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When I grow up I want to be a wealthy and famous person, “Well if I want to be rich and famous, I would have to get a lot of cash first.” That seemed like a good goal to write about. Then a few seconds later, I thought to myself, “If I want to get lots of money, first I should own a company or become a very good stock market trade.” I was about to start writing about that topic when I realized once again that I needed to get into a good college to own a company. So I wrote about that for a couple of paragraphs, when I finally realized that I would need to finish and do well in high-school in order to get into a good college, in order to get own a company, which will lead into lots of cash, and finally I will become wealthy and famous. So here is my goal.

My ambition is to complete high-school and get into an excellent college, and eventually become a successful business owner. I plan to take on this goal step-by-step or day-by-day, what I anticipate by this is I will not think of this as one goal, but multiple goals throughout all four years that I have at Pioneer. The way that I think about it is that every single day in high school is part of my goal, and each day that I complete is one step towards it. I would like to do this to make myself glad, make my parents honored, and help support them when they get too old to work. I plan on keeping my GPA pretty high, although not perfect. I don’t think this would be too complicated to do, however I know it won’t be easy. I am pretty sure almost all of the kids at Pioneer right now also have this as a goal, but I have chosen to write about it.

The first thing I would have to do in order to accomplish this goal is to work hard academically and study at home every night. This would be a little tough for me because I have a short attention span. The second thing I would have to do is to pay attention in class. I would need to listen carefully and not zone-out like I did in middle school. Tests and quizzes are also important for me because they count more towards my grade than in middle school so I would need to focus on them more. Also, I would need to prepare for midterms and finals, something I did not do in middle school.

There are many people supporting me on my goal. The first group of people that supports me is my family. They always support me even if I do bad in school. They are always there for me and encourage me to do the best that I can. The next group of people that support me are my friends. The people I sit next to in class also help me towards my goal because I can ask them questions when I need to because I do not understand something that we are currently doing. I share the same goal as them and I find it easier to work on a goal similar others work on too. The final group of people that help me towards my goal are my teachers. Well, I can’t technically pass high-school without them so I guess they also help too.

My current goal is to finish high school and get into a good college. I am working towards it right now as a write this paper. I know I need to work diligently and study hard to pass classes with a high GPA, and I also need to pay attention in class and be an active student. I have lots of support, my friends and peers for sharing the same goal as me, my parents and my siblings for helping me when I need it and encouraging me to always do my finest, and my teachers for teaching me things that I will need to know later on in my life in order to get a job. I am excited and ready to finish high-school!

Everybody is driven by an internal force called fear.It can come up in different forms. A little fear is required because it acts as an intrinsic fuel to run ourselves. We take medicines because we fear death, and we work hard because we fear failure. However, fear is something that kills our interests, passions and courage.

When I was in school, I vividly remember when my class teacher selected me from the class for an inter-class speech competition, I worked hard preparing and rehearsing it in front of the mirror. The topic was simple and I thought I could speak on it for hours. Nevertheless, when the time finally came to speak on the stage, I got perplexed seeing hundreds of students around. My hands got frozen yet my body temperature rose. My legs started trembling and my throat dried up. I felt as if I was suffocating and I ran away crying from the stage. I was scared of facing people and thought about what they will say after the incident.

Fear exists in human mind in different forms. When I was a kid, I thought my father was the most powerful person and I was scared of him. Perhaps some people are scared of spiders, ghosts or height, while others are scared of losing someone. Fear limits ourselves to our comfort zone and cuts our wings to fly higher and dream bigger.

I always wanted to challenge myself. My class teacher always told me that the best way to overcome any problem is to face it and deal with it. I believe in patience and perseverance. Therefore, I promised myself that I would grasp as much opportunities I could get.

During high school, all I did was explored myself to the fullest. I dared to come out of my comfort zone and got the ability to do things I had never imagined doing. I joined student club called The Maths Club, and I as program coordinator designed and executed the first ever National Competition on college. I was learning practical skills like team building, networking and so on and I was no longer afraid to dream big. I started working as a volunteer teacher for underprivileged children in one of the college’s extended programs. Working as a teacher in the morning and a student during the daytime helped me develop different perspectives in life. I started to open up and develop confidence and courage to express myself.

After high school, I joined a few Not-For-Profits and I got the opportunity to organize events, deliver sessions and also lead a team of 15-20 people working for the same vision. Little did I know that the kid who feared his father was doing awareness sessions for people with his father-like ages.

Normal fear is good but the excess fear is injurious to the growth of a person. It is the factor that stops most people from doing what they want. Overcoming fear is never a bed of roses but all we need is patience and persistence. Once the person gets out of the comfort zone, s/he is simply unstoppable. I have a simple goal in life: to be happy and learn something new everyday. I am not afraid of accepting new challenges that I feel are worthy and above all I have developed courage over fear. 

