieve his
“To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.” Kofi Atta Annan. These are motivational words that helped me overcome so many obstacles that came my way. Living an exemplary life is not an easy task but as a role model, a father, a peace keeper and motivational speaker Kofi A. Annan inculcated all these characteristics to be the man he is today. Right from birth, the decisions and choices he made have affected so many lives positively including mine.
At this time, my best friend was quitting her job at an in-home daycare in which my aunt owned and operated. I call this woman my aunt since she and her husband have been really good friends with my father since I could remember. My best friend had found another job so she asked me to take her place as a day-care assistant. I figured if I took her place, it would be a great experience and it would look good on my resume. I have always wanted to have a job where kids were involved.
I see my friends getting good jobs and pursuing their education and I was a sixteen year old mother with nothing to look forward to. My life have change so much and my goal was to go back to school and complete my education. For the past three years my mother and brothers always encouraged me to continue where I left off. Finally one day I decided to reapply to a secondary school to complete in education. I try looking for a job first to take care of my daughter and pay for my finances but that wasn’t successful.
Making personal sacrifices for my children happen on a daily basis, but also remind me of the reason I became a parent in the first place. Keeping an open mind which has helped me to survive is important. To illustrate, times are different now opposed to when I was a child. I have to know where my children are coming from, so I can help them make hard decisions. In addition, I have had to organize my life around my children, so that I could always be there to help them with their homework, attend all of their extracurricular activities, or just have a willingness to listen.
Why I Joined JROTC I joined ROTC for many reasons. The first reason and probably the most important reason I joined was to help my community and better myself. My JROTC has done many things already such as marching in the parade, providing security for Plano games, and car washes. I have become more involved in my community and even made some friends along the way. I have learned very valuable information that will help me in school and life.