...and experience. A prime example is of a basketball player I know his name is Randy Foye and he plays for the Denver nuggets. The first thing Randy had to learn the game to be a successful basketball player. He used to spend all his earlier days going to a jersey recreation center. By doing this learning he was able to make mistakes and correct himself, the same way people have to do in life to be successful. People must make mistakes and see the error in there ways. He would also watch game footage from Tim Hardaway and Michael Jordan and see what they did to be successful. He would then emulate them. Like other people do to be successful they watch there idols decisions and actions to learn why they are so successful. If someone wanted to be successful in a field like business they would study people like Bill Gates or Steve Jobs if one want to be successful like them. Randy also spent his 10,000 hours practicing and playing lots of games. Randy had a lot of experience in the mean streets of Newark, New Jersey. He had played with people twice his age and it made him tougher on the court. To be successful people should challenge themselves by going up against the very best or doing the tougher work to prepare them later on. He also played all day everyday which made his game second nature to him. That’s why they say practice makes perfect you should develop the fundamentals and master them relentlessly. If you want to be a great computer scientist you should not just...
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...someone reaches the beauty of success. Success is a beautiful thing, for it alone does not always have to consist of major achievements. Success can range from getting a perfect score on a school exam, to becoming a CEO of a multimillion dollar corporation. Success can always have its own values. Values that have meaning, meaning to the person involved in some kind of way either being different emotional sizes. About every human being wants to be successful. Sometimes by total mistake they end up achieving a great task that ends up being success. For example an Artist, a musician can be randomly messing with sounds just for the fun of it, and out of nowhere it can become a Grammy winning song, album, or whatever! Things just happen sometimes. However another way to success is to really want it. Not just want it, but to REALLY REALLY want it ALOT ! You have to have the mindset of you having to accomplish that goal. Being able to put forth the effort, determination, and to dedicate yourself to whatever it is your trying to do. A prime example, Michael Jordan, basketballs icon. Jordan wasn't always the best. He wasn't always NBAs MVP. He had to work his way up to that. As a child he practiced, put in a serious amount of hard work. Then came a day that forever changed him. He got cut from his High schools basketball team. Michael didn't set it out as a reason to quit. He made the best of that situation. He wanted it even more. The situation of failure made him eager and hungry for...
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...To have a future after high school one must learn to be successful. When discussing success, there are three major points. First is learning from your failures, second is grit, and third is courage. So we've all probably seen those motivational commercials, where they wake up at five a.m., lace up there nikes, go for an eight million mile run, and by the time they get back to their house they are already leaving for the gym. While you're feeling pretty bad about the giant bag of chips in your lap, and you are probably thinking about turning the tv off. Yeah, we've all been there. But this one time I was watching a show and one of these nike commercials came on. Just before I changed the channel, Michael Jordan started to ramble on about failure and success. He said, “Ive failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.” At first I was like “ okay that makes no sense at all” so I turned off the tv and went about my day, and then later on I was thinking about what he said and it just occurred to me, “ The only reason anyone succeeds at anything is because they have tried it before and most likely failed. So I did a little more research on what makes someone become a successful person. I found that grit was one of the key points you need to succeed in anything. As I was watching a TED Talk, Angela Lee was talking a lot about grit and how you need a lot of it. Just like me I'm sure you were all wondering what this meant. She explained grit as a, “ … passion...
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...Phil Jackson Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success By Joseph Osorio 11/29/14 Summary of Life Philip Douglas Jackson more commonly known as Phil Jackson has been considered to be one of the best coaches in NBA history. His approach and technique in coaching teams has not only caught the attention of NBA viewers but also of many leaders. As the head coach of the Chicago Bulls and the Los Angeles Lakers, Phil Jackson has won a total of 11 NBA world championships, surpassing the previous record of nine NBA world champions. His simplistic but effective approach is described in his book “11 Rings The Soul of Success.” Here he describes the struggle and the challenges he faced not only as a player but also as a coach and leader of different characters and unique teams. His holistic approach on making the team one as a whole has gained him many followers but also many critics. Phil Jackson was born on September 17, 1945 in the small town of Deer Lodge, Montana. Born to the son of two minister of God, Phil Jackson was raised in a conservative home where many things were not allowed. But during his early years in high school there was one thing that he could not let go, his passion for the beautiful game of basketball was induced. Phil Jackson began playing basketball at Williston, North Dakota where he led the team to two state titles. Jackson later attended the University of North Dakota and also played here for several years, before being drafted in 1967 in the second round by the New...