Works Cited

1. Feeney, A. (2019). Overcoming Fear: Finding the Courage to Face Your Fears and Embrace Change. John Wiley & Sons.
2. Seligman, M. E. (2006). Learned optimism: How to change your mind and your life. Vintage.
3. Adams, S. K. (2019). How to Overcome Fear and Find Your Courage: Overcoming Fear, Gaining Confidence, Building Trust, and Improving Self Esteem. Independently Published.
4. Brown, B. (2012). Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead. Avery.
5. Knaus, W. J. (2006). Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear. American Management Association.
6. Chansky, T. E. (2014). Freeing your child from anxiety: Powerful, practical solutions to overcome your child's fears, worries, and phobias. Harmony.
7. Lerner, H. G. (2015). Fear and other uninvited guests: Tackling the anxiety, fear, and shame that keep us from optimal living and loving. HarperCollins.
8. Rappaport, J. (2017). The Courage Habit: How to Accept Your Fears, Release the Past, and Live Your Courageous Life. New Harbinger Publications.
9. McGrath, C. (2018). The Psychology of Fear in Organizations: How to Transform Anxiety into Well-being, Productivity and Innovation. Kogan Page.
10. Gilbert, E. (2019). Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear. Riverhead Books.

Table of contents

1. Introduction
2. Situation
The result of the MistakeReflection and ImpactFinal OutcomeWho HelpedLesson Learned
3. Conclusion

Introduction

As leaders, we tend to punish errors versus rewarding risk-taking. Our standard of learning is focused on content versus skill. Therefore, mistakes require investing additional time and defining success as limiting the time of a person’s failure. Understanding one’s values contributes to overcoming mistakes. I learned at an early age that beliefs and values are an essential part in how we process and overcome challenges. Our ethics help us manage our relationships, clarify what our values are and guide our decision-making.

A successful leader takes each mistake as a learning experience. Marsh (2013) believes that our values are essential in shaping a successful leader. Through my experiences, I have learned that accepting mistakes builds integrity, character and significant influence on behavior. Transitioning from an individual contributor role into a leadership role taught me the importance mistakes have on the development of competencies and skills needed to lead and empower people.

Situation

When I transitioned from an individual contributor role to a management role, I learned very fast the importance of knowing your people’s strengths to achieve organizational goals. Have been recognized as a top performer and working toward a career progression for three years, I was promoted to a manager role. The role offered me the opportunity to manage six business developers in selling educational services to current and prospective clients. I was responsible to meet hefty sales quota where each representative needed to meet his or her goal for me to meet mine. Being a goal-oriented individual, I started focusing on meeting goals by taking on the lead. I used a micromanaging leadership style by doing things myself versus delegating accordingly to motivate and allow learning to occur.

The result of the Mistake

The decision to use a micromanaging approach and still operate as an individual contributor by taking control of the situation led me to lose sight of the importance of developing my team. As a result, my top performers quit and my non-performers di not improve causing me to be on a performance improvement plan. This was so hard to digest because being always recognized as top performers I never had to deal with a failure result. I felt embarrassed, disappointed and scared that after many years I was going to lose my job.

Reflection and Impact

The setbacks and the performance plan made me feel shame, incompetent and a failure. This experience was the turning point that allowed me to process and learn from failures by recognizing and admitting mistakes. It was the first time that I started investing in reading leadership books and reaching out to colleagues and supervisor for guidance. I started using reflection as a guide to, facilitate and navigate through my decision-making process.

It was there that I started using questionnaires as tools to get information. (Zohrabi, 2013) Stated that questionnaire offer open/closed questions or a mixture of both help gather valuable information. While reading Maxwell (2016) five steps reflective approach on addressing mistakes hat I used this approach many years ago as I was finding myself by reviewing what just happened, reflected on my actions and the impact it had on my employee’s, and the bottom line of the organization. I started investing in professional development for myself to recover, rearrange and recharge to ensure I would continue in my career.

Final Outcome

Leadership is about role modeling what success looks like. Positive leaders or mentors execute positive behaviors when they demonstrate that trust can be attained by dependability, building a connection with people and show confidence (Blanchard, 2013). During that probation period, I work very closely with my supervisor to set smart personal goals and spend time with each of my employees to recognize their strength and challenges to better assess and support. I invested in personal development related to learning strategies to become effective as a leader.

After the three months probation my team was back on track, and after that year 50 % of my employees were promoted or given recognition. Placed in situations where you can make mistakes and seek guidance can be a benefit for a person development. Finding the courage to admit when you need help or a change is essential in understanding self-identity and future growth.

Who Helped

This experience helped me recognized that failure can be positive if the lesson is learned. I was fortunate that my supervisor was a good coach because she shared her wisdom, knowledge, and experiences with me. She taught me the importance of delegation and finding the value in each of my employees. She was the first person that changed my perceptions on how to give and receive constructive feedback. Through that process, she shared the importance of discovery in understanding each side before making a decision.

