I have been in recovery for over 3 years. Throughout that time, I have attended and supported many meetings highlighting 12 step principles. Consequently, as my recovery has evolved, I have sought more spiritual models of recovery, building on the AA principle that addiction is a “spiritual malady” (Alcoholics Anonymous, 2001). As a result of this quest, I have studied various religions, including Buddhism, with Buddhism being the religion I most identify with. Therefore, as a result of my spiritual
Seven Sins of Deadly Meetings by Eric Matson Sin #1: People don't take meetings seriously. They arrive late, leave early, and spend most of their time doodling. Salvation: Adopt the mind-set that meetings are real work. There are as many techniques to improve the "crispness" of meetings as there are items on the typical meeting agenda. Some companies punish latecomers with a penalty fee or reprimand them in the minutes of the meeting. But these techniques address symptoms, not the disease
Retention Committee Meeting involves certain number of people who coordinate according to the schedules setup by the members and correlate their activities with the work of related committees (Liebler 2008 pg 326). The meeting was scheduled ten days earlier and personally notified to the committee and still promptness was ignored by the chairman. Also committee members should be more responsible and participating but we have seen that some members have forgotten that there was a meeting. A committee is
Local Government Meeting Paper On January 23rd, 2014 I attended an Allentown School District board meeting at 7:30 pm. This meeting was just a regular board meeting instead of an education or financial meeting that they also have during the year. Since this meeting was the first board meeting I have attended, I didn’t really know what to expect. Would it be like a jury where members vote? Or would it just be a run through of how the year is going? Turns out that it’s a combination of both and it
end of the universe, alchemy, and extraterrestrial beings. I have known of him since I was 15 years old, and teachings transcended my interest in literacy to depths that were previously unimaginable. Researching, reading, and writing for a Meeting of the Minds division I am involved in, which religiously discusses Mckenna and his teachings, also is certainly the catalyst for my radically improved literacy skills. These experiences provided me with ample opportunities to converse with numerous amounts
actions and should be encouraged after meetings, thus paving the way for improvement. Further looking at active listening, this paper examines my listening behaviors within an actual situation and measures what I did well and where I struggled. In keeping with the purposes of self-analysis, I will then look at bettering communication with the teams I am apart of through specific active listening improvements. The setting for this situation is an evening meeting, finalizing the next day’s agenda for
When I saw the Alcoholics Anonymous assignment on our syllabus earlier this semester I thought, "Oh my god, I have to go to some stupid AA meeting." In the weeks prior to attending the meeting, I was very nervous about attending it because I did not know what to expect. Some of the questions going through my mind were: "Was everyone expected to talk at the meeting?" and "Was I going to be criticized as the outsider wanting to know what AA was all about?" Those were my two main concerns. However
class, when I was informed about one of our quarter’s paper, which needed to attend to one of the AA meetings and reflecting my own experience. Although I already went to the AA meetings in Iran several times, I have found these meetings refreshing and very helpful for the addicted person. However, I was born and raised in the family with long-history of addiction. The first thing that crossed my mind was my language barrier. It has become part of my life that English is my second language and I have
have in mind and it seems that this club will help me further understand what it means to be a biomedical engineer. This will help me decide if biomedical engineering is right for me. It also seems like a great way to meet people and networking. I got involved with the organization by filling in my email in their both so I can receive any updates on events and meetings. Another way is to check out their Facebook page that states events and meetings. An important date is the first meeting of
The novel Grendel, by John Gardner, revolves around Grendel’s thoughts and beliefs to what life truly means. Grendel’s mind is often pulled in conflicting directions due to the different philosophies of the Shaper and the Dragon. The Shaper tells Grendel how the people view him and it pulls Grendel in the direction of being nicer to people. The Dragon tells Grendel that humans are killing for sport and that Grendel should go out and kill people.The occurrence of the Dragon pulls Grendel in the direction
Lenny. Through the voice of addiction, the change in Lenny's appearance and the role of colors, it is evident that a physical dependence on mind altering drugs cannot be escaped. The role of a speaking conscience is prevalent in the human mind and influences evaluated decisions, but what happens when the voice says come back to drugs. The addiction has a mind of its own transcended by Lenny's voice. The addiction is alive and Lenny's voice begins to seduce her back to the self destructive lifestyle
Using Education to Change Minds Educators have been fighting budget cuts for many years. Likewise, students and families have been feeling the unfavorable affects that budget cuts cause. Something must be done to resolve this issue and create a dependable, lasting change that will create a positive and productive budget for schools. By educating law makers, the public, and school administrators, a solution to budget cuts can be found. This solution is necessary to ensure the quality of education
company ensures that employees always keep safety in mind. One way in which we do that at the company is to form a monthly safety meeting in which, we as the managers, formulate a class around a particular area of concern for us at the time. The managers have a month to decide what the meeting will be concerning and then develop the course accordingly. There is a multitude of resources that we use when developing and implementing safety meetings. For exam... ... middle of paper ... ...the most
keep in minds Receiving. Identification and sorting. Dispatching to storage. Placing in storage. Storage. Retrieval from storage. Order accumulation. Packing. Shipping. Record keeping. Designing warehousing systems: Optimizing recourses in meeting warehouse operational objectives/visions, collective efforts Space utilization; Equipment utilization; Labor utilization; Accessibility of all materials; Protection of all materials. Meeting Goals For now the meeting
common goals. We problem solve and manage our time well. We use collaboration when deciding how to integrate our ideas. Our team learns from our mistakes and improves for next time. A weakness of our team is that our schedules conflict often. During meetings, we tend to occasionally get off task. Our communication with our client, Clay, could use improvement and we could be in touch with him more often. We gained exposure working as a team and real life marketing experience. To help grow a local business
the opportunity to make some extra cash or maybe get something from some one for doing a not so legal favor. When these situations occur you should stop think things through. You have a mind and are used to doing your own thinking, but you a... ... middle of paper ... ...wth are discussed. This type of meeting takes place every six months. Each department manager or team leader becomes familiar with other functions and groups, learns from hearing their work revised, and participates in policymaking
and are usually created within two minutes of meeting someone. Impressions lead to opinions and those opinions give base to judgments. Its human nature to form judgments and opinions based on first look or even by other people’s perspectives. Although, it’s imperative that one is not quick to judge, just by the first look. As A.A.Milne quotes “Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them,” it’s only fair that one takes more than just one meeting to form an opinion of someone. First impressions
building leadership capacity and charcter, it will take time and time is a big factor on building leadership capacity because there are not enough hours in the day to get everything done that we would like to do without strategically planning leadership meetings. Level of Participation In building leadership capacity it is important to ensure that there is broad-based skillful participation. We want the students, parents, community, and staff to be participants. This is important because it allows for
and wine may be sold to 16 year olds and above, so do not be alarmed if you see a teenager smoking or drinking. However, sprits are only sold to adults of 18 years and above. If you ever see someone drinking or smoking under the legal age, keep in mind that the actual person in possession of the alcohol will not get in trouble, but the one who gave them access to the alcohol would, so in other words, do not give kids of 15 years or younger
have ever done. Because we all inspired by God, he helps us when we really needed him. He brings us out of the nightmare that no one will ever forget. We gather all our church friend in a small meeting every Friday, every time we meet, we would have small group meetings and share anything that came to mind. We prayed for people to find God in their life, and for everything that needed assistance. We also planned the prayer service, meal plans, and chores for the next day. We saw God comes in our life