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...the Williams sisters in tennis, who are both world-class tennis players. Trait theorists would say that these genes were inherited as they were successful from a young age; meaning they were born with their personality, which caused them to be successful. However, trait views are too general and simplistic and that personality alone cannot predict success in a sporting environment and has no consideration of environmental effect. It can also predict behaviour in a limited manner but traits cannot predict how an individual will behave in a particular situation. Eysenck Personality Types There are 4 types of personality that Eysenck explained; Stable, Neurotic, Introvert and Extrovert. Stable This is a predictable, steady-going personality type, which are generally mood predictable and they are relatively calm; an example of this would be Djokovic, the tennis player. He is calm and collected whilst playing tennis and is relatively predictable. These kinds of athletes are great for sports that require a constant emotional state, like golf or swimming as they can be mood predictable and perform well consistently as they are less likely to become frustrated and therefore enhance their own performance as they are calm and psychologically ready to perform. However, when playing sports such as football or boxing, they do not...
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...OC is an eight minute original skit written by the speaker where they play all the characters. Baise tells a story about what happens when he gets left behind by his family and he has to find his way to Oregon. So, he takes the legendary Oregon Trail, and meets many friends along the way. In Humorous Interpretation, junior, Sarah Lehrer, portrays a little girl who asks for a brontosaurus for her birthday, but when her parents tell her no, she runs away into the forest and meets many animals. HI, is an event where the speakers acts out various characters, in a published piece. The actors usually do this by having different stances and voices for each character. AJ Struthers, senior, has been the state series speaker for Impromptu Speaking. In this event the performers are given a list of either three quotations, proverbs, or phrases, and in two minutes they must take their previous knowledge to deliver a six minute speech on the topic they choose. Informative Speaking is an event where one can pick any topic to research and inform the audience on the subject. This year senior, Morgan Saladino, chose to speak about the animal goldfish. She reveals to us how there is so much more to goldfish, than just a snack that smiles...
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...Adlerisms 1. “I can think, I can wait, I can fast…” –Siddhartha 2. “Fate will unwind as it must…” -Beowulf 3. “A mistake is repeated until it is learned…” -Confucius 4. “My worst enemy, my best friend – myself…” -Henry Reyna – Zoot Suit 5. “Tender yourself more dearly!” -Polonius, Hamlet 6. “If you fail to prepare – prepare to fail…” -Steve Prefontaine, Olympic Gold Medalist 7. “Our intentions are far more different than our actions…” -Coach Adler LQHS 8. “Defeat distraction, or distractions will defeat you…” -Coach Adler LQHS 9. “Those who settle for less end with less…” -Coach Adler LQHS 10. “A good fall makes one wiser…” -Aesop 11. “If I were you I would turn back now and save some time and grief. Believe me; you’re heading in the wrong direction…” -Coach Adler LQHS, The Two Ants 12. “In the middle of the journey of our life – I came to find myself in a dark woods where the straightway was lost…” -Dante Alighieri 13. “Acta non verba” (Actions not words) -Latin Idiom 14. “Carpe diem” (Seize the day) -Latin Idiom 15. “A good student only needs to be told once!” -Coach Adler LQHS 16. “Every day wasted is another day you’ll never get back!” -Boyd Grant, Fresno State Basketball 17. “A future filled with regret is not a bright one…” -Koby Serreitelli 18. “If you remain organized you stay in control” -Elise Alverzez 2013 19. “Impossible is just a big word that gets thrown around by small...