As a result, she trained me that a leader is a mentor or a coach, not a manager and should not take power for granted, but continue working on the qualities required to always strive for better. She was the first person that encouraged me to reflect every day. Personal and professional reflective practices lead to continuous growth. Paul Ramsden states, “ The ultimate guardians of excellence are not external forces but internal professional responsibilities (Ramsdun, 1992, p. 221)

Lesson Learned

This experience taught me that owning a positive frame of mind helps achieve better results when confronted with difficult situations. I have learned how to stayed calmed in difficult situations, be reflective and march on forward despite the challenges. This event was full of examples of what reflective leadership is all about. As a leader, it is important to show empathy and compassion. Leaders need to attain skills and competencies to build confidence and motivation. Becoming a great leader is about improving and modeling behavior on a consistent basis to develop strategies to recognize and value differences. Leadership is a framework through forces that bring forth positive change such as moral purpose, relationship building, coherence making and understanding change (Fullan, 2003).

Conclusion

Leadership is about reflecting, accepting change and adapting to new situations. I try to embrace a new challenge every day because a prosperous educational experience involves continuity and interaction between the learner and what is learned. Accepting and adapting teaches us to become reflective leaders. Reflective leadership encourages development and is “... known to be of benefit in experiential learning, and for the development of critical thinking skills, which facilitate the integration between theory and practice” (Wain, 2017, p.662).

The unknown that awaits us in the future can be unsettling, we’re living in an era where our conditions, capabilities, and understandings are progressing so fast and in so many different directions anything is possible and essentially a blink of the eye the entire world can change. With the way things are going right now it can be easy to lose hope and become scared for humanity’s future but what use is this if the future is uncertain. People have fear over hope, wonder, and excitement. The things that await us may be good or maybe bad but all we can do is hope and strive for the best and so with this in mind let’s consider and imagine for a moment what in fact that could be the following is a potential ideal rendering of the future based on current trends and predictions is arguably just as possible as it is not it is a future that could very well become real while you are still alive all it takes is one new little piece to tip the entire scale of reality.

Imagine yourself some time in the considerable far future and you are planning to go on a vacation with some friends and family to another planet that could possibly not be in our solar system that is thriving with new species and extensive beaches and warm calm waters and the sun is never too hot and never gets too cold, it’s like the perfect place on earth except it’s not. You wouldn’t be searching for airliners to take you there except you are doing the exact same thing with space liners to take you to space. Earth’s resources wouldn’t be depleted due to the fact we are mining and farming on separate planets. Also, these new planets would allow for the discovery of new sources of nutrients, elements, a fuel that are now integrated into our everyday lives. This means massive issues like global warming wouldn’t be an issue anymore, just a lesson taught in history classes. With these new greater resources allows for unlimited energy the sparks an era in technological advancements, and the growing concern of AI becoming an issue has been resolved before any damage can be done. The way of automation has become so efficient humans wouldn’t have to work to underpay 9-5 dead-end jobs. Work is now all about working with creativity and innovation and everyone will now know work as an exciting new way of life. Education has been restructured to attend to this shift school is no longer based on memorization of rigidly standardized curriculums instead it is open diverse and practical to human life it covers a greater range of topics and adopts emotional intelligence, mental health career selection, and financial literacy as some of the new primaries focuses in addition to traditional subjects moving forward. Every single child will be properly equipped to utilize their intelligence in the most effective and rewarding ways. This means more smart people, more smart people means more innovations and discoveries, which means more people have been working on solving major problems. While advancing the technology works in parallel to execute the solutions from a medical perspective. A newfound comprehensive understanding of the human genome now allows us to quickly eradicate diseases as well as ensure that newborn humans are born with optimal health. Evolution is compounding at a 10 X multiple, 10 years is like 100, 100 years is like a thousand and so on. All current 3rd world countries will be living comfortably and poverty will no longer exist. Everything I just said is if everything goes right but knowing people we are bound to everything wrong as well.

Earth could be an absolute wasteland with raging fires everywhere, radiation contamination, oceans dried out, life on earth is on the brink of existence or we could be at war with ourselves again except humans are fighting people from different planets that we have inhabited, and the education system is incomplete freefall or just does not exist at all. AI could have wiped out the earth because it has come to realize that there are too many people on this planet and decides to hack Nuclear weapons and make earth inhabitable for thousands of years due to the fact of nuclear fallout and winter that would kill everything on the ground.

In conclusion, the future is very uncertain. We cannot predict anything, it can go all of 2 ways. The 1st one being where life is thriving, no racism, poverty, the gap between the rich and the poor does not exist as much or none or we would be at war for 3rd, 4th, 5th who knows how many times we could be at war if everything goes wrong. But, we don’t know that it is still a blank piece of paper.    

