odd proposition. Most of us strive to avoid mistakes‚ at work and home. We bring up our children to answer exam questions correctly rather than incorrectly. And yet‚ despite our desire to be right‚ error is necessary. It is part of what makes us human. We resist this. After all‚ the pleasure we take in being right is one of the most fundamental we have. The opportunity to say‚ or at least think‚ ’’I told you so’’‚ exists in just about everyone. And apart from being right about specific events - an outcome
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No mater. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. You’ve heard about cases‚ you’ve also seen it through history‚ now I want you to live through it. Focus and start imagining what I’m going to say. Imagine that you’re sitting in your room; your door is locked‚ with a pen in your hand and a black piece of paper in front of you. Your hand is shaking‚ and tears start falling down your cheeks again. “To my family” your write‚ “to my friends” you write‚ umm no‚ “to society” you write. Finding a
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If at first you don’t succeed‚ try‚ try again. This phrase became an important quote for Bob after being paralyzed from the waist down. He faced many challenges after the car accident a few years ago. Perseverance helped him overcome these challenges. His First challenge‚ when discharged from the hospital‚ was learning to use the wheelchair. In the beginning‚ he would bump into walls‚ furniture‚ and even the handicap railings going down a ramp. Practicing everyday made it possible to hone his
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The perennial debate about nature and nurture--which is the more potent shaper of the human essence?--is perennially rekindled. It flared up again in the London Observer of Feb. 11‚ 2001. REVEALED: THE SECRET OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR‚ read the banner headline. ENVIRONMENT‚ NOT GENES‚ KEY TO OUR ACTS. The source of the story was Craig Venter‚ the self-made man of genes who had built a private company to read the full sequence of the human genome in competition with an international consortium funded by taxes
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Should the state try to make you a better person? The importance of becoming a better individual relies on a personal desire of satisfying the necessity of being accepted in a society. Most individuals want to be better people in order to be happier and be able to enjoy life‚ but is it government responsible to make better people? The answer to this question is not easy‚ “being better” is a biased topic in which each person has a different perception about “being better.” “Better people” is not
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Rice Shop is facing intense competition from large‚ multinational fast food restaurants such as KFC‚ Kenny Rogers Roasters‚ Pizza Hut‚ McDonald’s etc. Many new and existing fast food restaurants are overcrowded in the country but still growing and opening rapidly. Spread of Diseases Diseases such as bird flu and mad cow disease happening time to time and it will affect the fast food production around the world. Consumer will decide not to eat food related to the diseases‚ and it will cause a major
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Personality: What makes you the way you are? - Science News - The Independent At some point in your life‚ you ’ve probably filled in a personality questionnaire ("Do you see yourself as....?")‚ and wondered as you ticked the boxes if there can really be any validity to such a simplistic way of assessing people. Surely the scores just reflect your mood on the day‚ or what you want the investigator to think. Surely everyone gives the same answer‚ which is "it depends". Or even if the scores measure
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succeed at first time. If a person will try hard he will reach his goal. If a person gives up once he will give up all the time through out his or her life. Great people don’t become great easily; it takes a lot of patience and trying. Everybody can reach his or her goal if he tries hard. As I remember my uncle a couple years ago wanted to get a high paid job at university. He sent his resume once‚ but they rejected him. He didn’t give up. He sent his resume at least thirty times and finally he got
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Author: Monica Malkani Describe some aspects of your learning about helping in a counselling way and what this has taught you about yourself This essay aims to address a number of aspects of counselling that I have found particularly interesting since starting the introductory course in Counselling in October 2012. This will include a brief history of counselling; what it means to help in a “counselling way” from both a client and counsellor’s perspective and what the course has taught me as an
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“Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered‚ you will never grow.” Growing involves time and to grow in any particular skill you must use that time and develop whatever it may be that you are wanting to grow and do. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said‚ you cannot grow unless you try to go on further than what you have already done‚ growing comes with time and effort and if you were to not try and grow your life would be easy for that but you would not increase any part of your life
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