If you are like me and like watches and clocks, especially of the analogue type you are bound to be aware of the “tick tock” sound they make in the background. With every tick and tock a bit of your life flows past never to be redeemed. It sounds dramatic but it is true. Whether or not you pay attention to it, time ebbs and minutes turn to hours and then to days and before long another year bite the dust. It is unfortunate that sometimes we get so caught up in our daily routines we fail to pursue the things that real matter to us as individuals. Yes, paying the bills and making sure the kids are fed matter and your career can give you life some satisfaction. Yet besides these life expectations there are a handful of things you pass on doing that would make you life a bit more exciting and make for good stories for the grandchildren too. These ideas are what I would propose for a bucket list. The concept of a bucket list brought into popular culture by the movie the “Bucket List starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. The term, “bucket list” is taken from the idiom, “to kick the bucket.” Usually the temptation would be to put everything you would like to accomplish whether big or small on your bucket list. You would then begin to tick those off one by one like you would chores or tasks on your everyday to-do-list. If it works that’s fine, I however would rather use a different approach. My bucket list consists of those things I believe will make me a better person for having done them and will give the most interesting stories to tell when I am wrinkled and grey. 1. Travel for leisure I would like to travel to a place that is drastically different from my home city, Nairobi. While the world famous capitals may beacon with the... ... middle of paper ... ...ver one of these fine days I will do this. I will participate in one of these marathons and hopeful register for a major international marathon in the future. 9. Mastering public speaking While I made due through university I have never been a superb public speaker so while I have a communications degree I find that my skills in this area are average. I aspire to have “obama-resque” presentations. In line with these I have already joined a local charter of an international public speaking club. Beside I trust this will help me in other areas too as it is bound to make me a better listener. 10. Practicing a martial art Growing up in the era when Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris and Van Dame where the guys to watch I’ve always wanted to learn a martial art. When I was younger it was because it was cool. As age however a growing appreciation for the takes to disciple it to lear
So many people have ideas of things they want to do, whether they be business-related, something that scares them or even just asking someone else out on a date. Everyone has ideas about how they want to live their lives, but most people never wind up following through. They are so afraid of failure or of looking bad that they run from any kind of challenge. Then later in life, when they realize that they had all these opportunities and never took ad...
Time is viewed in many different ways. Some would say that time seems to fly by too fast; others would say that time drags on. Everybody has a different perspective on what time feels like and just as it is to be expected, time affects people in many different ways. Certain people are affected by events everyday in life. Somebody might have experienced a loss in the family or a very traumatic accident. Many people deal with that loss and everybody copes differently. Everybody grieves and in some cases the grieving process never stops. In many cases, you may grieve for a little while and over the year’s people learn to accept it, realizing that they can’t dwell on that forever. Although, a person in the same situation may still be in that process,
Knowing what I can do well is just important as knowing what needs improvement. My strongest attributes are being able to perform under pressure and multitasking. This is necessary to sell products and perform services that benefit the customer. The value of getting the job done correctly and on time correlates to returning customers and repeat business. My competitive advantage over others in the same industry is the high level of service we offer. I don’t just push a product on a client. I listen to what they want and need, make suggestions for the best available solutions; and I also help them with cost savings and environmentally friendly alternatives. One weakness I have and need to work on is public speaking. As I grow in my career and move into managerial leader positions, I will have a lot more opportunities to give speeches. I plan to work on my public speaking skills by practicing and making incremental changes to constantly improve. It’s not a matter of being shy in front of a group. It’s more of a point to be well prepared for the occasion and motivated to do a good job. To stay prepared for opportunities and change, I plan on continuing my education in the business field, and learning as much as possible about my job. I will also need to stay up-to-date with current issues in my external and internal
In today’s world students and adults who can use the power of public speaking are a rare find. Lucas states in chapter one that “the American Management Association asked 2,000 managers and executives to rank the skills most essential in today’s workplace. The top idea, was communication skills” (Lucas, 2012 pg. 5). This statement showes us that college students who have taking public speaking truly have an advantage over those who have
In the western society, our linear time structure has caused us to habitually separate time into intervals that consistently continue. The pressure these milestones place on people is enormous -- we are demanded to live life a certain way as there is always a time limit, even on the length of time we have in this world. Although these constraints tend to create the worry that life may not have meaning and bring with them the mystery of death, one must learn to emotionally separate oneself from this structure. Time as we have defined it is merely a human invention; aging and curiousness about the future are natural human instincts but when a man-made structure begins to cast a shadow of doubt on life’s meaning one must take a step back a realize that there is more to life than the ticking of a clock.
