Millie's Influenced My Life

Ella Baker was born in Norfolk, Virginia in 1903. She always had strong opinions, and “followed her own mind”. However, she was influenced by her grandmother growing up, and this contributed to her sense of social justice and racism. Her grandmother, who had once been a slave, told her granddaughter stories of her own years in slavery. Her grandmother had been whipped for refusing to marry

First, in her essay “Chief Little Feather, Where Are You”? She was a child, she reflected her loneliness. For example, she explained that her parents owned an appliance store, but especially she remarked that she felt lonely because her parents never had time for her. As she said, “If my father was the brain of the business, my mother was the heart and the soul”. (pg.4). Most of the time she had to do her homework by her own because their parents worked long hours at the store. At her young age her father lets her and her sister Linda to walk home at night. He seemed that he did not care about them, but just the money.

Experiencing further unstable environments, these children are forced to move from one foster home to another. They rarely develop meaningful relationships and constantly endure lack of care and protection by adults. Sabreen, another gifted student, was able to excel in school despite her unstable environments. She, too, became a ward of the county battling to find a stable home, constantly being placed in unstable environments, environments that do not encourage any achievement. When her situation becomes untenable, she goes AWOL, like Olivia, refusing to return to county supervision. Corwin masterfully frames the problem that wards, like Olivia and Sabreen, face when they feel that going back into the system is not an option. The additional struggles can be seen through Olivia and Sabreen accepting jobs with long hours in order to make enough to pay their bills. The responsibility on taking care of themselves financially detracts from their studies, which quickly can become a vicious, never-ending cycle.

She needs everything to be fair and complains when something is not. For instance, both my brother and sister got a computer for their sixteenth birthday but my parents decided I could have an early birthday present. When my sister heard this, she made it very clear that I was not allowed to receive any other presents when it came time for my actual birthday. She reminded my parents and I of this about 10 different times to make herself clear and heard. Lori, being the oldest, feels like she does not get special treatment so neither should her younger siblings. This thought also runs through my sister’s head because she is also the oldest. Lori said this because if her dad had said that Jeannette could bring her rocks, she would have gone back to get more of her many books. This is something my older sister would do as well. I am very familiar with older siblings wanting everything to be fair and I connect with the author in that way. Rose Mary’s mother lived in Phoenix and the author was planning on living with her. However, when she asked if they were going to her house, she was told that her grandmother had died a few months back. When their grandma Smith died, the author’s mother inherited one of two houses so they lived in the one they received. Right away when they reached the house, Rose Mary started up on her art career. Along with the house, they inherited money and Rex landed a

Ella Fitzgerald had a difficult childhood in the 1920’s with her family’s financial struggles. While many

Being raised with these obstacles helped her furthermore step up for herself as well as her siblings in order to

practice to be followed – working relationships are professional based…..’. Personal relationships are based on emotions and are

Physical violence wasn’t the only hardship that she endured in her early life. Her family became severed when three of her sisters were sold to other plantations that were far away. A trader from Georgia approached interested in buying her youngest brother, but their mother successfully resisted, preventing further

How she was treated differently such as she didn’t have too many friends and she and her siblings were treated differently for being

Hannah is 45 years old, married and has two children, one is 10 years old and in primary school and the other is 4 years old and in nursery. Hannah is a health and safety consultant in one of the big oil company based in Aberdeen. Hannah feels that she has a big responsibility towards her family and her job. During this stage, Hannah strive harder in creating and nurturing things which she thinks it would outlast her, this is frequently happen on her parenting role - to care for her children, her contribution to her job and community, which, could benefit the company, other people and the society where she lives in. She spent time contributing her knowledge on health and safety programs, training, proposals and changes which focus on safety environment, as a better place to live and work for future generation. She also feels satisfied when she can reach out to those charities she has been sending aid to, because of positive relationships she had with people. (Generativity).

feelings. One of the reasons why she feels the need to make him happy lies in

Social and emotional competence are important to an individual’s well-being and success later in life. A bond or attachment is typically

Levinons’s theory of early childhood development is related to the lack of stability that Charlotte encountered in a big family, especially within the context of high infant mortality amongst her siblings: “Mom: There was a boy named Jimmy that only lived for a

Effective social skills are another aspect of emotional intelligence that I must acquire. Obtaining effective and efficient social skills will enable me to build long lasting relationships within my personal and professional lives. Building strong relationships will lead to establishing trust. Trust is one of the most significant aspects of emotional intelligence. When trust is absent, much time and exertion is spent on issues that are unproductive. Productivity will also decline when an employee does not feel he or she can trust his or her leader. In addition, when an employee does not trust his or her leader, he or she will be less creative and will not want to express his or her ideas.

In contrast with the past workplace challenges and organizational behavior, there is a necessity to understand ourselves and others. Sometimes the stress and prestige can cause an adverse impact on one’s position in the workplace. The ability to deal with our emotions while working effectually with others and at the same time, performing the organization’s expectations are in high demand. Since the employees are an asset, and the organization is expecting a return on their investment, understanding how emotions work and how it impacts one’s capacity is indispensable in accomplishing organizational goals. In the workplace, people often have to work with each other. So the handling of relationships and interacting with others becomes the key to the success of the organization. Managers need to have a combination of skills and abilities such as the strength of will, awareness of self, empathy for others and sensitivity toward others internally and externally. Before one can handle others emotions he/she must first learn to lead themselves. So the question become, how is this done? Coleman’s theory suggest that this can be done through emotional intelligence which is the ability to create, build and maintain viable relationships (Coleman, 1998, p. 14). No one wants to follow the leadership of a person who cannot manage his/her emotions. Let’s look together at three business CEO’s personal backgrounds and use of emotional intelligence. The top chief emotions officers in the U.S.