Works Cited

1. Bostrom, N. (2014). Superintelligence: Paths, dangers, strategies. Oxford University Press.
2. Frey, C. B., & Osborne, M. A. (2017). The future of employment: How susceptible are jobs to computerization? Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 114, 254-280.
3. Harari, Y. N. (2015). Homo Deus: A brief history of tomorrow. Harper.
4. Kurzweil, R. (2006). The singularity is near: When humans transcend biology. Penguin Books.
5. Michio, K. (2011). Physics of the future: How science will shape human destiny and our daily lives by the year 2100. Doubleday.
6. National Intelligence Council. (2017). Global trends: Paradox of progress. Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
7. Schwab, K. (2017). The fourth industrial revolution. Crown Business.
8. Tegmark, M. (2017). Life 3.0: Being human in the age of artificial intelligence. Knopf.
9. World Economic Forum. (2020). The Global Risks Report 2020. World Economic Forum.
10. Yuval-Davis, N., & Kannabiran, K. (Eds.). (2018). The futures we want: Global sociology and the struggles for a better world. Agenda Publishing.

As a kid, I loved using face masks and lucky for me, my mom used to make me one with Chickpea Flour, Yogurt, Lemon Juice, and Honey. This works great especially if you have dull skin or if you want to brighten your complexion and bring back that rosy glow. After an entire week of school and playing in the sun, this was a definite skin care routine that was followed over the weekend.

Face masks are a new fad, but is it really new? No! It has been in use since before recorded history. Yang Guifei was a Chinese beauty from the Tang Dynasty who brought down an entire dynasty with her killer looks. She was said to have "a face that would shame any flower". Records state that she spent countless hours on her skin care routine taking baths, using face masks etc. Even the famous Cleopatra often applied egg white onto her face for soft and smooth skin.

It treats the skin by hydrating it, smoothing fine lines, unclogging pores and sloughing away dead cells. Do you have oily or acne-prone skin? Clay masks are a must-have! They not only soak up all traces of dirt and grease, but wearing one makes for funny Instagram pictures.

It totally depends on one simple fact. Ask yourself how you want your skin to feel then find the product and ingredients that can help get you there.

The Citrus Rose Mimosa Clay Mask is a skin-smoothing and soothing mask that leaves your skin nourished and pampered. Great to use on skin anytime it needs some pampering and TLC. For best results, use once a week.

The Green Tea Mojito Clay Mask is a concentrated blend of antioxidants formulated with cell regenerating and clarifying properties that restore radiance and renew your skin. 100% vegan masking formula which deeply purifies, gently exfoliates, and liberates your skin from everyday impurities.

Face Masks have 3 phases when you put it on Damp Phase, Slightly Dry Phase, Extremely Dry, Cracking & Flaking Phase, Leave it on only until the second phase in which your skin drinks in the minerals, exercises your capillaries and stimulates blood flow. By the third phase it draws out the moisture from the skin, leaving your skin dry, irritated and red. So the next time you use a clay mask don't wait until it reaches the dry, cracking state, flakey state before you start rinsing. Happy Masking!

Internet is the most widely used source for exchange information all over the globe. It also provides a platform in which we can express our views and talk to likeminded individuals. Moreover, it is affordable to most of the people of the world. It is gaining popularity at an amazing rate. Internet censorship controls and limits the data available on the internet. We may think internet is free and public space for free expression but it is restricted by censorship. Censorship of the internet is very a complex one as it can work in some cases but in others, mostly it is harmful to the society. I.e. it can protect from child pornography but it can also suppress ideas, information and communication. The Censorship is controlled by the Government. The Government may abuse this right and delete and restrict free speech. Moreover, they may silence who are threat to them. I strongly believe that censorship is against freedom of speech and world would be better off without it. However, there are some issues which really need restrictions. All my points are explained in the following paragraphs.

The term censorship was used in Rome (Newth Mette) 443 BC. Since then, it has been used by the government for suppressing ideas of people or something they should not know i.e. secrets and scandals. For example during the mid-15th century in Europe at the time of the invention of the printing machine, the need of censorship increased. Some books were banned because church thought that these materials and their ideology were dangerous. One of the victims of banned author was Galileo Galilei, who was famous astronomer, physicist, and engineer. Nowadays censorship of the internet is used in same way. Internet provides platform where people share their opinion and free speech but main issue with censorship is that it is against freedom of speech” there are those who believe that if they think it or feel it, then they have the right to express it, fact or opinion, however the spirit moves them. They have a point: It’s called freedom of speech”. A good example of this would have to be when Verizon – one of the largest wireless carriers in US decide to reject request from NARAL Pro-choice America. NARAL request was to send message to Verizon customers who are willingly participate receiving message. Text message has become tool for people and organization to share opinions that means Verizon has control over such powerful tool. After this incident was published in news and articles, Verizon was subject of criticism. Even after exposure from media, they decided not to change decision and enjoys restriction over freedom of speech. Another issue worth mentioning was when NSI (Network solution Inc.) , popular domain name registrars and gatekeepers, suspended and removed website of Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders. Because NSI thought that they are going to publish controversial material against Islam. Although only contain available on website was a picture of Koran, which later was removed along with website when NSI received complaint that the content violate terms. All this incidents proves that it is hard to express opinions and thoughts with so many restrictions, and censorship is against freedom of speech.

