Workaholic

why shouldn't I marry?’” (Tolstoy 821). Once the marriage settled in though, Praskovya began to change. “As his wife grows more and more irritable towards Ivan, Ivan turns his entire concentration and interest on his work. He turns out to be a workaholic and ambitious. According to him the conveniences like home, wife, bed and dinner at table seem to have meaning in marriage, rather than the intricate relationship of husband and wife” (Mathivanan). Praskovya becomes more and more like her…

“A Gift and a Curse” In every person’s heart, there is a spark of passion that is waiting for to be triggered. If we trigger this spark the way it should be, you sparkle among all those people and passion brings you to success. My passion is violin and when I was in fifth grade, I lost the thread of practice. At the end of the first term of that school year, my grades were worse than before. All of my teachers and my family, asked me why this happened and I didn’t say anything to them because…

Leadership is defined as the ability to influence a group of people for achieving a common version and who can be a better example of leadership than India’s Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi – A leader guiding a population of crores to a new, bright and economic giant – India. He is truly an authentic leader – one who knows who he is, what he believes in and acts on these beliefs and values openly. His followers, like me, consider him to be an ethical leader. It is the below quote by Mr.…

Throughout life people change and develop uniquely. However, there are set behaviors that are important to develop at particular times. These behaviors are genetic, but, are heavily influenced by people surrounding the individual. This can be explained by Erik Erikson’s epigenetic principle. The principle consists of eight stages, they span a person’s life, starting with birth and ending in death. Each stage has the same type of criteria: age, a particular task, a psychosocial crisis, a…

Every organization’s growth is achieved through effective leadership and management. Over the years, there have been a number of research and studies conducted on leadership practices and management goals in various fields and a lot of theories facilitate in understanding the factors that constitute towards building leadership skills. Examining leadership and management in healthcare services, it is observed that both management and leadership are integral in delivering good health services to…

As the face of the workforce continues to change in the United States the organizational theories to manage the new generation of employees has not adapted to the current culture. When addressing organizational leadership and management most theories such as trait theories, Lewin’s leadership behavior, contingency theories by House and Fiedler, and French and Raven’s Five Forms of Power Center these theories center on altering or adding to the heads of departments or groups. Modern or…

For my independent research project, I have elected to research how generational differences have effected organizational success in the United States. In order to begin any analysis regarding different generational cohorts, these cohorts must first be defined. However, defining the generational cohorts is more difficult than one might think, as George Masnick discusses in his article for the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies (2012). Despite the uncertainties surrounding the cohorts,…

working hard for even if evidence of progress is invisible to others, the proof is in the pudding. How I see work is a job that complete and try to do your best than last time because business is all about being better next time. Extra work or being a workaholic should never dominate the job nor delay gratification on long term projects. A brewski, after a long nine-to-five, is well deserved one. My extraversion took me by surprise. I grew up as an only child and enjoyed being by myself, but I…

The Truthful Humor of “Rick and Morty” Many people in today’s American culture take a rather pessimistic view of the world. With prospects for retirement at a low, and a life of uncertainty ahead of them, humor with a nihilist spin is one way to confront these heavy issues in a light-hearted way. Cartoon Network’s comedic Adult Swim program “Rick and Morty” harnesses the uncomfortable dark feelings of a society, and uses humor in a typical cartoon fashion to provoke the minds of viewers as well…

The author, Brandon Steiner, CEO and founder of Steiner Sports in New Rochelle, New York, a leader in sports marketing and collectibles, takes lessons on leadership, strategy, planning, and success learned from working with some of the greatest athletes, coaches, and managers in sports, and applies them to the business world. He condenses their personal stories and experiences, drawing upon them to see how they can be applied to achieve success at work, in business, and in life in general. His…