Reflection Paper On Hard Work

Why me? I tried to be a good worker and this is what I get? Are you kidding me?

When I will be applying to college in a short few months, I will not be the most intelligent applicant by any means. However I am confident that I am willing to work harder than most people that I am up against. Hard work is what has made me successful in high school and is what will allow me to get into the college of my choice. Hard work in the face of opposition has been especially beneficial to my growth as a student and a person. There have been a few bumps in the road along my journey through high school. The ability to prevail through opposition is what has made me a stronger person. As a college student, this skill would be a necessity. While away at school, family members will pass and bad things will happen. This is just the way

The problem is, I only make $8.50 an hour while the other managers are making ten dollars an hour. The co-workers who actually like me would say, I work the hardest and take the most hours. I am very dedicated to my job and believe that hard work should be recognized and rewarded. An employee of mine named Dayna mentioned that I am the only manager that is never on their phone and always upfront when I can. A manager named Vivianne recently got a raise to ten dollars an hour. She works the day shift mostly, but every now and then I will work with her during the nights. Many employees will come to me saying, “Vivianne has been in the office on her phone all day and I ask for help but she doesn't make an effort.” It makes me very upset that I am the one manager that gets paid the lowest out of everyone but I’m the most dedicated to my work. I am never recognized for my major work ethic for the business. The work ethic expectations I have for myself are high. Usually I do not expect much in return from others. I work hard to make myself a better person for customers to see, and to prove to myself that I can do better things than what I thought was possible. Working hard is something that I was taught when I was young. Never slack off, otherwise it would turn into a bad habit. After my co-workers brag about how they make so much money, I begin to be a bit bitter about my wage and how I am not getting recognized for my hard work put into Dairy Queen. Thus causing me to become a negative person when I come into the bright, colorful store of blues and

During my junior year of high school, I worked for a company called HMS Host at my local airport. That is where I created my work ethic. I know that I am a hard worker and when I am told to do a job, I try to do it right. I remember this one time I was asked by my manager to stay a couple hours more because they were short staffed for the afternoon. I just finished my 10 hour shift and they wanted me for at least 4 more hours and I agreed. I knew I needed the money to help pay bills. I ended up staying for 6 hours because we were so busy but I still worked those hours with the same amount of energy as the morning. I believe that hard work gets you places and I push myself to be a hard

My struggle with suggesting ideas happens because I hesitate and worry about how the other person or the group will feel about the notion. Many times, while working on a group project I come up with ideas on how to improve my partner’s part of the project but initially I struggle to suggest ideas as I feel like my partner may thing that I don’t trust them or am being dominating. Hence, it takes me time to suggest ideas. Even when it comes to my dance teams and my workplace despite holding a leadership position I sometimes take more time before I suggest an idea. However, over the past few months, I have seen an improvement in my ability to come up with and suggest ideas to others. I feel like my mentorship experience has helped me overcome my hesitation as I learned that I have to suggest ideas to my mentees as it is for their benefit and the benefit of the group. To improve my ability to challenge the process, I believe that I have work on my self-confidence and think about how out sighting is beneficial for all if it is beneficial for me. When we reach out to others for ideas our project end up being better, hence when I come up with ideas I have to believe that others want to hear about the ideas as it can help us all improve. Further, I think I should also ask people for feedback once I have suggested an idea and share with

It usually comes from a good theory. Managers usually do not heed attention to theories because it is

For the individual to perceive themselves as being treated fairly, that individual must believe that the ratio of his inputs to his outcomes to be equivalent to those around him. If everything were equal, then, it would be acceptable for a more senior colleague to be paid more, since that person contributes greater value in experience. As individuals, we constantly make

Whenever I first joined debate, I was probably one of the worst debaters in the district. My gradual improvement over the years can be attributed to many causes. However, I believe that my perseverance and work ethic were the primary factors. The days before a tournament, I would often stay up until midnight to write and practice speeches. Even if I had an unsuccessful tournament, I would get back onto my feet and would keep running to prepare for the next tournament.

For example, Emerson works for Yahoo company as a computer programmer, he used to work with Mike. They both major in computer science in college. Emerson had spent over 200 hours in a defend project, but Mike only did a minor job as back up. In the reward meeting, Mike surprisingly took all the credits. It was high unfair, however the manager did not want to listen to Emerson’s explanation. Since, Emerson refused to work in any group; he decided to take tasks himself. Mike was assigned to another group with a guy that was far weaker than Emerson. In the annual reward meeting, Emerson got a great amount of bonus, but he became a selfish person who always wants all the credits. Mike was fired because the project he was responsible of failed and the company lost

"No appreciation" - lack of recognition generates stress that endangers future efforts. Human nature requires that we demonstrate appreciation for jobs well done. Inadequate demonstration of appreciation results in lowered productivity. This

As much as our society believes that the way to achieve the highest level of success is through placing the needs of one’s self above the needs of the rest of society, the connectedness that exists in our society shows how interdependent we are. As a young adult, I have heard constantly how we must achieve the highest level of education, outperform our competitors on interviews, and surpass our co-workers work ethic. However, what that leads to is a work environment in which individuals choose not to make a suggestion that benefits the company because they don’t believe that their suggestions will be heard. Recognizing that I am able to acknowledge that though, ““we are individuals responsible for our own judgments…we are apart of something

About 65 percent of the people in one survey reported that they received no recognition over the last 12 months for their work. [Baudville.com: Top 12 Employee Appreciation Statistics

When I was only 10 years old, in order to achieve the ultimate happiness, I could want, I would look to others. At only ten years old, I enjoyed when others would fill my happiness with either gifts or coming over to play. Yet, today my life has sort of slowly slipped away from that. I feel and see happiness when I work to improve myself, put myself in a position to impact others, and to work hardest to create opportunities to give others a smile.

In his 1993 article, “In Search of…Good Ideas,” Ron Zemke discusses the practice of brainstorming, particularly among quality teams. The foundation of Zemke’s article is Alex F. Osborn’s work from the 1930s which largely gave birth to the concept of brainstorming.

Meanwhile, my job was taking advantage of my good work ethic because they made me manager without giving me my raise and they stated that they wanted to see how I performed as a shift leader before giving me a pay increase. A few months went on and then I decided to ask for my raise. When I requested for a pay increase, they made up so many bogus excuses on why they wouldn’t give it to me. Finally, I resigned because I wasn’t going to let them keep taking advantage of me like that. The worst part is that they didn’t even appreciate all the hard work I did and I tried so hard to be perfect and perform well to the best of my ability. I was so mentally and physically drained