Essays on About Me

Response Paper: Self in the Workplace

Success at any workplace is not an abstract occurrence but rather takes a combination of abilities, skills, and knowledge necessary to guarantee such success. As an employee, I have greatly excelled at my workplace due to my strong work ethics, strict time management and embracement of a team spirit. I understand pretty well that organizational goals are set targets that require a collective approach from all employees. As a result, therefore, we are strongly working as a team and not as an individual; I prefer pooling my contribution alongside those from other colleagues for the sake of organizational goals. ...

Emily sat and explored just purchased ancient manuscript with unknown runes. She tried not to miss any symbol and understand its true meaning. For a long time she sat in front of her laptop monitor at her desk, surfing the Internet. After all, she could not hold everything in her head and her memory was not perfect. And it can filter out some information. For Emily it was very important, what she did, after all, she dedicated her life to this. Well, but when she was a child, she could not even imagine it. It was already too late ...

My Holon Ad Code character is Realistic. Describing oneself may come with a lot of inaccuracies as we tend to focus on the positive a lot. Most of my friends have told me that I do not push for things to happen, and then I quickly give on thinks that according to them can still work. Before I do anything I look at the implications of my actions and the alone has kept me out of trouble. The Holland core describes me as Realistic. I pretty much agree with that for by my very nature I don’t hold ...

Acts of Kindness

Group I Know My family had never travelled to Europe and they have always craved about taking the whole family to Europe. But, my father spent most of his money on his children’s education and a suitable home for us. After working hard for past few years, I decided to give my family a gift and take them all to Europe. I booked everything myself and gave my family surprise on my parent’s anniversary. I will remember the happiness on my parents face when they learned about my surprise gift. Even better was their happiness when they ...

It has been a very educative and eye opening experience working on the web presence project. In this age and era, the internet has become a very integral part of our lives. Almost everything in life revolves around the internet. Many interactions; social and business are done through the internet. People who do not know us, therefore, may get their first impression of us from the internet profiles that we have both on the social platforms and professional profiles. For this project, I worked on building my web presence in a professional platform; LinkedIn. The platform is more professional ...

After asking three people to state three strengths and weaknesses about me, the consensus was that I was intelligent and funny, yet very stubborn. The main comment was that I was smart, something that I completely agree with and can be evidenced in many areas of my life. Furthermore, I have always fashioned myself as being funny, but I know that many people do so, yet actually are not. This means that it was a relief to find out that other people thought so too. Furthermore, I know I can be a little bit stubborn. I have been working ...

There are probably very few people who have not heard the words from their wife or husband, “How much do you love me?” There are uncounted numbers of poems and song lyrics dedicated to the topic of the breadth and depth of undying passion. A constant stream of books such as “Men are from Mars; Women are from Venus” and “Passionate Marriage: Keeping Love and Intimacy Alive in Committed Relationships” tout philosophies for providing understanding and excitement for couples. Romantic love may lead to the life-long commitment of a monogamous relationship, but it is generally known that the first ...

As an individual, I have always believed that independence and self-sufficiency are important. In all roles I play whether as a daughter, a student, a friend, or an employee, I have always placed high value on autonomy and rationality in my daily life as I pushed for equality and a life guided by wisdom and understanding. These values that I consider vital for my existence have helped me recognize infringements in ethics especially since I am always beset with ethical decisions during my daily exchanges with people I encounter every day. According to the Ethical Lens Inventory (ELI), I ...

A Johari window is an excellent exercise which can be done with the help of two or more people in order to improve a relationship or interpersonal communication. This methodology is extremely helpful in creating a proper channel of communication and identifying and bridging the gaps. This exercise will also conduct an analysis based on Johari Window technique and will also interpret the results, in order to create a better understanding of a chosen personal relationship.

I have met my best friend Roger and have discussed with him about our friendship and how close he has been to me for a long time. On ...

I was born and raised in a Christian family. I was taught Christian values and norms throughout my teenage life. I have learnt about honesty, forgiveness and respect as the guiding principles for a moral upright person. However, I began some odd behaviors during my early adolescent age. This is the time I gathered as many friends as possible. I had friends at school, at home and even other places where I used to visit on a frequent basis. I had my fist girl friend at the age of seventeen. That was the first time I had sex. Since I had many ...

Experience of Marketing

Nowadays the profession of a salesperson is becoming more and more popular. But the question here is not about quantity but about quality of a salesperson. Therefore the crucial issue is the company should hire an effective employee, highly proficient in the sales management. But what is actually a "salesperson"? "Salesperson is an individual who sells goods and services to other entities. The success of a salesperson is usually measured by the amount of sales he or she is able to make during a given period and how good that person is in persuading individuals to make a purchase. If a salesperson is employed by a ...

I remember walking through some double doors and all of a sudden, I am come under a hail of gunfire. With two guns in hand, I shot a guy to my left, right and behind me just before I was shot in the head. It should have never happened I said as I lay here dying, I am reminded of how I got here in the first place; let’s turn back the clock to March 11, 1981. It all started when I was 7-years-old; my father was a low-level informant in the family, and he feels he was destined to be the ...

Abstract

- People tend to think that we eat only to help the body pertain its function; that there is nothing beyond that and that cooking is just a means to satiate our appetite. - If one takes a closer look into what makes people love cooking and that there are much more involved and expressed through this form of art, philosophical aspects can arise that allow us to understand deeper parts of the self and who we truly are. - In order to approach this topic from a philosophical point of view, five famous thinkers are quoted that help reveal ...

Application Questions-sample responses

1-Why are you applying for this degree program? In the modern dispensation, undergraduate degrees are first loosing their essence. There is increased competition in every field in everyone is required to enhance their skills based on the prevailing market needs. Employers are increasingly going for people who are more qualified in terms of education experience. My desire to take my career to the next level has prompted me to take an MBA course. It is because without an advanced education program, it becomes difficult to remain competitive in the market. I have learnt a lot of issues from my ...

