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Many things have come, and many have gone, but there are only three things that symbolizes culture. Those three things are language, technology, and also being an American. Technology has not been apart of the culture until it started to make the big time in the early 2000’s. Over hundreds of years every one of these has improved in some sort way. Language goes a long way in everyones life. Without language no one would be able to communicate. Even language that is not spoken, such as sign…

Alethea Hong Chan COM 409 Negotiation and Conflict Dr. Davis November 25, 2015 MIllion Dollar Listing New York Theory/Concept Paper Million Dollar Listing New York, a reality TV show mainly focuses on three real estate brokers in New York City, Fredrik Eklund, Ryan Serhant, and Michael Lorber, as they represent as listing agents. Throughout the show, they have all gone through milestones as well as difficult times dealing with clients during the transaction, conflict plays a significant…

beforehand which helped developed our general understating of the topic. I thought my organisation skill had helped in achieving the successes of our group activity as I was responsible for the ‘contact list’. By creating the contact list, it made communication easier as everyone had each other’s contacts. My organisation skill had also allowed me to inform the others the moment Shari had replied to our email; I snapshotted the email and posted it on Google docs to update the…

Power of Speech “He showed it was possible to make a weak argument stronger through careful construction, and taught his art to willing pupils.” This quote from Strategy, by Lawrence Freedman, means that the strength of an argument depends on the ability one can speak. An argument between either an individual or a group can easily be defeated by one’s ability to speak. Persuasion is easily achievable with a powerful speech using both listening and speaking, but the most vital is speaking skills.…

In a post-secondary education likewise university and college, students are often given group assignments which account for a particular percentage in their coursework marks. Group assignment is a task given to a group of members who shares equal responsibilities to complete and submit it on or before the deadline stated to their respective tutor or lecturer. However, a group assignment tends to become an individual assignment some of the time when the group mates within the group are just count…

Do Social Media Hamper Real Life Relationships?In the Article "Technology hurts social bonds", by Shawn Ghuman, the author talks about how technology is taking over real life communications between people. He argues that people are spending too much time on their phones and that is affecting face-to-face relations. The absence of in person interaction is causing more anxiety among shy people. He says that people portray themselves however they want online, hiding behind a fear of rejection.…

My blind spots in terms of people that I might be leaving out and the opportunities I might be missing are with people who are generally quiet and don’t talk much, also with people who talk a lot. I don’t talk to people I don’t know that well because it’s like what is there to talk about? It’s kinda awkward at first because sometimes there is simply nothing to say. Now I realize that I could be missing out on some interesting people, but when you try to talk to someone and they give you short…

There are many doubts about exercise helping the brain, some of which leads individuals to training every day or two (2) times a day and expect better aging, sharp/focus brain, long life expectancy. In the article “Does Exercise Change Your Brain” Gretchen Reynolds uses a public website “The New York Times” to promote and show experiments of exercise effect on the brain. The article’s thesis is the last sentence of the introductory paragraph which states “So scanning her brain could potentially…

In this day and age we know that technology is important for us in our life. No matter where we are, technology is a must for us to communicate with others around the worlds. Did all of us thinks that the effect when we are dependence on technology? Here, the definition of technology is the example of technology is the internet which has made latest information around the worlds. Sometimes, the technology gives an advantage to us. Having said that, most of us does not appreciate modern…

Listening It is the conscious processing of the auditory stimuli that have been perceived through hearing. Example: The employees need to use the active listening in order to fulfill the manager or managers’ tasks. Suppose that a manager is talking about strategies to do to boom the business, and the employees are talking to one another, as results, the business won’t go anywhere because they did not listen to the manager. Website: www.wikihow.com/Develop-Listening-Skills 2-…