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...educational experiences in the family, school, or community. Many of these students are located in large, mainly urban high schools around the country (Balfanz, 2007). Urban high schools face five common problems: low student engagement, poor prior preparation, low ninth-grade promotion rate, low graduations rates, and isolation from the community (Herlihy & Kemple, 2004). When at-risk students are exposed to such environment everyday, they have a greater probability of dropping out of school (Princiotta & Ryan, 2009) Nationally, 1.3 million members of the public high school class of 2009 failed to graduate with a diploma with the majority of that population being African American, Latino, and Native American (Princiotta & Ryan, 2009). The majority of these populations attend schools in urban high schools in majority cities (Balfanz, 2007). Many schools do not have a system that identifies students who are at-risk of dropping out school, so these students are ignored. And even some schools that have indicators in place, they do not offer adequate assistance to help these students (Princiotta & Ryan, 2009). In urban high schools, difficulty transitioning from middle school to high school can increase dropout rates and reduce on-time graduation (Princiotta & Ryan, 2009). Recent studies show that most ninth graders that enter nonselective urban high schools enter with academic skills that are several years below grade level, and that students that dropped out had severe academic...
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...comes great responsibility.” This applies particularly to professional athletes, who, to an extent, experience even more pressure directed towards them than politicians, due to the constant exposure under the limelight and the demand to win from fans all over the world. Expectations towards young and talented professional players are tangible; family, peers, community and agents are only a fraction of the people lining up to share in the fruits of success. Needless to say, this recognition comes with the assumption that they will have a share of the athlete’s financial earnings. So how do these players react to such vast demand and how do they perceive money and its use in different aspects of life? Sports Illustrated published an article in 2009, which shows that on average, 78% of former NFL players go bankrupt within two years of retirement, and about 60% of former NBA players are penniless within five years of ending their career (Torre 1). How is this possible? What are the crucial factors that drive successful athletes to lose all their money, and more importantly, is there a way to avoid such stalemate? “We always felt like if you looked good, played good, they pay good. That was our philosophy” (qtd. in Corben). This is a quote from Keith McCants in Broke, an episode of ESPN’s acclaimed documentary series 30 For 30, that examines professional athletes’ financial behavior and reasons leading up to the substantial amount of sports retirees that are either near or Penttila...
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...CIO - Nike Rebounds Page 1 of 8 Features Nike Rebounds Christopher Koch 12 July, 2004 10:54:58 How (and Why) Nike Recovered from Its Supply Chain Diaster Too many Air Garnetts. Too few Air Jordans. Nike lost money, time and a measure of pride when its demand-planning software led it astray. How did it recover? Patience, perseverance and, most important, an understanding of what it was trying to accomplish in the first place READER ROI The limitations of demand-planning software How a robust business plan can insulate tech execs from blame Single-instance strategies in a global environment "I thought we weren't going to talk about i2," growls Roland Wolfram, Nike's vice president of global operations and technology, his eyes flashing at his PR manager with ill-concealed ire. Wolfram, who was promoted in April to vice president and general manager of the Asia-Pacific division, is all Nike. His complexion is ruddy, his lips cracked from working out or working hard, or both. He's casually dressed, but with a typical Nike sharpness to his turtleneck and slacks, a sharpness reflected also in his urgent, aggressive defence of his company - a Nike pride that would seem arrogant were not the company so dominant in its industry. Wolfram calls the i2 problem - a software glitch that cost Nike more than $US100 million in lost sales, depressed its stock price by 20 percent, triggered a flurry of class-action lawsuits, and caused its chairman, president and CEO,...
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...rebellious spirit. b) Source of Brand Equity Description Logo Nike’s logo is a check mark. It is commonly referred to as the “swoosh.” As of 2000, 97 percent of American citizens recognize the brand logo. Nike has been seen as aggressive in the overabundance use of the “swoosh” with the symbol being placed on shoes, jerseys, hats, billboards and soccer balls across the globe. This ubiquity has been criticized as diluted the “swoosh”. Advertising Advertising has allowed Nike to portray its rebellious spirit and “nasty boy” image. However, this approach in advertisement has caused negative perceptions in countries such as Europe where it has come across as too irreverent. Sponsorships Nike has sponsored athletes such as Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan and John McEnroe. Americans idolize sport heroes allowing “winning” performance by sponsored athletes to correlate with “winning” Nike products. Through sponsorships Nike was able to create the credibility needed for...
