Book Review by Alan Deutschman Leadership is about inspecting not expecting or to put it another way leaders should practice what they preach. However‚ few leaders seem to actually do it. In Walk the Walk‚ Mr. Deutschman‚ a consultant and ¬former ¬Fortune magazine writer‚ argues that ¬leaders are most effective when they rely on the power of their ¬example. People who become leaders have many options. One way a leader can lead is by becoming a ruler. Machiavellian leaders who rule tell people
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The Rain Came Oganda could see the lake in the distance. She swallows her fear and walks towards it‚ like a cow led to slaughter. Singing quietly under her breath Oganda ignores the prickling of her skin as she makes her way through the sacred land. When at last she reaches the lake Oganda breathes a small sigh of relief‚ she is so thirsty‚ and her journey would be over soon. Just as she’s about to step a foot in the stretching expanse of the water a voice shouts from behind her. Startled
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You walk your black lab down the street. You clench the leash‚ it’s your first time walking alone. You begin to loosen the leash with each step‚ your lips form a smile and like a soldier returning from battle you march. The lab wants to stop to eat grass‚ you don’t let her. Just like mom told you‚ you are the one in control. You pull the leash closer to your body. As you pass the first house on your left you remember the screams and the yelling and being woken in the middle of the night. Every night
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Introduction The title of the story is The Rain Came by Grace Ogot. The author of the story is Grace Ogot or also known as Grace Emily Akinyi. She was born on 15 May 1930‚ near Kisumu‚ central Nyanza Region in Kenya. In achievement‚ she became the first African woman writer in English who published fiction by the East African Publishing House. Her stories such as Land Without Thunder (1968)‚ The Other Woman (1976)‚ and The Island of Tears (1980) provides the traditional Luo life. Most of her fiction
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Birds (class Aves) are feathered‚ winged‚ bipedal‚ endothermic (warm-blooded)‚ egg-laying‚ vertebrate animals. With around 10‚000 living species‚ they are the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. All present species belong to the subclass Neornithes‚ and inhabit ecosystems across the globe‚ from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from the 5 cm (2 in) Bee Hummingbird to the 2.75 m (9 ft) Ostrich. The fossil record indicates that birds emerged within theropod dinosaurs
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Prejudice: The Root of Evil “Prejudice is burden that confuses the past‚ threatens the future‚ and renders the present inaccessible.” – Maya Angelou Prejudice is a force of destruction in our world. Even after much time has gone by‚ prejudice has yet to diminish once and for all. As implied by Maya Angelou‚ prejudice has undeniably created a burden in our past that has held us back. Our future is at stake as it continues to linger throughout the world. Prejudice has impacted our present so immensely
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As illustrated by Anne Lamott‚ author of Bird by Bird‚ first drafts are not meant to be perfect‚ but merely to begin the writing process and generate ideas that can later be perfected. Lamott attempts to eliminate the common perceptions of the writing process‚ emphasizing the need for accepting flaws of an initial draft. Written by almost all good writers‚ sloppy first drafts are a way to begin the long writing process‚ while still allowing mistakes along the way. In order to make a piece of writing
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A Walk in a Forest I noticed as I stood in an open field‚ that there was a path‚ seeming to go into a forest. I followed the path into the forest‚ the evergreen trees reached high into the sky and the birds chirped as they perched in them. Through the trees you could barely see the grey‚ cloudy sky and fell the little bit of water still falling from the trees. Little droplets of water dripped off the pine needles and fell to the ground. The ground under the tall evergreens‚ was sound
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Morning Walk: Morning Walk: During childhood‚ every day my mother woke me up saying‚ ’Rise and shine. The early bird gets the worm.’ I didn’t know then what she meant by these words. She wanted me to be an early riser‚ as she believed that early risers have more time to achieve their goals. Today I understand the meaning of these words‚ and I value the lesson that I learned. If you are an early riser‚ you would know how blissful mornings can be. At dawn‚ the first rays of the sun gently caress
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The 20 Most Brilliantly Colored Birds in the World Birds are the only animals with feathers. All have feathers and most birds can fly. It is the possession f feathers‚ not the ability to fly‚ that distinguishes birds from other animals. There are about 10‚000 species of birds from all over the world. Here are 20 of the world’s most colorful birds. 1. Golden Pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus) The golden pheasant of Asia is a brilliantly colored game bird. It is native to forests in mountainous
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