...Major Individual Essay During this time of exploration I have exposed experiences that have had a significant impact on how I see myself. One incident related to a less than one-minute interaction forty years ago. As I was thinking about my life story and self-development trajectory I recalled an interstate holiday to Queensland when I was 10 years old. My parents, avid antique collectors, were looking for a grandfather clock and made an enquiry to a shopkeeper if he had any clocks to sell. The shopkeeper responded to my father’s query and proceeded to say he did have a beautiful Victorian grandfather clock and said “oh it’s over there just near your son” and he was pointing at me….This event had a profound impact on how I have viewed myself and now forty years later a place to start for some great opportunities for improvement. As Eleanor Roosevelt said,“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent”. | Introduction I made a decision at the start of the semester to use the subject as a catalyst to create some changes in my professional life. I came into this subject with a plan to work out how to improve my working relationship with a colleague who I perceived as overbearing and a dictator. Over the past twelve weeks I have dissected not only this relationship but also my career, myself and my future. I am, to most, seen as a successful executive and leader. Based on the success symbols of our western society such as being goal oriented, having a clear...
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...Here’s what others have to say about Self-Confidence: “Compelling. Candid. Controversial. You have to read it!” Steve McDermott – Former European Business Speaker of the Year and bestselling author “You will love this book. Paul McGee is an incredibly intuitive and inspiring presenter and writer. This book will go a long way in helping you regain and rebuild your confidence so that you can reach your full potential for your life” Rosemary Conley CBE. Diet and Fitness Guru “From improving your love life, to boosting your job prospects, confidence can unlock the doors to a brighter future. This brilliant book, packed with honesty, humour and hope, provides the keys.” Laine Ferguson Retail Director of The Body Shop “Packed with practical ideas and insights to build your confidence from the boardroom to the bedroom – and most things in between. You’ll wish you’d read this book years ago.” Philip Hesketh. Award winning, international speaker and best selling author And what they say about Paul McGee, The SUMO Guy: “Your input made an incredible difference. The average score of how well people felt able to cope with change, moved from 71% to 94%; a great move, especially starting from a reasonable base. Your SUMO ideas continue to be frequently used.” Marks & Spencer “May I on behalf of everyone at Manchester United who attended your session, thank you for a great presentation. The feedback has been excellent and all very positive and I know the ideas within your S.U.M.O...
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...THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE OF SELF MANAGED LEARNING (SML): EVIDENCE FROM RESEARCH With Introduction by Dr. Graham Dawes By Nicola Sankey March 2008 CONTENTS 1. An introduction to Self Managed Learning (SML) by Dr. Graham Dawes page 3 2. The Student Experience of Self Managed Learning (SML): evidence from research page 10 3. Introduction page 10 4. Research Strategy page 11 5. Empirical Research Evidence page 12 ▪ What did the students like about SML? page 12 ▪ How was it beneficial to students and what did they learn? page 21 ▪ Why might SML work less well? page 31 6. Evaluations and Conclusions page 33 7. Bibliography page 36 AN INTRODUCTION TO SELF MANAGED LEARNING (SML) Dr Graham Dawes The Self Managed Learning approach was created by Professor Ian Cunningham in 1978, drawing on his experiences of action learning and independent study and underpinned by Gregory Bateson’s theory of levels of learning (Bateson brought the concept of ‘learning to learn’ to the behavioural sciences). Self Managed Learning is a structured approach to learning with the following two main elements: the Learning Agreement and the Learning Group. Learning Agreement. The agreement is between the student, who undertakes to pursue their learning goals, and the learning...
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...for coming tonight. I promise you that time we spend together will be very valuable. How many people here would like to double their income? If I can show you how, will you give it a try? I'm going to show you today how to double your income. I'm going to show you how everyone doubles their income and it begins with changing the way you think. The starting point of doubling your income is very simple, is make a decision to double your income and set it as a goal. If you do that, everything else changes for you. Now, I have some good news. The good news is that we're living in the very best time in all of human history. South Korea has become a role model for the rest of the world. South Korea is talked about all over the world as a model for what is possible in any countries. And I'm so honor to be with you. I thank you very much for inviting me to come. SECTION 02 We have now entered into the 21st century and many things have changed. One of the most important things that have changed is that we have left the world of physical work and we've moved into the world of mental work. All your success is going to be determined by how well you think. The most effective thinkers are the ones who will control the future. And you are among the top 10% of the people in our society. How do I know that? It's because you're here. It's always the top 10% of the people who come to this program. It's always the people who have a wonderful future who come to this program. I know because I've...
