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Employment Experiences “I made decisions that I regret, and I took them as learning experiences…I’m human, not perfect, like anybody else.” – Queen Latifa. No individual manages to make it through life without making mistakes, falling short of expectations or failing. These negative moments are critical to understanding new concepts as well as important behaviors that are critical for leadership and development in life as well as in the business world. Many prominent leaders have had…

Pursuit of Sadness In our society today, people tend to find happiness within themselves, others and their community. But everything in the world comes with a price tag. Like the old saying goes, you pay what you get and happiness is no exception. So what one must give up to obtain happiness? What moral decisions do we have to overcome to acquire well-being? Ursula LeGuin, author of “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas,” described the city as a utopia filled with joy. But in order for the…

Requirement #1 Disney is divided into five different divisions: Media Networks such as ESPN and ABC, Parks and Resorts such as Disney World and Disney Cruises, Walt Disney Studios that produce the movies that people have come to love, Disney Consumer Products that produces Disney-themed toys and other goods, and Disney Interactive that produces video games and interactive activities for their fans. Disney has spread globally, too, so they would have regional managers depending on what country…

The world became more joyful on January 26, 1958, at Ochsner Foundation Hospital in Jefferson, Louisiana. On this day Ellen DeGeneres was born to, mother, Betty Pfeffer DeGeneres and, father, Elliot DeGeneres. Betty DeGeneres had been married for a year when she was 19 years old before meeting Elliot DeGeneres, claims, author, Lisa Lannucci. Elliot supported the family by selling insurance, and Betty contributed by carrying a variety of jobs throughout the years. Ellen also had an older brother…

Be Smart and Follow Your Heart What do you want to do when you grow up? This is the million-dollar question, the question everyone has asked themselves since they were young children. Though as one grows up they eventually are faced with answering this daunting question. However, when picking a career there are almost two routes one can take. Graduates can either choose to pursue a career based on their passion or one that makes a stable income. This idea leaves many students torn…

efforts of _ to keep him in line. Martin Agrippa is an eccentric underground filmmaker and winner of the fictional Golden. Even his more family-friendly characters, such as Bruce, the animated leader of the “Fish-Friendly Sharks” from the Disney Pixar film “Finding Nemo” display a level of __ playful__, often contradicting themselves without sacrificing their authenticity for a moment . Portraying such a diverse array of richly expressive, almost autonomous characters with the amount of…

“We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths,” ( Walter E. Disney). The family vacation, a trip planned months if not years in advance. The excursion you dream about, wanting to go as soon as school ends. A place where you depart away from your safe comfortable cottage and go take risks and explore, with buffoonery and exhilaration around every turn. A place like no other, where you forget about your…

Language has been around for many a millennia, but written language has been in use for only the past 3,000 years or so. Written English has been in use for even less than that, but there are many underlying aspects of the language which are overlooked and underappreciated that should be observed more meticulously. Whether it is the medium through which we receive text, Innuendo, underlying connotative meanings, proverbial meanings, or even meaningless words. In today’s day and age, phones and…

At the startup, Steve Jobs was the most public face for Apple. However, even by the mid-80s, he had not reached his thirties. So, the board did not think he was experienced enough to be entitled to the CEO position. Therefore, they appointed Michael Scott, and shortly later Mark Markkula. He, not long after, decided that he did not want to run this company for a long-term period. Jobs then persuaded John Sculley, who was at the time at Pepsi Co., to fill the position by asking him, “Do you want…

Makayla Lux Cagley ERWC 11 November 2014 Value of Life The outlook on life can be viewed in so many different ways. Some see it as a beautiful way to say their last goodbye and others see it as a way to escape life. Throughout the past week we were asked what the real “Value of Life” was. Looking at so many different articles it was clear to me that different people value their lives differently. In Hamlet’s soliloquy, Roger Ebert’s biographical narrative, Kenneth Feinberg’s narrative,…