My experience with goal making has always been a rough affair. The goals were not a source of motivation or inspiration for me. Instead the goals were a one-time action and were never to be found again once written down. It is not that I did not want to succeed in my goals or get the satisfaction of completing my goals, it is simply that my goals did not fit my specific needs and were not easy to follow. It is only now that I realize my goals were far from specific and measurable, realistic and challenging, and within a timeframe. Within this framework for goals my goals can become more inspirational to me and become a part of my life rather than a passing event in my life.
Making a successful public presentation or speech to an audience was a very big task for me before I joined the public speaking class. I was always frightened and very nervous. Since then I now understand the process of making a speech or a presentation including coming up with a topic and from this topic develop the main points of the speech, research, organize my points, revise them, edit and make a magnificent presentation to any audience. People in the audience might sometimes agree or disagree with my opinion or points, it was therefore necessary to communicate my information clearly to the audience without making any judgments since every person was entitled to a different opinion and views about things.
Public speaking is one of the most under rated skills learned in school, yet is one of the most valuable. The way you communicate shows a lot about you, and can influence other’s opinions of you. In every profession communicatiis important. Good communication skills, no matter what you plan to do in life, will help you out greatly and improve your chances against a harsh job market. I am majoring in Business Administration and Law, and communication is one of the biggest parts of business and law, yet communication is hardly ever taught in business classes for my major. I think that a communications class like public speaking, for example, should be not just for a college class, but taught in high school and middle school as well. I believe several classes would allow anyone to become an expert speaking. The only way to fully learn public speaking is to get up in front of people and talk to them. One can not learn public speaking from a book.
Public speaking goes beyond giving an oral presentation before a bunch of people who are listening to you. A good public speaker is one who can successfully deliver a speech to the intended audience, drive the message home and even get positive feedback from an audience. Through observing the required styles, one can state that their speech was effective and impactful. A good public speaker seeks to move the audience into action, gives the right facial expressing based on the occasion and makes required pauses to place emphasis on his/her speech. Being an active public speaker requires one to possess various qualities that are essential to the speaker and to the audience at hand. One can be able to judge whether a speaker is
My public speaking class has already enhanced my knowledge and my ability to give speeches greatly. I know that with time and experience in public speaking, I will become a more skilled and professional public speaker. I will be sharing my first thoughts about my public speaking class, my strengths and weaknesses as a speaker, the speech I am most proud of so far, the speech that was the most difficult so far, and areas I know I need to improve on in order to be a skilled public speaker. Although I have had previous engagements with public speaking in high and middle school, none can be compared to the nervousness I felt about speaking in college level classes.
Vision and mission statements play a vital role in the strategic planning of an organization. Aguinis (2013) states defining an organization’s current and future identity are a key component of the strategic planning process. Strategic planning creates a blueprint to chart an organization’s goals and to aid in the division of resources to properly achieve the established goals (Aguinis, 2013). Properly communicating the goals and identity of an organization are essential if employees are to completely understand their purpose and mission to the organization. A review of the vision and mission statements for Harley Davidson reflects certain insights into the identity of the organization but also reflects some areas of improvement in adequately including the eight characteristics of an ideal mission statement.
Occasionally we tend to set goals that are too vague and not realistic, which makes difficult to keep track of our progress towards these goals, ordinarily individuals give up in the goals which led them to feel as if they have failed. The first time I set goals for myself they were unclear and of a wide-range, which made it enormously difficult to keep track of my progress towards the goals, but more importantly, it made it extremely challenging for these goals to be reached, which left me with a sensation of disappointment. Hence, more important than setting goals is to make sure that these education, career and life goals are specific and
Individuals that choose to join Martial Arts can help relieve stress while at the same time help other individuals choose their actions and life choices cautiously. Martial Arts can help any type of individuals hopefully only good but bad as well in critical situations that unfortunately happens at uncalled wrong or right times. For instance, many individuals join martial arts due to bullying or wanting to learn how to defend and attack against enemies for their own desire or even to learn how to find balance in their lives. There are many types of individuals that want to join Martial Arts because of movies based off actors that end up being the winner of a fight. Others go for winning the female hero’s heart as if something great had just occurred unexpectedly at a staged time and place thanks to the help of Martial Arts. These as well as movies where the individuals that seek vengeance and revenge by Martial Arts or critical injury just to put off what they may think are right at the moment in time. More or less individuals join Ma...
Have you ever pondered your death? At least at some point in our lives everyone has done so. But with the thought of death comes the thought of what you want to accomplish and what you have already accomplished. When I think of dying, I think of the things that I want to do the most, most of the time they have nothing to do with me as a whole. My main goal before I die is to see the happiness that I have brought to others through my actions. I want to make sure that I leave my mark on those whose lives I have touched, in order to do so I have to start somewhere with my goals. Three things that I want to accomplish before I die are having a family, travel the world and create a charity foundation.
Another category of goals would be personal goals. Getting married, starting a family, and publishing my first novel would all be considered personal goals.