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...come and as a society can we do something about it. When we were tasked to write this final research paper on one of the topics from the discussions over the past semester i knew that i had to do a topic that i had dealt with on some personal level even know i have experienced many of the topics over the last semester the one that spoke to me the most is the distribution of wealth because of the simple fact that in my core family unit there is a gap in the distribution of wealth with me now below the poverty line my mother and father who i live with who are apart of the middle class and my birth father who is of the upper class in this paper i will uncover the differences and the similarities between these classes also is it fair that some have all and some have none and will the government do or should not do anything with the situation as well as the themes of what can change and how people feel about the situation at hand and how much is enough and why is it not enough and does the level of wealth make us happy i will also discuss these topics in interviews with my family. In a study conducted by the American psychological association they posed a question money can’t buy happiness? and in reading the article which puts poignant questions to people who make over $25 million a year. i realized that people who make what i see as a lot of money and who i believe don't have many problems in life have the same issue as people that make $2500 a year because these questions are...
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...New Age Hypnosis 1 Self Hypnosis REVISED EDITION Easy Ways to Hypnotize Your Problems Away DR. BRUCE GOLDBERG New Page Books A division of The Career Press, Inc. Franklin Lakes, NJ 2 Self-Hypnosis Copyright ∞ 2006 by Dr. Bruce Goldberg All rights reserved under the Pan-American and International Copyright Conventions. This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system now known or hereafter invented, without written permission from the publisher, The Career Press. SELF HYPNOSIS, REVISED EDITION EDITED BY CHRISTOPHER CAROLEI Cover design by Lu Rossman/Digi Dog Design NYC Printed in the U.S.A. by Book-mart Press To order this title, please call toll-free 1-800-CAREER-1 (NJ and Canada: 201848-0310) to order using VISA or MasterCard, or for further information on books from Career Press. The Career Press, Inc., 3 Tice Road, PO Box 687, Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417 www.careerpress.com www.newpagebooks.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Goldberg, Bruce, 1948Self hypnosis : easy ways to hypnotize your problems away / by Bruce Goldberg.— Rev. ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: *978-1-56414-885-8 (pbk.) ISBN-10: 1-56414-885-8 (pbk.) 1. Mental suggestion. I. Title. BF1156.S8G65 2006 154.7—dc22 2005056737 New Age Hypnosis 3 DEDICATION This book is dedicated...
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...D. Harris | Chaz.harris@live.com MGMT-591-10696 Leadership & Organizational Behavior Prof. Romuald Stone 9/12/2013 | | Hello everyone, my name is Chaz Dupree Harris and this is the first time I have completed an exercise like this. After completing my Life Styles Inventory exercise, I found out some very interesting things that were obvious and surprising at the same time. This exercise has opened my eyes on certain skills that I have to work on and improve in order to be later successful in my future career on leadership. Personal Thinking Styles On the circumplex the areas in which I scored the highest and are the same for my primary thinking styles were all under the styles that are consider Aggressive and Defensive. These styles are base on the self promoting and behavior that establish your role and meets the needs of security of task orientation. Each section under these styles was listed as Perfectionistic, Competitive, Power and Oppositional. It shows I’m more task orientated than...