Censorship has evolved through time and took many forms. When first television was invented restrictions were too strict for example certain body parts of female and male should be exposed too much. Though over time it became less strict and some violence and female with short clothes were allowed. According to John Palfrey, internet has gone through three stage and passing from fourth stages right now. First stage was open space, during 1960 to 2000 internet free of any censorship and states didn’t decided to put any restriction. As internet was considered as a separate space. But during 2000 to 2005, state decided to pay attention for regulation of internet activity and started to manage and block content in different ways. Afterwards, things became escalated from blocking or restricting to controlling. States started to control and monitored people using licensing and identity requirements to go online. China is infamous for censorship. OpenNet Initiative (ONI) a multidisciplinary team at the University of Toronto, and Cambridge, Harvard, and Oxford universities. ONI sent team to 41 countries, they travel to various countries and tried to access 1000 websites related to human rights, activism and pornography. Result was concerning as in China most of these websites were filtered. Another issue ONI noted that there was no filtration before election in Kyrgyzstan but when election was near websites of opposition newspaper were regularly taken down. Which proves that censorship is use to manipulate people thoughts. How does citizen of china affected by censorship explained in following paragraphs with statistical data.

There has been debate that internet should be completely censored by the Government like China. There is specific government which is assigned just to filtered and block websites which Government think people should not know. In China between 2000 and 2007 80% urban citizen believed that Internet should control by the Government, this rate increase by 5% in 2007. Which shows that most of citizens of China are comfortable with idea that their Internet is censor by the Government. However, in my opinion they are victims of networked authoritarianism, a term described by Mackinnon. It means in a networked authoritarian state (China and several former Soviet republics) Government controls all the Internet activity and media. In this countries, Government monitored conversations and when sometimes someone use social media to call out for injustice, Government address that problems and may change some of policies. In a sense citizens feels they are being heard and thinks Internet or mobiles access are protecting their freedom of speech. But when someone protest against system, they are jailed or much worse. Everything controls by the ruling party and citizens are being manipulated by censorship. In case of china, people who supports Internet restriction may not be aware of Internet censorship. They might believe they have full access of internet and own decision. In a way they are completely isolated from rest of the world not knowing that Government has manipulated their perception. This examples are dark side of censorship, which can affect whole world. For example, ruler of networked authoritarian states has ideology of controlling whole world. Nobody would stop them as they are control of everything. This can cause another world war with nuclear weapons and basically end of human kind. My suggestion is people should have their opinions without any censorship would create peaceful world.

Some people argue that internet has played significant role in crime rate of nations. They believed young people who plays video games and watch violence on TV are prone to violence. But in my opinion it does not affect individuals. To prove my point, according to paper by Erwin Bramana Karnadi, there is no casual relationship between censorship and crime rate of nation. It is very difficult to identified which contain is obscene as some information are quite useful for young people but due to Government restriction over internet it is hard to acquire. For example, Twitter policies regarding sexual material caused to remove post related to condom, which is very useful for young people.

However, there are some issues which are need to restricted, beause they have deep impact on society. For example, child pornography. The abuse of children for pornographic purposes is a serious victim logical, criminological and sociological problem of today. The U.S. Supreme Court harms a child in both creation of image and circulation of image. This is the very issue requiring attention. Internet Censorship protects everyone to stop watching any type of child sexual assault.

Overall, freedom of expression is basic human right, and as example provided in above paragraphs explained that censorship violates human right. I believe that everyone should be able to access internet without any restriction we should not let the Government dictate us. Although there are some serious issues which can not be overlooked and censorship help in those issue at some extent. Nevertheless, disadvantages of censorship outweigh benefits of censorship.

Works Cited

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Sex is very important in any relationship because of its benefits. Having sex in a relationship should not be just for the sake of having sex rather it should be because of the health and intimacy it brings into the relationship. Sex brings about intimacy in a relationship. It makes you get close, feel free with and open to each other, share freely with each other. Having sex goes beyond physical gratification. It creates a bond of love and affection between you and your partner. It deepens your connection with your partner. Studies have shown that lack of sex is a major factor that causes infidelity and break ups in marriage and relationships. Sex in relationship is used to express so many things physically and emotionally. It is often used to make up after a fight and it increases the emotional closeness afterwards. To some people, the best way to celebrate special occasions is by having sex that is when you will see the woman putting on sexy lingerie so as to attract his partner, while to some, a way of saying thank you for a gift. An active sex life keeps couples together. Couples who maintain active sex lives tend to live happier and longer.

The factors that provoke sexual intimacy are as follows: spending more time together, having lesser stress at the workplace, absence of going outdoor for recreational needs and less social interactions or family obligations. Health agencies all over the country highlighted that erotic or sexual bonds plays a significant role in shaping up the mental health. Healthy relationships where the partners had emotional and physical support worked as a protection mechanism against mortality.

