Problem Solving

Last week, me and a few other students had the opportunity to go to Kinze to acyually use some of the tools that we learned at the problem solving conference we went to. I liked it and thought it was a lot of fun. I thought it was cool how we all worked together really well. We got into Kinze and got done with our research in about half of the time that they expected we would. That showed that we were dilligent in our work and worked hard. Using some of the tools that we learned really helped us to think through the problem that Kinze gave to us. I'm sure I'll be able to use them later on in life. I think that this opportunity will be useful to me when I get into the real world, also this will give me a step up that most other students don't get in high school. Thanks for the opportunity to go!

Leadership Training dealio part 2

So today was our last day of the conference. We learned how to impliment some of the tools that we learned yesterday. I think that my group did a good job in making our presentation with the different tools. I'm excited to use these in a real world problem when my group goes to Kinze to try and solve a problem for them. I think that we will be able to use a lot of the tools that we were taught the past two days. Even though the project got tedious at times, I think it was good and really helped us to learn the tools better. Next week should be fun when we get to try out all the tools with the problem that Kinze gives us.

Leadership Training Part 1

So today we went up to a leadership training and problem solving conference. They're giving us multiple tools that we will be able to use with real world problems. One of the tools they gave us was the "5 whys". At first I thought that this tool was dumb because it annoyed me with all the "why" questions. Why did I answer this to this question, why did I just answer that question the way I did and so on and so forth. This became frusterating and tedious to me. Then I realized that this actually is a good tool to use because it gets down to your motives of doing and saying things. It makes you think about why you're involved in something. It'll be interesting actually using these tools when we go to our businesses. Stay tuned for part two..coming soon.

Core Values Part 2

What are core values? Core values are what is going to help make your decisions. Some of my core values are: Faith, Honest/Trust, Respect, Integrity, and Convictions. Faith is huge to me because I know that I'm not strong enough to do it on my own, I need God's help in my life every day. Honesty and Trust are important because I want people to be able to trust me and for people to trust you, you have to be honest with them. They aren't going to trust a person that has repeatedly lied to them. I want people to see something in me that is good, so that's why integrity is on my list. If you have good integrity and are consistant in how you act, then if you mess up every once in awhile, people will remember how you usually are and will be more willing to forgive and forget. Finally Convictions is a big thing because you need to have set ground rules on things in your life. These are things that you shouldn't even have to think about when situations come up, you just know that it's wrong and you shouldn't do it. We should all know what our our core values are. They're important to help guide us in our lives.

Core Values

As leaders we need to know our core values and have them set in stone. In a time of difficulty, our core values will be evident to those around us. Some good core values to have would be: Honesty, Communication, Respect, and I believe that Convictions is a big one. We need to know what we believe in and what we stand for before we can go around leading other people. Integrity is also a huge one. If people see that you have good integrity then people will be more inclined to believe you in what you're trying to get across in your message. Consistency is big when it comes to integrity because if it comes to that one time you mess up people will be more willing to forgive and forget with you. So be consistent in how you act around people. It will give people more of a reason to trust you.

Pursuing Being Happy

We just got finished watching the Pursuit of Happyness the other day and I felt like it was good to see another persons struggle to achieve what they really want. It makes you realize whats really important in life. In the movie, family was his main motivator. Chris just wanted to make his son Christopher happy. After Linda left him, Chris had to support Christopher on his own, while tring to get the internship job at the company, all while barely having any money. In the scene where they get kicked out of the motel, Chris is worried about what he's going to do with Christopher. When they're in the subway station, Christopher is sad, so Chris tries to turn their situation into something fun for his son. Chris makes the best of the situation that they're in and takes care of Christopher. Family should always be our driving force to make things better for ourselves and for them, and thats exactly how it was for Chris Gardner.

The Pursuit of Happyness

In class we are watching "The Pursuit of Happyness" and analyzing it. We are looking for the things in the movie that make Will Smith's character want to change from the way he is living in the start of the movie. It starts with him not being able to provide for his family, and that shows that he's committed to his family and he wants to be able to care for them. Also, after Linda leaves, Christopher becomes Chris' main priority. He does everything that he can to take care of his kid. In one scene he is begging the landlord to let him stay just a little longer in their apartment because he has nowhere to take Christopher. Then again when he gets arrested the only thing he is worried about is who is going to take care of his son. Chris Gardner has a lot of determination but more importantly he loves his son and would do anything to make him happy. I think that that's something that should be very important to us too, our family should be our top priority, then they become a motivation for us to work hard and want to achieve better.