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...unsure of how to handle conflict, so they simply to try to avoid it at all cost. The LSI Conflict Profile and Circumplex will give a detailed analysis of a person’s own personal conflict style, and will make them aware of their strengths and weaknesses. It can be used to allow oneself to evaluate their own attitude toward conflict, and if changes can be made to improve their outlook and approach to handling that conflict. My top 3 highest personal conflict styles are: pragmatist (99th percentile), avoider (94th percentile), and insulator (87th percentile). My 3 lowest personal styles are: dominator (10th percentile), conciliator (38th percentile), and self-empowered (42nd percentile). (See Circumplex and Conflict Profile at end of paper.) A pragmatist is someone who is practical, and sees things for how they really are. They are sensible, and don’t rush to make judgments or decisions. I am definitely a pragmatist. I am surprised that I was in the 99th percentile for this style, as I didn’t realize my way of thinking was so extreme to one style. When I have to make a decision I think of every possible variation of the decision, and what each variation could lead to. When it comes to conflict this means that I don’t make decisions in the heat of the moment and I’m able to see every person’s perspective on the matter. I am not a hot-head, but instead level-headed when it comes to dealing with other people’s emotions. My next highest style is an avoider, which means that I avoid...
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...author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First edition 1999 Second edition 2003 Published by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 Companies and representatives throughout the world PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 1-4039-1135-5 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. 10 9 12 11 8 7 10 09 6 08 5 07 4 06 3 2 1 05 04 03 Acknowledgements The author would like to thank the following: TMP Worldwide Research, 32 Aybrook Street, London W1M 3JL (tel. 0171 872 1500), for permission to reproduce their data on ‘soft...
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... PAST TENSE: Of all my bad and nice experiences in highschool, camping is my favorite even though it only happened in the school premises. We had camps when I was 4th year in highschool. My favorite camp is the first when the juniors and we, the seniors, collaborated to have our first camping for our rover scouting. It was a surprised for us that it isn’t only just camping because they implemented strict rules and policies for three days and two nights. One of the rules is to always be on time and always do things quickly. We are assigned to find our groups, but then I and my bestfriend were late in the meeting of the group of our section so we don’t have any other choice but to build another group with the other sections. At first I didn’t expect that it would be successful for our group because we’re not that close. Before the camping, our teacher gave us the list of the things that we should only bring. Our camp started assembling by 4 in the afternoon. We are given tents to build shelter or the place that we will be sleeping in. At that time, we also met the persons that are assigned to give us our tasks from our main commander and also to guide and help us. We are first assigned to elect the leaders for our group, and after that the main leaders was task to go them for further instructions. They thought our leaders the whistle signals that they will be using and our leaders also thought them to us while we were eating our packed dinners. They also assigned the name...
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...Analysing Self and Organisation HR837 Self Analysis Assignment John Hall Student Number: 05020550 January 2007 Word Count: 3220 Tutor: Gillian Forster Contents Introduction: p 3 Application of Honey and Mumford Theory: p 3 Analysis of Kolb’s Learning Styles: p 6 Application of Belbin analysis: p 10 Personal SWOT Analysis: p 12 Rationale behind Personal Development Objectives: p 14 Conclusion: p 15 Bibliography: p 16 Appendix: p 17 Introduction In this assignment it is my intention to analyse a range of learning style models and relate them to a personal analysis in order to determine strengths and weaknesses and demonstrate a process of critical evaluation. These strengths and weaknesses will tie in to a personal SWOT analysis which will combine to highlight the rationale behind the Personal Development Objectives outlined towards the end of the assignment. Telford states that ‘It’s hard to imagine that our self improvement efforts will be successful without considering what is this “self” we want to improve’ Telford (2005) p9. And it is this concept which is sometimes difficult for us to embrace. The notion of looking closely at oneself and carrying out a critical analysis can at times be quite uncomfortable but as demonstrated above it is necessary in order to embark upon the process of self improvement. Honey and Mumford The dictionary definition of learning is ‘to obtain knowledge or awareness of...