Once sex is off in a relationship, so many relationship problems set in. Lack of trust, betrayals, the couples tend not understand each other, poor libido and lost of happiness. Their senses of humor are also affected. The most dangerous problem couples with poor sex life encounter are lack of proper communication. When there is no proper communication in a relationship, that relationship is bound to go crashing down at any moment. There are so many health benefits of having sex in a relationship. This includes stress relief, boosting of immune system and it helps burn calories which is very good for weight loss. It also help improve heart health and for stronger pelvic floor muscles. Holding off sex can create a feeling that you don’t trust him or her and it also gives the feeling of lack of respect. The person may have the feeling that you don’t trust him or her enough for them to have you all. This may scare the person away. Having sex in a relationship is very vital to keep the relationship going and interesting. A healthy sex life is a major factor in any thriving relationship. For you to be happy in your relationship, it is important to be having regular and quality sex in your relationship. This must be one of those big questions that men and women ask themselves when they run into a person they really fancy, but who has a somewhat different view on how the whole bedroom thing should unfold? Some people need sex very often, while others have different priorities. The idea that this frequent need is restricted to men is a myth. Many women feel the same need for physical release and go about finding pleasure the same way men do. Nevertheless, a relationship is more than just sex, which brings us back to the same question. And the first thing to do while looking for the answer is to realize that the importance of sex is directly dependent on quality.

Every couple tends to maximize the good points of the relationship and to gloss over the bad ones. Therefore, if sex is truly good for both partners, it will also play a huge role in the relationship. On the other hand, poor-quality sex or sex that feels good only for one partner is not something that gets a lot of encouragement. Every couple has to deal with the differences between two unique individuals and the bed is the very place where differences could not be any more obvious. If you don’t express real emotion and love for your partner, then sex is simply useless. It becomes sort of a ritual that means nothing at all. The feeling of enjoying this wonderful intimacy and the pleasure both partners have in being together are the foundation of the physical act. When work, kids or other things get in the way, you can still make time to share a loving moment together. The right kind of sex can be the most enjoyable experience of your life. This is why it is vital for both partners to feel the same honest and passionate love for each other and the same wish to give and take pleasure at the same time. And this is especially true for married couples, which are usually more at risk. Partners can go through dry spells; nothing new about that. The libido takes a dive and all of a sudden the need for physical intimacy is gone. But that doesn’t mean that emotional intimacy should suffer as well. Partners should learn to understand these dry spells for what they are and to avoid panicking over them. And the libido can always return if one decides to spice things up a bit. If plain sex isn’t working anymore, try sexy lingerie. Try fantasies and role playing. Learn new positions and new ways of having sex. Start dating again like you used to before marriage. Changing something in your lifestyle may be a very good way of kick starting the passion back into action.

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We tell ourselves that it is okay to start off working in a lower class job, or in retail. We always believe that our “puritan work ethic” would make it possible to advance up into society and eventually move to a suburban area like Northbrook. Americans believe that hard work will bring you reward. In Ben Franklin's Autobiography, he explains that people can work during the Industrial Revolution to escape being born in the lower class. Investopedia defines the American Dream and claims that it takes hard work, “[The American Dream is] The belief that anyone, regardless of where they were born or what class they were born into, can attain their own version of success in a society where upward mobility is possible for everyone. The American dream is achieved through sacrifice, risk-taking and hard work, not by chance.” Social mobility is an example of intellectual perseverance because in in order to advance classes in society, you have to persevere through many obstacles such as long hours when you start off. You also have a better understanding about what it means to have a “puritan work ethic” because you worked for your reward, instead of inheriting it like others.

As Americans, we tell ourselves that we can do whatever we want to do and say whatever we want to say without getting in trouble. Americans believe that you are free to do what you please. Americans believe in freedom because our individual freedoms are protected under the first amendment to the constitution, which are the freedoms of speech, press, assembly, petition, and religion. Americans also express this freedom at all sporting events when they sing “land of the free” in the National Anthem. In America, there is no mandatory military service once you have become of age, unlike other countries. There are also no laws against guns, alcohol, and social media, which are banned in many countries in Asia. Freedom is an example of innate wish fulfilment because we have always been told through the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and the National Anthem that everybody is free to do what they please. However, there are some acts that are illegal such as any libel. Moreover, other acts are very controversial such as gun owning, abortion, and gay marriage; which you can be punished for.

Americans tell each other that they have the power to vote for elected officials during elections, and that their viewpoints are heard in government. Americans believe that the people have the power to govern. Americans believe in popular sovereignty because enlightenment figures such as John Locke and Jean-Jacques-Rousseau believed it a social contract where the people elect the government to protect their interests. Popular sovereignty is also out lined in the opening of the Declaration of Independence when it states, “...Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.” America has a democratic republic, which means that we elect officials to represent our views. These elected officials cannot act against our will, and if they do, we have the right to rebel. Popular sovereignty is an example of intellectual autonomy because we believe that us people govern ourselves. Our own beliefs and values are represented. We can also question government action or confirm it by showing support.

