How Cortez Changed My Life

As the Days turned to weeks and the weeks turned to months I heard more and more about our special guest coming to our small town. Almost enough to believe it, but the information came from unofficial sources so I didn’t plan on the event to come true.

Some people might view Cortez as a dead end town but Cortez has actually been the best possible place for me to be. I was in the 21st Century program at the Cortez Middle School, where I participated in curriculum focused on critical thinking, group projects, and presentations. Being accepted into this program propelled me to push myself out of my comfort zone and grow as a person which I have been continuing to do ever since. I interned for two months at Southwest Memorial Hospital, shadowing doctors, nurses, and hospital staff. Then I was accepted into Pinhead Institute which allowed me to do an environmental science internship at the University of Arizona in Tucson. I lived there with my host family for six weeks while I helped a graduate student of the university complete her final research project. My most recent endeavor I was fortunate enough to be sponsored by Empire Electric in the 2016 Cooperative Youth Leadership Camp in Steamboat Springs. I have been constantly pushing my limits and I plan to continue this path by going to college and becoming a forester.

In my travels of the world I have found myself immersed in many cultures and varieties of ethnicity; I have been very fortunate to live in a day and age where such communication and experience is possible in one lifetime. I have seen La Cathedral de Notre Dame, the Statue of Liberty, the home of Da Vinci, and so many more wonderfully spiritual and historic monuments. Yet still I can say with the utmost certainty that no location has left such a lasting impact on my soul as the quaint, simple country of Costa Rica. Although many places have penetrated me with a sense of what the majestic earth and her inhabitants are capable of and have forced me to question whether or not anything is beyond the grasp of human ingenuity, none have brought

I am beginning this letter by truly expressing my heartfelt apology to Our Lady Of The Lakes for my poor decision as an employee. I was a teenager who has just lost everything in Hurricane Katrina and Rita. Then, I had another life changing event, my uncle who I was very close to was murdered in New Orleans. I had just graduated high school and dealing with all these life altering changing events. Yes, I was angry. What I didn't know is how this one poor decision would impact my future with Our Lady Of The Lake.

This letter is an apology letter directed towards Meghan Styke as well as the other coworkers I worked with. I left your company randomly and without warning and I am aware of how immature and irresponsible that was. I know I was relied on as an employee and I betrayed that trust. Leaving like I did was the most regretfully unprofessional thing I have ever done, especially to a company that treated me so well. I took your employment for granted and I very strongly apologize. I will not be making excuses for what I did, but the best I can do is explain what happened.

I am writing this letter regarding an employee and a long-time friend, Daniel Lopez Valenzuela. We have known each other for the last two years and in this time frame I have come to know him as a very caring individual and a very hard worker. I consider him as a respectable employee who is dedicated to his job and has an outstanding work ethic and I know that he is a devoted friend who is always there when you need him.

I liked the incorporation of the birthday well wishes into the letter which helped to make the letter more personal, emotional and relatable. All concepts outlined in our text. Also, good job applying the 'social proof' tactic from our textbook related to the high level of compliance from other employees (O'Rourke, 2013).

I’m writing you this letter and I want you to read the entire thing. I figured that I should write this instead of tell you because I’d probably forget things if I was talking and we would probably end up arguing. I feel like lately all of our conversations are very aggressive and not actually conversations. Also, I feel like whenever I try to really express what I’m feeling and you don’t agree with it, you shut me down. I don’t know if you realize that you do it, but you do and it hurts and makes me feel like I can’t say everything that I need to. For one, I am very sorry that I lied to you about going to Taylor’s and told you I was at work. It really really won’t happen again. I didn’t tell you sorry the other night or even right after because I was upset and the apology would not have been sincere. I didn’t want to just say sorry to say it, I wanted to mean it and it be genuine. I am also sorry for shutting you out. I know that it’s not fair to you and that you are just trying to make the most of the time you have with me because I’m not going to be living here for a whole lot longer. I don’t know why I thought I had to lie to you that night. There wasn’t anything super important that I just had to go over there. I am so sorry that I did it. I know that I lost a lot of trust with you by lying and I hope that I can do something to gain it back. Honestly, I just don’t know how I am going to do that. On the other hand, I do think that you overreacted. I don’t really care at

The work atmosphere at Target is wonderful. My old co-workers are the nicest people ever, even the costumers would comment on that. Yet I hated working there. The reason I hated working at Target is because as a cashier I had to sell the Red Card to everyone. When I got the job, I did not expect that I would have to sell this piece of plastic. Target expected me to be a salesperson. I could never sell the Red Card, even though I told every costumer my sales pitch. In the two months I worked at Target, I was only able to sell two, and one of those was to my mother. My supervisors kept pushing me to sell more. Everyone I approached either had one or hated it. Being unable to sell them stressed me out. That stress started to come home with me. I started to dread going to work everyday. That piece of plastic made me hate my job and want to quit.

I want to start off by saying how much I appreciate your dedication and hard work for this company. This letter is to inform you of the upcoming changes that will be made in

There were 45 more people on this floor than my last, it was more names and diets to remember. At first, I told myself I got this, after a couple weeks I pleaded with my managers to let me off that floor. Watching those people was depressing, they didn’t remember where they were or who they even were. I was never taken off that floor like I asked to be, so I tried to find every excuse to not go to the job I hated. This put a negative impact on my life, when I would drive to work I would hope someone would hit my car so I didn’t have to go in. it really mad me upset and I finally realized I’m not going to keep being unhappy. I told my managers to put me back to my old floor or I’m quitting. I gave them 2 weeks to do something like they promised but they never did. A few days before my 18th birthday I quit. I wasn’t going to keep being depressed about work, it wasn’t worth my

I am writing to notify you that I am regretfully providing two weeks’ notice and will be resigning from my position as Assistant Project Manager with Layne Christensen. This is not an easy decision but I have to do what is best for my family. When I accepted this position, I was under the impression that I would be evaluated after a six month period. I took a pay cut of approximately $10,000 annually to accept a role in the office. I had to adjust our budget to accept this position, but I knew it would pay off in the future. I bet on myself and my work ethic as I always do, and I was positive I would prove to everyone that I could handle a bigger role. I believe I did that in a shorter period than anyone was anticipating. Then came marriage, a second kid, hospital bills, etc.

Weaknesses: A positive tone is very important when giving good news. For this good news letter, I emphasize about the opportunity to change their portfolio for the quarter, and explain that it is because of a new highly qualified financial manager. However having a stern tone when writing these letters can cause a business to lose customers, so making them feel important is always a number one priority.

Catherine, I hope you take time to read this letter. I know I am by no means a perfect guy, I have recognize my flaws, I know I have ISSUES. But that isn’t going to be me forever I am truly working on them I am being honest. My depression and anxiety took over my life and I didn’t think about what is important to me and that was my family. I hit my lowest point. I have nowhere to go but up from here. If I was given a chance I will do everything in my power to not fall back into the “comfort zone” we are going to need communication So that we can focus on healing and fixing our marriage.

I quickly searched for a job, and soon landed one at Covidien (which has recently merged with Medtronic). Covidien, a factory-based medical device manufacturer, became my first job. In the light of my new position, I was faced with many challenges. First, Covidien required labor-intensive work, work that I had never experienced before, work that nearly broke me my first week. Second, at that time Covidien only required tenders for their 12-hour night crew, working 36 hours one week and 48 hours the next. The third and most painstaking task I decided to face was to balance a