Insight

Stroke of Insight Reflection The novel, Stroke of Insight, was very enlightening on how an individual felt while experiencing a stroke. The novel was very informative on strokes but also had a storyline that drew the readers’ attention in. It helped to learn about strokes not just through lecture, but also through an individual’s true-life experience. The novel was an easy read and brought creativity to the course. I can utilize this story, by sharing it with my forthcoming clients, to show them…

A Readers Insight on Sammy Many times in a person's life one sets out to be something yet turn out to be something else just like John Updike. John Updike was set on becoming a cartoonist yet life took a turn for him and he instead found himself writing stories. One of these stories is A&P, it is set in the 1950's and show some of the views of the people during that era. The setting is in a store that not far yet not truly near the beach. Working in the A&P is a young man in his nineteens named…

Sleep Insight Improves Memory Recall It is common knowledge that sleep is essential for survival, “we spend about one-third of our lives asleep.” (National Institutes of Health, 2003) When an individual obtains adequate sleep, it is known to lower stress, improve one’s mood, help maintain a healthy weight, improves athletic performance/coordination, and increases one’s ability to pay attention and remember new information. The benefits of getting adequate hours of sleep, in turn have drastic…

Life is all about looking within to get an understanding.With the use of art as insight and relationships, Carver reveals seeing is different from looking through the naked eye. It's human to not see everything. There is an excessive amount to see and process, so our personalities erase what it accepts to be pointless. Sometimes in life things are misunderstood due to lack of insight. In the “Cathedral,” the act of looking is identified with physical vision, yet the act of seeing requires a more…

dealing with past events does hold merit, the ability to examine or in the least learn from the past proves a more important skill. Ignoring the past in favor of the task at hand can lead to a repetition of mistakes that could have been avoided. Insights from the past often offer the most valuable aid in the present, acting as lessons or merely enlightened revelations. For this information to be best used it should be combined with the knowledge of when it can be used to change a perspective. A…

By formalizing our relationship as candidate/mentor I have gained a lot of insight into Cameron’s professional and personal areas of interest. We have found that we have surprising similarities and working styles. It has helped me to understand his goals and be able to advocate for him with senior management and plan for his development on projects that I am managing. The added benefit of working on the same team allows me to help him on a day to day basis and be able to track the work he is…

While reading My Stroke of Insight, I was astonished by Jill Bolte Taylor’s positive outlook with her CVA and how well she recovered. Thoughts raced continuously throughout my mind with each page that I read in her book. Each chapter amazed me more. As an instructor, I would have my students to ask themselves whether they felt that Jill’s positive standpoint with her condition affected her overall recovery along with the time duration, if they think that the people surrounding Jill affected her…

Personal Reflection of "My Stroke of Insight." In “My Stroke of Insight,” Jill Bolte Taylor shares her excellent point of view on the capacity of the brain to recover, and the understanding she achieved from this extraordinary and inspirational journey out of the chasm of a wounded mind. It took eight long years for Dr. Taylor to be fully healed. Taylor restored her mind entirely and redefined her understanding of the world based on the information she gained throughout her long recovery.…

The Flames of Insight As responsibility hides behind a red veil, a futuristic society lives under the false notion that everyone is equal, and therefore, everyone is happy. In Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag, a fireman in charge of destroying books in a society where they are forbidden, questions whether what he does is right. Through witnessing a woman burn to death for her books and Faber’s, an elderly former professor’s, teachings, Montag is trapped between the worlds of Fire and…

brought upon by traumatic events in their lifetime. These circumstances can give a new perspective on life and change his or her way of thinking. In Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible, Elizabeth Proctor, Reverend Hale, and John Proctor portray valuable insight into themselves. Elizabeth Proctor was a virtuous woman who was emotionless and unfriendly when she first came about into the play. This led her to face obstacles that have changed her ego. She attempts to persuade Proctor to tell the…