Americans tell ourselves that we should learn about our history and celebrate our accomplishments through family athersings and holidays. Americans believe that all citizens should be patriotic. At all national sporting events, the audience sings the national anthem before the game commences. In the morning everyday at school, we stand up out of our desks to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. There are also national holidays that both students and adults receive breaks for such as Independence Day, Thanksgiving, and Memorial Day. For both Independence Day and Memorial Day, Americans display their patriotism by hanging their flags outside their doors, and marching in parades down their community streets. On Thanksgiving, families gather together, and are able to watch “America’s Team,” the Dallas Cowboys, on National TV. Patriotism is an example of innate sociocentrism because we as a community, believe that America is the best country on Earth. We believe that we always win wars, solve world conflict, and is the best place to live. Because of these qualities, people celebrate our nation.

As Americans we tell ourselves that that everybody accepts each other for who they are, so we can’t get in trouble for expressing ourselves through acts and clothing. American's believe that people can express who they truly are. Everyday, more and more rights are being passed for the LGBT community. In fact 32 states have legalized gay marriage. In other countries around the world, being and LGBT might be reason to have you killed. Specifically, homosexuality is illegal in 79 countries, mostly in Africa and Asia. You can express yourself in a variety of ways in America including how you dress and how you act. In some Middle East countries, there are bans on showing skin, long hair, crossdressing, and makeup. Individualism is an example of government fair mindedness because they have to treat all different people fairly, despite sexuality, gender, beliefs, and personality.

Table of contents

1. Introduction
2. Conclusion
3. Works Cited

Introduction

Integrity may sound firm and kind of obscure, yet there are aspects to it that are so critical to your Prosperity that it bears calling attention to – over and again. Integrity represents the deciding moment of your career which makes it well worth paying attention to. Integrity is doing the right thing and making the best decision at the opportune time for an appropriate reason. The best way to learn a word or quality is to look at its opposite – Hypocrisy is the best word I found for Integrity’s opposite. To me, Integrity is the hallmark of a person who demonstrates sound moral and ethical principles at work. Integrity is the foundation on which coworkers build connections, trust, and effective interpersonal relationships. In this essay, I’m going to discuss whether integrity is a foundation stone to your career success, how you can build it, how lack of integrity affects you in life and whether it is really important to show integrity.

ntegrity in its literal meaning is the virtue of being honest and possessing firm ethical principles. In other words, it is the commitment to fundamental values such as honesty, trust, fairness, respect, and responsibility. It is an intrinsic moral conviction that helps an individual in distinguishing what is right and what is wrong. A person, who maintains his integrity, never thinks twice before repudiating what is wrong. No matter how harsh the truth is, they have the courage to embrace it. They never think of the repercussions that may pave the way to severe problems. But they are always abided by their integrity and combat gallantly whenever they find their integrity at stake.

Many successful people claim that integrity is the single most essential quality for any individual. However, there are some other fundamental things too that a man should have. Just like only integrity and not being kind to associates won’t make you successful. Inspired by a discussion at Silicon Valley meeting pabini Gabriel-petit said that 13 human qualities you must have to succeed in work and life. And integrity was essential one of them. If your career seems to be going nowhere, you should need to consider your integrity. Start with understanding if you are as good as your word. If you have any history of missing due dates for events appearing late or saying things in the fervor exiting apart from everything else and later not catching up then, you might want to think about changing your behavior. When you are as good as or better than your word you will be searched out and extraordinary things will happen to you. Integrity can be summed up as doing what you say you will do. It is honesty accountability and commitment to doing what is right even when nobody is looking. To show integrity, you have to indicate trust. In professional life, the primary thing we trade-off of daily is trust. If you are unable or unwilling to trust the other person to do what they say they will do then how can you work with them this is exceptionally fundamental throughout your professional life. If you make a commitment and then don’t pull through with it and shrug it off, then you are disregarding your capacity to progress in your career. Somebody once said that in looking for people to hire you to search for three qualities: integrity intelligence and energy. And if you don’t have the first, the other two will kill you.

Being honest means telling the truth and being straightforward and open with people. A very wise man once said, “Tell the truth, but never a harsh truth.” People with personal integrity always try to do the right thing, regardless of whether anyone would ever know what they’ve done. They have a strong moral compass. It takes courage to do the right thing whatever the consequences. Integrity is a valuable quality in everyone, but it’s vital in leaders. Your honesty and integrity will engender trust in others. Qualities that form the foundation of all other human qualities include honesty, integrity, courage, self-awareness, and wholeheartedness. However, Honesty & Integrity can sometimes get you into trouble. For example, if you forgot to do something at your job and were honest about it, you could get fired, which could lead to financial trouble (if you’re unlucky.) On the other hand, if you lie about it and don’t get caught, you will most likely keep your job and maybe get a promotion. But Without Integrity, You Cannot Proceed in Career so you Need to Build Integrity, There are basically 3 steps Toward Building an Integrity In your Life, The First one is Truthfulness (Which has been discussed above).

