Lean concepts

Perspective is important. Perspective can be equated to perception, and our perception is how we see or understand things. These things hold great power over how we see our lives. In Rory Sutherland’s Ted Talk “Perspective is everything” he talks about how powerful perspective is and how changing your perspective can the enrich the livelihood of your life. His main ideal is that most people are happier when they feel they are in control of their life. There is power all around us, we hold power…

In his work Swann’s Way, Marcel Proust analyzed the concept of time, more specifically the perception of time held by any individual. Proust, having great interest in the philosophical work of Bergotte, set out to explore the perception of time in this particular work. Time and how it is perceived, appears fluid and flows, rather than being linear or a mere list of events and feelings that defined an individual’s life. The perception of others in relation to how memories weigh on a person is…

This concept of working hard and achieving great success has inspired Americans to this day and has encouraged them to fulfill their dreams. When America declared its independence in 1776, the foundation for the American Dream was set as, “life, liberty, and the…

In Nodding’s text, “Why Care About Caring”, the concept of care is depicted in terms of its importance in the educational system. Care is referred to as a human’s basic necessity in life. The ideas of the fundamental core of caring, how it is applied and the relation to ethics are reviewed throughout the text. This is compared and contrasted to some of the problems that may arise. The author chose to separate the chapter into six important aspects of care including the fundamental nature of the…

Response to Literature: Identity in The Fault in our Stars The abstruse concept of identity is the pure essence of one 's being according to, not only him/herself, but the world around them. Perhaps the best thing about said concept is that it is not bound to restrictions and is ever evolving. Nowhere is the concept of personal identity more evident than in the novel, The Fault in our stars by John Green. The book portrays the love story of young Hazel Grace and Augustus Waters, their doting…

be sudden and unexpected or be the result of deliberate planning. Often discoveries cause a person to reconsider their beliefs. The prose fiction novel Swallow the Air by Tara June Winch and the poem we are going by Oodgeroo Noonuccal share this concept. In “Swallow the Air” the protagonist May Gibson travels across Australia in an attempt to rediscover her culture and to discover her place and purpose in life after the unfortunate death of her mother. May is constantly reconsidering what she…

Or, at least, a concept that has always been difficult for me to fully comprehend and apply. That concept is “Abandoning Outcomes”. I know intellectually that all the outcomes are up to God – that I should do what I can do and what God directs me to do but that ultimately, it is God alone who is responsible for…

I would define “American Dream” as something that is fluid and not concrete concept. It is something that changes and means something different to each individual. The “American Dream” might be able to categorized into a general dream, but there will likely be someone who’s “American Dream” goes against it. For my “American Dream” it is to be working toward bettering not only my life, but also others. That I am able to build a family that is centered in faith and that I am able to set up…

Seen throughout various instances, individuals often envy those who have more money than themselves. This concept is clearly depicted in Edwin Arlington Robinson’s “Richard Cory”, as well as Paul Simon’s remake of that poem into a song also titled “Richard Cory”. The poem and the song are essentially about a rich man named Richard Cory, who is admired yet envied by the people of his town. Little do they know that later on, the man will take his own life, even though he was sought out to have the…

A prime example of what Nietzsche’s arguments and metaphors are referring to is mankind’s concept of time. There is always debate on whether time is a construct by humanity for the sake of convenience or if time is something that exists outside of our own personal perception of it. Like his concept of declaring something a mammal as bringing a truth to a limited light, we have declared time as something we can measure and perceive intelligently…