The reading about “A Leader’s Guide to Why People Behave the Way They Do” was really interesting and I was able to learned a lot from it. The article focuses a lot about the psychology and physical behavior that we exhibit and learned while growing up in life. Also, I let the take that the author provides from his personal experience and knowledge he has learned throughout the years. I like the beginning of the second paragraph in the article where he stated, “Some people resist this conversion by saying that you are being asked to be a psychologist rather than a leader (Clawson, 2001),” I take away from this is that they are supposes to lead you to certain goal but they need to understand the best way to achieve that goal. Some leader who
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When I was ten year old and travel outside oversea to Asia with my parents to see their families and friends was a cultural shock to me. The first thing I notice was all the people on the street looking for food or a place to sleep. For me, I did not understand what was going on or what was happening while my parents were not fazed at all. There was an adjustment period for me because I was sick for the first week after drinking some water; it was not as regulated as the water …show more content…
Without thinking, I gave the person some of my food because this was completely new to me and I thought it was better they had some food instead of starving to death. After I gave my food away, instantly my parents told me not to do that and we quickly leave the restaurant. For some reason, I saw the gesture as humble and helpful but my parents show it as the person ask for more if they saw us again. This experience has always remained in my memory and even today, I try to be as helpful but also remain cautious because they might always come back for more.
Clawson talk about other psychological behavior a person goes through their life like how defense mechanism are create and how to motivate people to increase performance. In reality, the points I talk about extended really spoke to me personally and through the experience, I went through my life. I could have written about each key point but instead I choose some that I could relate to myself and used during my
When I was ten year old and travel outside oversea to Asia with my parents to see their families and friends was a cultural shock to me. The first thing I notice was all the people on the street looking for food or a place to sleep. For me, I did not understand what was going on or what was happening while my parents were not fazed at all. There was an adjustment period for me because I was sick for the first week after drinking some water; it was not as regulated as the water …show more content…
Without thinking, I gave the person some of my food because this was completely new to me and I thought it was better they had some food instead of starving to death. After I gave my food away, instantly my parents told me not to do that and we quickly leave the restaurant. For some reason, I saw the gesture as humble and helpful but my parents show it as the person ask for more if they saw us again. This experience has always remained in my memory and even today, I try to be as helpful but also remain cautious because they might always come back for more.
Clawson talk about other psychological behavior a person goes through their life like how defense mechanism are create and how to motivate people to increase performance. In reality, the points I talk about extended really spoke to me personally and through the experience, I went through my life. I could have written about each key point but instead I choose some that I could relate to myself and used during my