Openness

Castillo’s openness was like a door way into another realm. I would always view teachers as oppressors or the type of people who didn’t involve their human sides in professional environments. My motivational mother wasn’t like that though. Once I submitted to her the…

Lauren Jordan 3/9/15 Midterm, Question 2 Relationships take time to develop and transition from superficial to intimate. While this transition is happening, sometimes a comment can be made, or a fact can be disclosed that makes someone feel uncomfortable because they don’t know the other well enough to reach that level of disclosure. “Let me tell you a story...it involves that guy I met last night….” If you had just met this person and they dove into a story about intimacy between…

being objective. In conclusion, both approaches should have an objective view which helps them stay in line with the ethical codes. They should both have stable and trusting relationships between the therapist and members of the family. Curiosity, openness and respect is manifested in a joint manner by the people present but it is the responsibility of the therapist to enter the therapy room with an emotional posture that invites these factors to evolve (Griffith & Griffith,…

Corporate transparency Opening case study: Apple In the early 1970s, Xerox developed world-changing computer technology, as well as the mouse and the graphical user interface. (Modern GUIs include Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X.) One of the devices was called the Xerox Alto, a desktop personal computer that Xerox never concerned to market. A decade later, several Apple employees, including Steve Jobs, visited the Xerox PARC research and development capability for three days in exchange for $1…

Introduction: The Berlin Wall was built in 1961 by German Democratic Republic’s (GDR) government to stop people form the eastern bloc to escape to the west through West Berlin. Its downfall in November of 1989 was huge news to the world as with its importance it affected the whole world. It was not just uniting a single country again but it also opened the border between the East and West of Europe and the world. It was an end to the Cold War tensions between the two ideologies of the USSR with…

Ronald Reagan's most famous address is undoubtedly the “Tear Down This Wall” speech. In his oration, Reagan used bias to support his argument. Reagan tailored his speech towards his intended audience. His audience was filled by Western Europeans who agreed with him and Eastern Europeans who did not. President Reagan included facts to support his position. First he said, quoting George Marshall, “Our policy is directed not against any country or doctrine, but against hunger poverty, desperation…

The culture that was set at Zappos was more about bringing people together by providing a combination of compassion, humor, and high quality customer service. Tony Hsieh, chief executive of Zappos states: “We could be in any industry that we can differentiate ourselves through better customer service and better customer experience.” (Organizational Behavior 2014, p. 522) Zappos believed that there marketing dollars would be best spent on hiring the right people, their training, and their…

Being misunderstood is as part of your life as tying your shoes or going to school. It happens every day. It is a weird feeling, not sure whether to be confused or mad. The struggles with being misunderstood, someone thinking they know what you are all about, when they don’t have a clue. We have all been there; filled with rage, even the most privileged. Many times these people, the ones that want to put their input in the most, are the ones that misunderstand you the most. Life is a struggle;…

Start Young Speaking of making sure your conversations are age appropriate, starting these conversations at a young age is vital. Young children, for example, are curious about the world, so start by presenting simple facts. Make sure to teach them the proper names of their body parts with the same seriousness you would if you were teaching them the names of car parts or household items. With that being said, stay calm, and give short answers –– young children have short attention spans, which…

Lesson Plan on Joust Subject: Orchestra Grade Level: 7 Goals and Objectives National Music Standards (Ensemble): Performing – To express their musical ideas, musicians analyze, evaluate, and refine their performance over time through openness to new ideas, persistence, and the application of appropriate criteria. District Essential Learning Outcome: Students will appropriately critique selections. Anticipatory Set I will ask students to think about their Middle Ages unit in social studies. They…