The Walk

In Gemba Walks for Service Excellence: The Step by Step Guide for Identifying Service Delighters Chapter 2, the author describes Gemba Walks as going to the place where the work happens, go and see for you to find out what is really going on. A leader must pay attention to what is happening around them because leaders can become disconnected from people and current reality. A Gemba walk can prevent a false sense of things by showing up in a work center unannounced so that the leaders aren’t…

Violets Point of View Year: 1864 As I’m sitting here outside of my old family home I think about what led up to this moment. What led me up to this point? What brought me to the point where I killed my best friend, my only friend. Nate my best and only friend who has ever cared for me and the only person I have ever cared for. I think back to the moment I first met Nate. At the time we were 7 years old. We had quickly become best of friends over only a few months…

Landon Carter and Jamie Sullivan, two people who find themselves unexpectedly involved with each other after a practical joke between Landon and his friends, leaves a boy in the hospital. As punishment for this Landon is forced to partake in an after school play directed by the Minister, who also happens to be Jamie's father. The relationship begins when Landon asks Jamie for help in remembering his lines. Jamie, who is also in the play, agrees to help him on one condition: Jamie warns Landon…

personal life has become a prison, that he has no idea how to escape. He wants to be faithful and repair the damage, but the more he is gone, the worse his condition becomes. Johnny has been on a heart-wrenching journey between Folsom Prison Blues and I Walk the Line, but it all culminates with his universally renowned single “Ring of Fire.” Ironically, this song was not written by Johnny, but by June Carter regarding their relationship. Even though he did not write this song, his love for June…

hearing the news harder. “Paige, it 's Pam. She just passed away. I 'm so sorry, honey. I love you,” my mom said, choking back tears. My mom had already texted my best friend Taylor, and told her I would really need somebody right now. I made the long walk to the back of the bus, tears streaming down my face, but still managing to hold myself together. I didn 't make eye contact with Taylor, who sat across from me, because I was trying not to sob and I knew seeing a sympathetic glance my…

then watch a pageant. They probably wouldn’t believe that the walks are similar, they would only see the obvious differences between the two. While both walks are very different, they do have similarities. Each walk has four key elements to the walk. Runway and pageant walks are made up of posture, steps, facial expressions, and energy. A key part of both a runway walk and a pageant walk is the posture. When I first learned both walks, my instructors were so particular on how my posture was. I…

who saves his life passes and all things beautiful and bright were buried with her, leaving Landon emotionally distraught. With similar circumstances to the character Landon Carter, Amie incorporates the lost of her father in an online review of “A Walk to Remember.” She writes ,“I found a special meaning in the novel after I lost my dad to a malignant brain tumor; I had to watch him die. He was my other half and all the good I have in me, came from him. (Amie 3). Tragedies experienced within…

"Wait for me?" "No." "Come on give me like 2 more minutes," I pleaded, running around my house like a crazy woman. "Fine," Regina said, rolling her eyes and plopping down on my couch. Ok I just needed to find the perfect shoes to go with my dress... I went to my room and looked under my bed for my plain black flats. Since I was going to a party, I was trying to avoid my feet hurting from heels. "Got it!" I yelled from my room and walked to the living room where Regina was now standing.…

As children embark on a journey through elementary school, many get the question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Answers vary from being a doctor, firefighter, or even an occupation that may seem unrealistic but possible in a child’s eyes: queen or king of the world! As these children with aspiring dreams embark on a new journey throughout high school, they get the question, “What college are you planning to go to?” While many are easily decisive about their answer to that question,…

We all have that point in our life when we know things are about to change. That one memory that always reminds you of where your path changed. Sometimes for the best and sometime for the worse. What we do with the path is up to us and the choices we make. I am reminded of mine daily and the choices I made to continue the path to where I am now. It was the summer of my 11th birthday. About to be a preteen, the time when you are growing and learning. SO many things changing emotionally and…