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...Excellence Book Review If I were new to the topic of sport psychology, and I asked someone to suggest a book that would give me an in-depth, how-to description of learning to control your mind and use it to your advantage, then I would expect them to suggest In Pursuit of Excellence. I have read a few different books on sport psychology, with all of them discussing the same information and techniques, but none of them go into the type of depth that this book does. It is almost as though this is the Bible of sport psychology; that is just how well Terry Orlick has written the fourth edition of his book, In Pursuit of Excellence. Like most North American athletes, I developed a passion for the physical part of the game at a very early age, with numerous hours of practice and playing a hundred games a summer. It was a true dedication to the sport, but I always loved it. Recently, in the past few years though, I have developed a very similar appreciation for the mental side of the game, and how it can greatly influence an athlete’s performance in all areas of life. Simple mind tricks, such as immediately stopping a negative thought, and replacing it with a positive one, can greatly affect your chances of winning a race or succeeding in your respective sport. It’s that reason why I have allowed myself to become so entrenched in it, it’s the reason why I have seen much faster improvements in my on-field performance, and have simply had a much higher quality of life. Now, after reading Terry...
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...My first impression on Entrepreneurship my cousin Tino Corona had made me think of a quote that I saw by a unknown author when I was researching Entrepreneurship, which says “Entrepreneurship is living a few years of your life like most people won't, so that you can spend the rest of your life like most people can't.” (Unkown Author, 2010). When I first read this quote I really can see my cousin living a few years most people won’t, but his life now us set for his children and his grandchildren. Many entrepreneurs have very strong characteristics and similar ambitions as Tino has. It is said that to have a successful business, one must obtain entrepreneur qualities. Diligent and hard working, they strive through the ups and downs of start-up companies as I was told during the interview with Mr. Corona. They are "self starters" and have a superior belief in themselves; this is so true because when Tino had challenges to overcome for example a challenge that he had to overcome was the feeling of giving up. Tino stated that “he was not seeing the results he thought he would see at first in terms of the income and his funds were running out. He overcame that by stepping back and evaluates his product, service, target market, and his marketing strategies”. (Corna, Tino, 2010). An entrepreneur has to be patient and wait. From hearing Tino success, I know that businesses take time and nourishment. It is obvious that it takes years for a small business to even rise up enough to go public...
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...successful relationship with your partner. The main element is communication. Communication is so very important in any relationship, whether it be personal or professional. Here are some different communication skills that I feel may be helpful to you. Non-Verbal Communication is one of the ways to communicate. Non-Verbal communication: “Communication that involves facial expressions, eye contact, body language, gestures, and other visual and vocal means of transmitting information” (Sole, K., 2011). When we communicate with people we are always giving and receiving wordless signals. Some examples of non-verbal communication are “the gestures we make, the way we sit, how fast and loud we talk, how close we stand, how much eye contact we make-send strong messages” (Helpguide.org., 2013). How often do you think that a person can tell what you’re thinking about just by looking at how you are standing? I never thought that someone who moves around a lot when talking to you could mean something, Now that I think about it, I ran into a friend the other day at the store and when I was talking to her she couldn’t stand still. I never thought that maybe she had to be somewhere or that she was not interested in talking to me. I know now that I will be more aware of how a person is acting to tell whether or not they want to be there or if they don’t. There are five roles that non-verbal communication can play. They are repetition, contradiction, substitution, complementing and accenting....
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...Before now I’ve never really thought about the way I think. I guess that’s why right after I completed the LSI( Life Style Inventory) assessment and read the results I had to pull myself away from my work to really think about my results. When I took the assessment I told myself I wanted to be as honest as I possible could, so perhaps I might get honest answers as to how I think and behave. Then answer question like, how do the ways I think and behave affect my management style for now and in the future? Knowing yourself is important to every aspect of your like. I spend a lot of time trying to get a better understanding for why I respond to certain situation in certain ways. For example, when, when I’m asked to do anything at work I immediately say, “no problem”. My coworkers jokingly call me the teacher’s pet or they say thinks like, “Your really trying to keep your job”. Some will even wink and say things like, “Job security”. I smile at their jest. I’m sure that it comes from a good place, but none of what they say can be further from the truth. I whole-heartedly want to do what ever it takes to help get the job done. Which is why I found the result of my LSI assessment so interesting. The LSI determined that my primary style of thinking is Constructive, which according to the LSI is a style of thinking that is self-enhancing and contributes to my satisfaction, ability to effectively work with others, develop healthy relationships, and to proficiently accomplish task...
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