As a result of my past life experiences, I have learned the importance of trustworthiness, good management, and healthy relationships.
My past includes growing up in Vietnam. I was born in Ho Chi Minh, the biggest city in Southern Vietnam with many French architectures and diversity of cultures. Most people from other places in Vietnam come to Ho Chi Minh City to settle their business or look for a chance to stay in that city. I am one of the citizens with a Bachelor of Business Administration, so I am able to get a job in a trading company with a high salary. I worked as a coordinator between the United States customers and Vietnam factories for five years. Then two years ago, I married an American citizen and moved to the United States.
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When I was in seventh grade, I remembered there was an eccentric guy in my class. His name is Hung. His family was too poor to buy a new uniform for him. Therefore, he had only one shirt with fade, crinkly collar. He didn’t have any friends since he was not confident of his appearance and the most important is he was shy of his family. He just sat in the corner of class room and learned the lessons hard. He in fact was an excellent student with high scores in all assignments. In Vietnam, a classroom can contain fifty students, it 's different to the United State. Therefore, one row table has four persons and he was arranged to sit next to a girl. In one day, she cried and pointed at him to give back her watch since it was a present from her father. Everyone looked at him like he did it. Finally, he asked my teacher to look into his bag and there was nothing in there but almost people thought he did. In next day, the girl said to the teacher about the watch that she left it at home. Everyone stopped doubting Hung but it was so unfair to him. In addition, he even didn’t complain like it happens frequently. Through this story, people should not perceive others by their appearance, they should keep for their own …show more content…
When people can’t trust each other, they will try to protect themselves by avoiding to contact strangers. I remember the time when I was ten years old, my mom taught me not to trust in anyone if they started conversation with me since they wanted to steal something or kidnapping. I knew she wanted to protect me from the bad guys. Even, when we saw a beggar on the street, we didn 't know he was really poor, or he has just camouflaged to get the money from us. So I wonder where the humanity even we don’t trust in anyone is. This thinking dragged me in an impasse until last year, when I came back to visit my family, we went out for dinner, and I witnessed the humanity from a young guy. He invited an old, poor man who sold the lottery tickets across the street to the restaurant since he looked so hungry. However, the owner denied to serve that old man since he looked poor and dirty. Therefore, he was not allowed to stay inside, he had to go out of the restaurant. The old man was around eighty years old with gaunt face wiped his tears and told the young guy to stay inside. He knew his position was not belong there. Then he went to the corner of the intersection, the place he sold the lottery tickets day by day. After a while, the young guy went out of the restaurant with the container and had dinner with the old man. That scene was so poignant, it made me believing there was the humanity in our
No one would talk to her, recess was spent in anguish, and she would find garbage and spoiled food in her book bag. As she progressed into 5th grade, some of the social atmosphere began to shift in subtle but profound ways. Being accepted into a clique is all that matters. Instead of being admired for class participation, as in earlier years she was laughed at and labeled as “teacher’s pet.” She said the rules were simple “shun or be shunned—if you weren’t willing to go along with the crowd, you would become the reject.”
A human being is a complicated entity of a contradictory nature where creative and destructive, virtuous and vicious are interwoven. Each of us has gone through various kinds of struggle at least once in a lifetime ranging from everyday discrepancies to worldwide catastrophes. There are always different causes and reasons that trigger these struggles, however, there is common ground for them as well: people are different, even though it is a truism no one seems to able to realize this statement from beyond the bounds of one’s self and reach out to approach the Other.
relationships fosters a positive reputation for the organization and creates trust and loyalty to the
Just like the durian, my Vietnamese culture repulsed me as a young child. I always felt that there was something shameful in being Vietnamese. Consequently, I did not allow myself to accept the beauty of my culture. I instead looked up to Americans. I wanted to be American. My feelings, however, changed when I entered high school. There, I met Vietnamese students who had extraordinary pride in their heritage. Observing them at a distance, I re-evaluated my opinions. I opened my life to Vietnamese culture and happily discovered myself embracing it. `
Trust is the first one of the characteristics and is very important in our profession. Without trust in our profession we could not accomplish anything. In Chapter on...
