Pete Shimer Interview

In the 20th century it was a time in which you could attain wealth quickly manufacturing without having capital to start off with. He believes the advantage of becoming wealthy does not lay within starting out with wealth, but with having the knowledge of what people need. His ideals derive from the certainty that opportunity is in the hands of human needs. Conwell expands on how prospects of money is in near reach of many, however, they are just unaware of it. He gives many examples of people and their experiences with wealth and poverty. Conwell spoke of many people moving to find wealth, when there was many opportunity for wealth within the city that they had lived. However, they did not know of those opportunities; again, referencing that wealth is in close connection with knowledge. Conwell concludes his speech with describing his definition of greatness. Greatness defined by Conwell is accomplishing things of significant purposes, as well as working, no matter what career, and becoming something better than where you started. He reminds the audience that they can become successful starting from where they are and being who they are, and that these circumstances don’t matter when it comes to being

The purpose of this memo is to provide a professional biography of the person I interviewed for the expert interview portion of this project. Dr. William Harrar is the person I chose to interview, Dr. Harrar is the Director of Bloomsburg University’s Center for Counseling and Human Development. It will be a concise report, consisting of Dr. Harrar’s education, field experience, and publications. I will highlight items in the aforementioned areas that best reflect Dr. Harrar’s expertise.

Well, this is the message that Horatio Alger gives to his readers that some people feel as though it’s a myth as oppose to others thinking it’s great guidelines or a great blueprint to success. In a selection of the money and success chapter in “Rereading America: Cultural Contexts for Critical Thinking and Writing”, a professor

“The Matthew Effect” discusses the concept that people with an advantage will gain more advantages, and ultimately become successful. There is much room for truth for this in the business world, as well as the government world. There is a well-known saying “It’s not what you know, but who you know.” Success in any field has much to do with opportunities that present themselves to a person. If he can get himself more opportunities, he can go further. The “10,000-Hour Rule” is another key to professional success. By applying this rule correctly, one can gain mastery of a subject, and create his own

Her insights aren’t exactly revolutionary. Certain economic and environmental analysts and activists have known this for a long time. She tells how both undergraduate and graduate business programs have been changing their curriculum accordingly. Top ranking business programs like Harvard, Stanford, and Wharton have been taking a more interdisciplinary approach–teaching ethics, “critical and integrative thinking,” and sometimes history and literature alongside courses you’d expect to find in an MBA program.* The idea, according to author and Harvard business school professor Roger Martin, is to, “teach more about how to be a well-rounded human being who happens to be

Malcolm Gladwell’s book examines the contributing factors of high leveled success by looking beyond common beliefs. First of all, viewing the key element of an opportunity making way for success like the good nutrition the tallest tree receives from the sun and good soil. For example, Roger Barnesly, a psychologist, suggested good player are born in January, February, and March. However, Gladwell views this phenomenon as a difference in strength due to age as an almost eleven year old is stronger than a nearly ten year old. In most success stories an innate talent needs to be practiced and encouraged. Gladwell refers to this need of practice as the ten thousand hour rule done by Bill Jay,

This meant he had to work for what he did. Even when he made it big he was not doing the right things. He had over 100,000 dollars in debt. He paid it

Though Gladwell is correct in telling us that opportunity is a key component to success, his emphasis on the importance of opportunity and less on a person’s own individuality and character traits, is absurd.

Malcolm Gladwell’s perception of people’s pathways to success is biased, because he implied that success is based off of the advantages they’re given. For instance, the examples he gave in this chapter were all of people who had talent, but were also afforded huge opportunities that directly aligned them on the path to succeed. He did not, however, acknowledge those who became successful based on their individuality. Success based on individuality is far more meaningful and valued than success based on handouts.

Every time I interview a young person in the entertainment business, I customarily have a sense of awe and excitement. Most of these young performers have accomplished so much in their relatively short life span, and the vast majority of them (unlike the gossip columns would prefer you to believe) are "good kids." In the case of Peter DaCunha, it was truly a joy when I recently had the opportunity to speak with him about how he started out as an actor, his notable works (including Hallmark), and how he remains as positive and grounded in a world of incessant negativity.

Mr. Brooks is trying to accomplish, teaching children at a young age how to work hard and shoot for the stars is the best approach of raising a child. Mr. Brooks felt that the generation now is being handed, tutored and coached and has fail to learn how to do things on their own. Teaching them that thigs may not always go their way, somedays you’re going to have to work harder to reach those stars your working to

Looking at a long history of hero’s through time, regardless if they are billionaires, rock stars, or entrepreneurs, a majority of successful individuals seem as though they defeated the odds and rose from poverty or considered a “self-made man” (Gladwell, 2008, p. 18). Gladwell (2008) believes that “People don’t rise from nothing,” rather, every successful person owes some of their success to parentage and patronage (p. 19). While Gladwell states innate talent exists, he also deems each extraordinarily successful person has entertained hidden advantages and cultural legacies, which helped pave their path. Immense success is shaped merely by talent but also preparation, and the circumstances one is exposed to.

Dreier’s theory- looking across of different influences, ‘constellations ‘ of people are constantly changing, influencing success of multi-professional working. We work in different situations, influences, the way we operate requires ‘ personal action potency’ be able to be powerful and effective changes from one context to the next

The purpose of the book is to help the reader discover their “True North.” One of the most profound arguments was that leadership is “not a set of genetic characteristics, but the result of a lifelong process of self-discovery.” I have always believed that a person's leadership style grows overtime, so I like the idea that we are all born as a blank-slate with leadership potential. In addition, the idea that “no one can be authentic by trying to be like someone else [...] you can learn from others’ experiences, but you cannot be successful trying to be like them”(485) really stood out to me because this concept can definitely be applied to SLC. Our class is filled with a wide range of influential leaders with a lot of potential but who

How Successful People Lead, by John C. Maxwell, Center Street, New York, NY, May 2013, 148 pages. Reviewed by David A. Hudson