The 2nd Step Is to Show compassion and sympathy/empathy towards others. You cannot live a life of integrity without being mindful of and concerned for others. A lack of compassion or sympathy for others can often result in poor judgment, acts of selfishness, and ultimately a damaged relationship with someone you care about. The 3rd step is to create a personal mission statement for your life. A good way to ensure that you’re living a life of integrity is to lay out a roadmap for yourself. Assess where you are now in life and consider where you want to be in the future in terms of your personal integrity and moral character. Integrity—“The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness.”—Oxford Dictionaries.

Conclusion

Integrity is a quality every man worth his salt aspires to. It encompasses many of the best and most admirable traits in a man: honesty, uprightness, trustworthiness, fairness, loyalty, and the courage to keep one’s word and one’s promises, regardless of the consequences. But It is not always wise, to be honest, and Integral. Straight trees are cut first.

A person who is straight forward, Full of Integrity and honesty is criticized somewhere in his life. I am not saying that we should lie all the time but lying at times does not make a big difference. Lying for a good purpose is not a bad thing. Lying without hurting someone can be excused. But You Cannot Just Leave Integrity Behind and Be Successful. From research, Dan Ariely has found that committing a dishonest act in one area of your life not only leads to more dishonesty in that one area, but ends up corrupting other areas of your life as well. “A single act of dishonesty,” he argues, “can change a person’s behavior from that point onward.” So Honesty and Being True in every aspect of Life is the Key to Successful Career.

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Table of contents

1. Introduction
2. Types of internal control
3. Recommendations

Introduction

This paper is going to discuss about internal controls in business, the inappropriate cash procedures, and the inappropriate inventory procedures and conclude with recommendations. The aim of internal controls is to create an environment where, mistakes get low chances of occurring and dishonesty cases are easily caught. Although some of the internal control principles seem plain old common sense, those who have ignored them at some point can confess what it cost them.

Anderson (2008) argues that, this is a process implemented by a company’s Board of Directors and Management, and it is put in place to ensure reasonable assurance in effectiveness and efficiency of operation in the business reliability of reporting, complying with rules, laws and regulations governed by GAAP, FASB, and GASP. Environmental control, risk assessment, control procedures, monitoring of all of the above (the overall system) are the five key elements of implementing internal control.

The role of internal control is mainly to protect a company from malice like fraud and give the company a chance to comply with principles of accounting which are considered appropriate and they are referred to as Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).

These issues protect the company from fraud, collusion, and crime injuries. Generally internal control aids in informing the management the inconsistencies, poor production and inadequate production by both personnel and equipment.

Types of internal control

According to Anderson (2008), there are three types of internal control which include; detective controls which are designed to detect irregularities and errors which may have occurred. The second one is the corrective controls which are designed to correct errors and irregularities which could have been detected and the final one is the preventive controls which are designed to keep errors or irregularities from occurring in the first place.

For instance, internal controls encourage strong promotions that can produce high quality goods and services at the lowest cost possible. This is achieved by limiting excessive inventory, high equipment goods and excessive utilities. Operational costs should be maintained within a reasonable budget.

One of the inappropriate cash procedures in this business is the banking of daily takings by whoever available. Not everyone is trustworthy and money at hand is very tempting. B. Pitt the business owner could assign one trusted person to be receiving this money and banking it so that he will account for any losses. Another inappropriate cash procedure is the taking of money from cash registers by any assistant to pay for small expenditure items like milk and stationery. One can steal and deny that he spent the money on these small expenditures. The third one is lack of checking bags of staff to ensure maintenance of security; this will encourage theft as these staff members will always know that no one bothers to check their bags as they leave work. B. Pitt should ensure restriction access to petty cash; keep cash transaction to minimum and keep money coming in separate from money paid out (Rezaee 2002).

Inventory management is very crucial in any business. If inappropriate inventory procedures are used in any business it is bound to break down and profitability can be easily eroded. Some of the considerations that B. Pitt need to put in place are; to ensure appropriate inventory procedures are put in place and some of them include; establishing benchmarks and quantifying opportunities for improvement, he should evaluate and develop policies and procedures for his company, optimize inventory holdings and replenish and align systems and functionality to business requirements and above all, train his employees in order to improve the current inventory management approach. Training will reinforce the basic principle and improve competency levels (Rezaee 2002).

Recommendations

B. Pitt should select his employees carefully and this can be done by using background checks that will have information about their employees’ prior critical records. He can also access reference checks if education verification is mandatory. He should strictly supervise his employees on a regular basis and this can be made easy by installing covert or overt video equipment to supervise the employees’ actions. He should improve the business accounting system by having one individual responsible for it and not any employee.

B. Pitt should consider limiting each employee to a specific task to end confusions so that if something goes wrong some where, he knows who to ask. Cases like any assistant can do this and that should stop for Hats Galore to continue operating effectively. He should also ensure staff bags are checked always before they leave so as to maintain security. Not anybody should unpack stock when delivered, there should be somebody employed for this work. B. Pitt’s number of employees is still low and he should consider employing more so that all the departments get enough personnel.