A self-portrait is an artistic representation of an artist, painted, sculptured, drawn, or photographed by the artist. Several artists have used self-portraits to highlight different aspects about themselves that they believe other artists might not critically bring out in their representations. Since the advent of the mirror in the fifteenth century, modeling artworks have greatly improved with self-portraits becoming some of the new advents that came with the mirror. For whatever reason an artist might choose to construct a self-portrait, almost all the artists in all media from sculptors to painters have attempted this exploration of self. Jean Fouquet's self-portrait ( ...

I have always been the perfect student back in my country, Kuwait. Since, I was a kid I dreamt of going to the United States of America to study there, and complete my bachelor’s degree. Right now I have been awarded a government scholarship to go and study in the United States of America. This has had a great impact in my life because since then, I have been excited and I know this is an answered prayer. Regardless of the excitement, my life has taken a different twist because in a way, I felt like I had lost a part of me, the ...

I remember vividly that it was on a Tuesday evening. I was walking slowly from McDonalds. I had gone there to buy some takeaway food since I had no shopping in my apartment. That day was graceful as all I remember is that I was lost in my thoughts. People seemed to pave way for me as if I had headlights that announced my arrival. The sunset was a nice view to look at. I opted to perch on one of the fences along a pathway that was used by very few people. I was broke, a fact that almost rendered me ...

In the ancient times, archeologists used things like tombs and monuments to infer about the people who used to live there. However, not all information could be gathered from monuments and tombs. As a result, modern archeologists use other things like trash to learn about previous and present generations. By having this information, archeologists can then make inferences about the people’s economic status, religious beliefs and political beliefs. The premise behind the use of trash to learn about people has its basis on the fact that the waste materials people dispose can tell a thing or two about the people ...

Everyone has two sides, the outside that is known to everyone, and the inside, which is mostly unknown to anyone. Knowing this, everyone wants to improve and develop skills that can help their outside behavior, and ignore the inner one. It is a part of the human nature to care more about what others think, and care less about the self (Johnson, 67). Human is to error and therefore everyone makes mistakes. That being said, no one is perfect, in fact, it would be abnormal if anyone is perfect. Everyone needs to accept that it is the nature of humans ...

Writing

What the Window Tells About Me Introduction Knowing oneself would be difficult without the consultation of the people around. The Johari window activity helps in determining and own personality better based on the feedback from the people around. There are things and personality that we are not aware we have, until someone tells us what kind of person we are and that we have such personality. What I have learned from this activity is that I can be very adaptive in different social environments because of the flexibility and adaptability I have in interacting with different kind ...

Reflection: I was able to identify a pivotal point in my growing up and reflect on how it helped shape my identity. I think the paper accurately reflects how one experience can change who we become. I would have liked to have written more about the challenges people face when they encounter people with very different backgrounds and beliefs. It is sometimes difficult for me to write about personal events without making it too personal. I was trying to relate my personal experiences to a larger issue of how people form their identity and how they choose to identify themselves. ...

I have always prided myself for knowing my values, for being comfortable with who I am, and for knowing what my philosophy in life is. I have always believed that honesty is the best policy. Although I know that I have many faults and imperfections, the one thing I try to always ensure is that I stay true to myself and to others. This honesty, and indeed, my entire value system, was put to the test in my last job. It was a job that I really liked and the company was also a very good one. They offered great ...

Communication models include classic and active models (Shannon’s information theory), transactive and cybernetic models that comprise feedback of information. However, with the changing technological advancements, communications models introduced are tech savvy since they map closely to materials taught and researched by many scholars in the field of communication. In the communication process, basic elements ascribed to communication model comprise message, receiver, noise, source, channel, effect and feedback among others. Humans communicate with the motivation of channeling information to each other. The most basic need satisfied as results of communicating include physical, social (companionship, pleasure, escape, and control), ...

The African American experience can only be remotely comparable to the South African apartheid experience. Langston Hughes wrote his poems in response to this. His poems are about the experiences of a black person in America and as an African American. This is the feeling I get when reading his poems. "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" reaffirms African pride and a connection to Africa. It was dedicated to William Edward Burghardt "W. E. B." Du Bois. The concepts of negritude come out best in lines like, “I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep. I ...

One-Way Ticket

I was tossing and turning the night before my planned flight back to Kazakhstan from America. My mind was busy, just like when you have a million windows open on your computer screen, the whole system freezes, and you have to restart it. The idea of returning home to my regular routine was giving me the goose bumps. I could not stay in bed anymore. I glanced at my suitcases packed with clothes, three new swimsuits which I probably would not be able to use back home, and a bunch of souvenirs. A bright pink Flamingo, a stuffed toy with an unreal, ...

However unplanned my pregnancy was, it was NEVER unwanted. Honestly, I did not have many aspirations before I got pregnant. I worked enough to just get enough money for paying for my gas to get to work, to pay for my insurance and some few personal expenses. At that time, I simply had enough and I did not get swayed by parents to get back to college-all I thought was that my minimum wage was enough for my expenses.

Although I still lived with my aunt, I felt somehow independent and getting by was fine for me. However, all ...

The Admissions and Standards Committee reviews applications from many applicants with strong academic backgrounds and experiences. However, when recruiting people for a given position or duty, it is mandatory that a number of personal characteristics are taken into consideration. It is therefore necessary to combine both the academic and professional qualifications together with the personal attributes of an individual. Every person has a number of outstanding characteristics that are worth considering when recruiting the person for a given exercise or duty.

There are a number of personal characteristics which outland in me and make me an outstanding individual. These characteristics include self-principled, disciplined, hardworking, real, ...