Pros And Cons Of Opulence For Life

“The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it (James Bryce). If measured by the rule of the quote, The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow has tremendous worth. Randy Pausch, a professor dying from pancreatic cancer, gave his last lecture titled “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams” at Carnegie Mellon in 2007. In the book, he reflects upon the lessons of his life experiences mentioned in the lecture. The lessons addressed ways to lead a fulfilled life. At first, his experiences seemed to be entertaining stories from his past, but as he progressed through each chapter, I began to realize the mentoring quality of the stories. From the lessons, I carried away invaluable advice. While it would be difficult to visit and elaborate upon every lesson, there were three that were most memorable to me: the importance of obstacles in our life, how honesty is a better character builder than false praise, and the uselessness of complaining.

Life skills play an important role for becoming successful professionally and improving our personal lives. Oprah, in her lifeclass video, talks about being responsible for yourself and not waiting for anyone else to change the circumstances around you as a way to develop the skills necessary to flourish. The story of Robert Sherfields first experience at community college, “How Community College Changed My Life” tells of how Mr. Sherfield let go of his past failures and worked toward a better future for himself. The quote by Charles Noble “First we make our habits, then our habits make us!” is great to remember when developing the life skills necessary to continue to grow in all aspects of our lives. The video, story and quote can all be connected, good habits produce responsible people. Responsible people are aware of their

I am particularly satisfied with the research component of the course; I am interested in the modules related to cognitive behavior therapy through integrative research. In addition, learning about individualized therapy within current social, political, and cultural context offers a solid foundation to employ specific contextual tools. Furthermore, I am interested in human development across the lifespan that focuses on diversity and social justice issues. The course encourages an individualized assessment, and tailored response to match my client's needs.

Perhaps the dream of a wealthy individual is constant improvement and expansion of their wallet, but also to find gratitude with what they have.

“Any fool can know. The point is to understand” (Albert Einstein). Life is an item that most people do not understand. People ask others to answer what they want, instead of experiencing it for themselves; however, mentors help a person get through the difficult points in life with some life lessons. Though life lessons do not unlock all the secrets to life, they help people understand life a little better.

The texts, “High incomes don’t bring you Happiness” and “You can buy Happiness, if it’s an Experience”, completes the idea that monetary value does not bring true joy. In the passage, “High incomes don’t bring you Happiness”, the author states that bringing in an over excessive amount of money will not make one happy. The author said that an overall income of around $75,000 will complete one’s emotional well being, while anything over that will complete a life evaluation. Life evaluation is the idea that if one was to look at themselves while they’re in their deathbed, how would they rate their lifestyle. This is also supported through different statements within the passage, “You can buy Happiness, if it’s an Experience”. Within this study, it was proven that people enjoyed money, but often spent it on materialistic items which leaves them with a temporary feeling of satisfaction, while when they are given a fully paid trip to the Bahamas, the feeling of peace and joy lasts far longer than when they were to purchase an item of materialistic value. This

I wanted to join the class because I am considering being a marriage and family therapist in the future. I definitely learned a lot from this class about the models and theories. I found structural family therapy the most interesting out of all the therapies. I also thought structural family therapy would be very beneficial in my job as a child protective service worker. Having an understanding of the family, their structure, and what problems there maybe is great for this job. Of course, most of my structural mapping is doing to deal with substance abuse in a subsystem. I am also a visual and hands on learner, and being able to see something physically works best for me.

There is but one thing that no one can ever have enough of. Admittedly, there are various substitutions that can suffice as satisfactory for one’s happiness. Yet, there is an exception that creeps and remains ubiquitously unseen and incessantly yearned for. As Zora Neale Hurston, author of Their Eyes Were Watching God, puts it, there are “ships at a distance [that] have every man’s wish on board.” Indeed, these desires ride a boat which sails on, perhaps, the ocean of time. There are those who are fortunate and whose ships “come in with the tide,” relying on the chance that their aspirations come in miraculously from the vast ocean or window of opportunity. There are also those who are unfortunate and whose ships “sail forever on the

This, I, believe is what makes a successful human being. Applying the lessons that this book has to offer enabled me

Before taking this course, every time someone mentioned having a cry for help could go to a psychologist for assistance. Well, she found someone who would listen to what she was going through and provide professional assistance and lately her mood has been alright at work. By taking this class, it made me more aware of how people interact and how my coworker interacts with people when she is giving a command to do something. I have noticed she is very conscious about herself and have a low self-esteem. Sometimes I want to ask her how she is doing with her eating disorder and if she is continuing get the help she

Since the beginning of human history, emperors, conquistadors, alchemists, and many curious and powerful individuals have been in a fruitless search for a chance to transcend the realm of mortals and achieve immortality. Even now, at the dawn of the 21st century, the desire for immortality is still prevalent in our society today. However, while the dream for eternal life is still alive, the search for immortality is no longer just driven by power and greed, but for the universal gain of humanity – to solve many social and economical reasons that result from the current imperfect prolongation of life. Modern biogerontologists, people who study ageing, are determined to uncover the secrets of

In my own time, I am curious about the aspect of being able to expand your life span. The one video that caught my attention is the Ageing 101 video. The reason it got me thinking about aging is because the first fact which is that “Most older adults think their health is good”. I would think of the perspective of my own, I would believe they would believe they are so close to the end that their attitude of their health would depreciate. Being positive about yourself will bring your feeling of being invisible to death. That’s why the older men and women that live up to over 100 years are still strong. The positive attitude and environment is expanding their life. I had always told myself I would be happy just to be 50 years old and that’s how far I would love to live. The idea of being able to live longer, maybe to 100 years old just by basically living life to the fullest through positive reinforcement, brings a different perspective of longevity. I knew that taking care of our physical self can help with longevity, but now I know our mentality of aging must be taken care of just as much as physical. The idea of aging through this course so far has gave me positive feelings of the normal action of our life expectancy and kept me wonder about the phycological aspect of growing

Results of that training showed that students and parents noticed a decreased in overall distress and in increased self-awareness. It looks like this approach would be beneficial to DAEP

There is one thing for certain in this world, everyone wants to accomplish something in life and we want to recognize our full potential. In order to do this we must have some skills, and in this case it’s life skills. Life skills are a range of characteristics we

what they think it takes to lead a successful life. They mention five domains they think