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...Melanie Seiss English DO/MAKE compared with German TUN/MACHEN Problems of German Learners of English Sarah Heydeck Alemannenweg 12 79793 Wutöschingen Tel.: 01634253082 Email: sarah.heydeck@uni-konstanz.de Student ID: 01/813879 LA English/History Semester: 8 Wutöschingen, 31st August 2014 Table of Contents 1. Introduction to the Phenomenon under Consideration.. 1 2. Description of the Linguistic Concept Involved .............. 2 3. Description of the Study .................................................... 3 4. Results of the Study - Interpretation and Conclusion .... 4 5. Impacts on Teaching English ............................................ 5 6. List of References ............................................................... 7 7. Appendix…………………………………………………..8 1. Introduction to the Phenomenon under Consideration “Those elements that are similar to his native language will be simple for him, and those elements that are different will be difficult.” (cf. Larsen-Freeman/Long 1991:53) This controversial statement by linguist Dr. Robert Lado in 1957 was already refuted by a number of linguists a long time ago. (cf. Larsen-Freeman/Long 1991) The issue to be examined in this term paper illustrates that Lado’s first half sentence is not adequate to be transferred to real life. The intention of the paper at hand is to investigate the difficulties learners of English face in using and recognizing the high-frequency verbs “to do” and “to make”. The...
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...For this task I had to select an individual for my assignment and describe their physical, intellectual, emotional and social development for each of their life stages. The individual I have chosen is Michael Jackson, I have chosen him because I think that his life was very interesting and I’d like to explore all the other aspects of this life. I will need explain what I think could/should happen to Michael Jackson at each life stage. Conception Michael Jacksons parents Katherine Jackson and Joe Jackson would have conceived Michael around about November 1957.Conception is the making of a new beginning of life , now each women should be born with a full functioning birth system sometimes when a women does not function properly she may not be able to have children and conceive. Each month hormones are released such as follicle stimulating hormone and estrogen, these hormones help follicles develop and help the uterus to get thick and to get prepared for the fertilization of an egg. Each egg leaves the woman’s ovaries and it goes into the fallopian tube, then after this process it gets travelled through to the uterus. It all starts during intercourse, when a man has intercourse with a woman he inserts sperm into her vagina about 250 million sperms would have been ejaculated into the vagina. Every sperm looks the same as it has a long tall to enable it to swim and force itself up to the fallopian tube. This is where all the magic happens in the woman fallopian tube, the tube...
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...persecuting on the basis of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or beliefs that differ from those of the persecutor. Religious group: A number of people who set or institutionalized system of religious attitudes, beliefs, and practices some form of warship. Part II Select at least 1 religious and 1 ethnic/racial group not your own from the list below. • Religious groups (based on http://religions.pewforum.org/pdf/affiliations-all-traditions.pdf) o Christianity • Evangelical Protestant • Mainline Protestant • Historically Black Churches • Roman Catholic • Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) • Jehovah’s Witnesses • Orthodox (Greek, Eastern) o Judaism (Orthodox, Conservative, or Reform) o Buddhism (Theravada or Mahayana) o Islam (Sunni, Shia, Sufism) o Hinduism • Racial/Ethnic groups (based on divisions in U.S. Census Bureau documents) o Asian (Asian descent) o Black (African descent) o Hispanic and Latino (South or Central American descent) o Pacific Islander (Polynesian descent) o White (European descent) Part III Answer the following questions in 150 to 250 words each about the religious group you selected: How does your selected religious group differ from other religious groups (such as in their beliefs, worship practices, or values)? Jehovah’s Witnesses are similar to Christians but they themselves do not agree with it. From all the...
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...multitasking have found. Because of today’s popular culture kids are trying to multitask to much and its affecting them in school and in there family life. Doing very simple tasks such as ironing some clothes and listening to a radio is as simple as multitasking can get. But when children use there electronics to become multitaskers it’s a completely different story. They become so fixated on what they were supposed to do, that they have to double the amount of time just to finish what they started. Doing homework while instant messaging, listening to music, and watching television becomes more of a concern for parents everyday. Family life is becoming a concern for children and how they act around there family member. A specific study by Anthropologist Elinor Orch, director of UCLA’s center on everyday lives of families. Because of the large scale of multitasking with children in there homes, they become so fixated with what they are doing they don’t give parents enough attention. The study was done over a four year periods which ranged from thirty two families in California. What they found was that most parents aren’t as occupied with multitasking and they don’t know how to relate to there children. Orch says, “We also saw how difficult it was for...
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