One cannot help but think about how these principles can be utilized in one’s personal dealings. Loyalty, decency, and lifting up of your fellows are wonderful ideals to strive for in friendships, marriage, and in the rearing of children. It is difficult to think of any place in our lives that these ideals would NOT be applicable.
Knowing that it would be four years of relentless pestering, I knew that someday I would surpass my tormentors; I would keep under cover of my books and study hard to make my brother proud one day. It would be worth the pain to someday walk into a restaurant and see my former bully come to my table wearing an apron and a nametag and wait on me, complete with a lousy tip. To walk the halls of the hospital I work in, sporting a stethoscope and white coat while walking across the floor that was just cleaned not to long ago by the janitor, who was the same boy that tried to pick a fight with me back in middle school. To me, an Asian in an American school is picking up where my brother left off. It’s a promise to my family that I wouldn’t disappoint nor dishonor our name. It’s a battle that’s gains victory without being fought.
Two key concepts are behind the model. First, trust is built through the disclosure of information about oneself. Secondly, through constructive feedback from peers and subordinates, leaders can learn about themselves and deal with personal problems or faults. This feedback, if given in a constructive manner, can help organizations build teamwork and create...
6) Integrity- Do what is right at all times, even when no one is watching.
One thing I learned is how to calculate discounts with money. When I go shopping and see something I like on sale, instead of running around searching for a price check I can easily calculate its price in my head. Another thing I have learned is how to write a resume. When applying for a job I need to write a resume; it’s an essential part of my future and career. One last thing I learned was the importance of compromise. When working in a group, and not only that, but anywhere you will find people who don’t always agree or even like you. However, if you learn to compromise you can work with anyone, no matter who they are or what they believe. In the workplace, in the grocery store, even at home, you will constantly find people you don’t agree with, but you cannot always dismiss them but must work with
Over the years, human beings have not made the right conclusions when it comes to benevolence. In considering when a decision should be made regarding a fellow human being in need, trivial conditions are used as excuses such as distance, magnitude, and how well you know someone. Considerably wealthy countries have given money but it amounts to a fraction of the costs of their own development of transportation and entertainment. The morality of the situation is skewed in order to coddle the conscience of the inactive. As much as people and governments would like to, they cannot deny what is happening in the world around them. The position taken by Singer is that the way people in wealthier countries respond to situations in which others around them need help due to some man made or natural disaster is unjustifiable. Singer argues that many thinks need to be redesigned—namely, what shapes and affects our definition of morality and our way of life that we tend to take for granted.
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People (Covey, 2004) has become the cornerstone of leadership and management wisdom. The habits emphasize personal responsibility and personal leadership. There is challenge in living everyday under the guidance of the habits but there is also great benefit as living the habits can influence everything we do in life. I was introduced to Covey’s seven habits through a one day seminar at my workplace several years ago. I learned some of the terminology and a few of the concepts but never really understood the power of the practical application of the habits. Reading the Covey materials has taught me that life is not about all the tasks that I accomplish but instead about accomplishing the tasks that support what is important to me. Covey has taught me that there are elemental components that are applicable across the many roles that I have in my life. Those universal elements are integrity, vision, discipline, and passion. Embracing these ideas has opened my eyes to the endless applications and benefits of living the seven habits.
...alues and beliefs and always stick to your word. Help lead and show others who look up to you and always give it 100%. Always remember that people are always watching and learning from you so always lead by example!
I have taught myself several things in life, but one of them sticks out more than all the others, and that’s the lessons I have taught myself during my experiences with my first two jobs. These learning experiences I have had have helped me to mature and grow into an adult, and they have changed my life for the better.
Learning from past experience involves the review of success and failure of a company. A company must assess the data systematically, prepare a record of the learned lessons and it should be open and accessible to all employees. An old saying by George Santayana suggests: “ Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”. Unfortunately, today a lot of managers are failing to reflect on the past experience and therefore, they let valuable knowledge escape. Sometimes failure works as the best teacher and the knowledge gained from it often helps in achieving the success. Garvin explains that IBM ’s most popular 360 computer series was invented just after the failure of Stretch computers. Here, learning was done by mistakes from