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The Three Signs of a Miserable Job Paper The book, “The Three Signs of a Miserable Job”, is a managers and employees fable by Patrick Lencioni. Lencioni’s book is about how to know when a job is miserable and how to fix it. There are three signs to detect a miserable job. These three signs are anonymity, irrelevance, and immeasurement. Anonymity is the first sign of being at a miserable job. Anonymity can basically be described as being anonymous in the work place (not being known). The…

Narrative Writing by : hailey lower Me, my friend gina , and my other friend Jenny were desperate for food and water . We were lost in the middle of death valley . Jenny had spotted an abandoned campground , so we all rushed over there . Finally we were there more thirsty than I’ve ever been I felt like a zombie , It felt like if you were about to pass out . Me and the girls would take any water or food we could find . We broke into some campers searching for…

It was a warm but windy summer afternoon, We were about to play in one of the biggest games in my life. I was starting to warm up and I heard from behind me someone say. “You ready.” “Heck yeah I am!” When I was done answering the question I had a smile big enough to make me look as if I had 1000 teeth. Coach yelled over. “Bring it in ladys, it's show time.” When we got over to the dugout he gave us a huge break down on to never stop and never give up. He also told us to have faith in ourselves…

This is how injured my knee and learned and gained more independence. So it was just a normal day chilling on the couch playing video games after school on a friday with no plans. BUZZ! My phones starts vibrating and I lean over and check my phone, a text from Riley and I read “hey my brother has a friend over wanna play 2v2 bball” I respond “omw”. So I get there and I see them just shooting around and then Riley's brother says you guys ready to play and i’m like yea. So we playing nothing crazy…

All the people I know who do not have to manage obstacles on a regular basis are dead. So, if you are dealing with obstacles in your life, consider yourself lucky because that just confirms that you are still alive. I cannot think of a time when I felt more alive than my thirteen week vacation on Parris Island. For those that do not know, Parris Island is a small island on the coast of South Carolina where the government makes United States Marines. I said “vacation”, but this thirteen weeks…

We all have those bad memories and have the good memories. Brian had them. He had a bad one called “The Secret”, but he also had a good one that helped him survive. Memories can help or they can put you down, Brian was put down at first but he got back up and he used the memories that he had and survived. These occur in the book Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. One negative memory that he had in the book was in chapter 4, he states “The memory was like a knife cutting into him. Slicing deep into him…

The full moon shone and it was a few minutes before midnight. The smell of flesh filled the dense air of Jianfeng Mountain. Paws scurried across the dirt, kicking the dirt off the moist, forest floor. They hastened their speed, aroused at the strong scent of blood. “Flesh! It’s the scent of flesh!” one called out. He howled in excitement amongst the rock. The rest of the pack dashed across the forest. Nearby was a slim, yet muscular figure- Yi Xing, a young werewolf in the pack. Yi Xing was…

Recently, I have experienced the pleasure of reading The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World by Jacqueline Novogratz. Jacqueline Novogratz is the CEO and founder the Acumen Fund, a non-profit impact investment fund that primarily focuses on serving low-income communities in developing countries primarily in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. In her book, she writes about her journey as a young woman as she attempts to use the power of markets to…

While both of the videos were interesting for this week, I definitely think I related more to the Ted Talk. When she started to talk about her som throwing up everything he ate, I thought, wow, he must be really allergic to cookies. Then, after further watching, she started to talk about his food allergy and I was shocked that I had guessed it within the first few minutes. However, this story was very relatable, not because I have a disability, but as a kid, I had extreme asthma, like many other…

While Bryan Brown may not remember the moments before a van hit him on Eighth Street, he does know that he had kept asking a passerby about Oscar, his service dog. Brown continued to ask about Oscar because the dog had been his life. When asked about the incident, Brown responded, "Don't worry about me, just find my dog." Oscar served as Brown's eyes, and he was a constant companion to him. When the 11-year-old German shepherd helped Brown, 39, across Eighth Street close to Airport Avenue,…