The Intuition Of Stupidity

that are relevant to the practice of management. They describe two contrasting models of workforce

As a matter of fact, nobody has a car repaired or has unique earrings made every day. Monthly bills, insurance, and gas have almost inflexible prices while “the business goes up and down” unpredictably (n.p). However, the writer believes that when working with passion and enthusiasm, technical jobs will make more money than paperwork and bring an interesting life. From my perspective, because of the loss of ability to afford for living expense, trades may face the enticement of money, alternatively, “charge more than a fair price” (n.p). Of course, money doesn’t bring happiness, but it is a requirement to reach that goal. Working with ambition to pursue goals may not bring expected results; it is necessary to prepare for that harsh

In the article, "Blue Collar Brilliance" Mark Rose shows his thought that hands on employments shouldn't be seen as foolish. Society characterizes knowledge in view of grades and IQ tests, however numbers doesn't characterize the workers in the fields. Rose points out that his mom's employment as a waitress and his uncle's occupation in the paint-and-body office are two individuals with a less education is skillful in their job by gaining hand-on experience and knowledge.

Mike Rose, research professor and author, argues in his article “Blue-Collar Brilliance” that working-class citizens have often been overlooked in terms of intelligence, but that they hold a great deal of skills and ideas they gain from their respective lines of work. Rose describes several jobs considered to be clue-collar and evaluates and describes the intelligence that is required and also how they apply it. Rose assesses each job and explains to readers why each job holds a level of cognitive sense. Though it is commonly thought that blue collar workers hold less intelligence due to their lack of schooling, Rose defends this idea with bold arguments.

In the article “ The Busy Trap” Kreider tries to convince readers to chose time over money. He makes numerous points including how boasting about busyness takes the form of a complaint. He insults those who voluntarily take on obligations by remarking that they are obsessed with always being occupied. However, the basis for such a conclusion is founded on only a few examples of individuals who were negatively affected by the burden of work. In Kreider’s opinion it is wasteful to be busy all the time because life is too short to work more than 5 hours per day and not spend enough time in one’s happy place. What is your happy place? Picture it and stay there for a while letting your thoughts flow. Notice that your thinking becomes more positive and somewhat out of reach. Next, imagine a life with minimal stress that includes little to no work and much enjoyment; now you 're floating back to reality because that type of life is not in the grasps of most. Similarly, Kreider writes his article as if most people have plenty of time to waste, and to enjoy themselves, as he has. Kreider’s overall point that people keep themselves busy to escape the feelings of emptiness is both ignorant and a reflection of his narrow perspective of the world. His opinion that people feel apprehensive when not working, along with the fact that most people wouldn’t be content living the lifestyle Kreider is promoting, plus his support towards the propositions of full unemployment and a

There are far too many issues that the human race will have to deal within the upcoming years, and even now. In “Martin’s 17 great challenges” some of these issues are furthered explained. Although, this paper is only focusing on one and that is Bridging the Skill and Wisdom Gap. As the great author himself, James Martin, said “Society 's best brains are saturated with immediate issues that become ever more complex, rather than reflecting on why we are doing this and what the long-term consequences will be.” Therefore, Bridging the Skill and Wisdom Gap will be an issue for the near future because it will lead to less creativity in the job industry and less knowledge about life itself, but we can solve this by focusing on your best skill,

In Braaksma’s essay, “Some Lessons from the Assembly Line” Braaksma states, “The most stressful thing about blue-collar life is knowing your job could disappear overnight” (Braaksma 485). Experiencing such paranoia about losing a job and also completing hard manual labor has taught Braaksma to appreciate what he has in life such as his education. Braaksma’s experience would push him to advise Sammy to keep his job because Sammy’s job at the A&P was secure and easy, labor wise. He would advise that Sammy take advantage of his job because it is one that many wish they could have. However, James Lincoln Collier

Many people in today’s society find themselves guilty of believing the common misconception that money can buy happiness. They go to school to become a doctor, lawyer, or other high paying job, with money and social status as their only incentives. Many will find that they have fallen into a trap, when they start earning their large salary, but still are not happy. While there were many messages present throughout Studs Terkels Working: a graphic adaptation, the most important reoccurring message seemed to be that having pride and dignity as well as working at a job that fulfills one’s life passion or is simply enjoyable are more important qualities than earning a large salary and having a high rank on the social ladder. The interaction of

In the story “Bartleby, The Scrivener” by Melville and it represents work and industry as horrid, and inhumane things. Throughout the story, there are metaphors, imagery, and the setting which depicts work and industry as horrid and dehumanizing because people go to work and have to obey their bosses in order to get paid. Melville introduces some solutions as to how an individual can make their job better which is by taking small steps when saying no and not doing the things that you are told to do. Just like Bartleby, who chooses to say “[He] would prefer not to” because this way we as humans are not stuck in the cycle of waking up, then going to work, go back home, eat, and then sleep because in the story it shows that our lives start off as Gingernut a 12-year-old who wants to work, then Nippers a 24 year old who has a lot of ambition in the office, then Turkey a 60 year old who realizes the

This case is about Paul Reed, a vice president and supervisor at Magic Eye, who is trying to understand the reason his programmers in his firm, are not reaching their potential. For that matter, Paul sought Muriel Tremblay, who is responsible for the personal to discover the issue. Muriel then interviewed an employee named Jeannie Savaria who has worked for the company for over a year and discovered that there had been some lack of motivation from Paul. According to Robbins, S. P. & Judge, (184). Motivation is the process that accounts for an individual’s intensity, direction, and persistence of effort towards attaining a goal. In this paper, I will use the Vroom Expectancy Motivation Theory to explain Jeannine Savaria’s motivation and what can her supervisor do to improve her motivation.

Growing up in the dangerous rugged projects was rough as a child. A neighborhood you would want your children growing up in. Every morning as the bright yellow sun settled on “Jamestown” the apartment complex we lived in. We knew that is was another glorious day filled with something new and maybe dangerous. Around every beat down apartment building you could find an anxious group of teens playing an intense game of dice, smoking some strong marijuana that smelled like a skunk, and even drunk older guys hitting on the younger girls in the neighborhood. The strong, but yet, poor-hardworking families had to work many jobs just support a household of three. Nobody had the luxury of driving a brand new car, nor a cheap used car. In fact, not many

Stupidity has neither feet and nor the horns. In this context, if one sits in the office, doing nothing, getting the salary, represents business; whereas, one executes the beautiful work without salary, conceives as a free one, while, in a fact, it is the busiest one.

I am pleased to recommend Jennifer Ramirez for the open position as assistant buyer in the women’s sportswear division. Mrs. Ramirez started working for us as a temporary hired sales clerk in the designer sportswear boutique of our main store in Miami during the busy 2006 Christmas season. During this time, she proved to be a valuable asset with her quick and friendly demeanor, that we decided to retain her after the Christmas season and offered her a fulltime position.

It seems that nowadays many people live by the saying “time is money” and spend all their time fully dedicated to work. The line separating an individual's work and life has become essentially blurred and it is not uncommon to have people wholly wrapped up with work, having no time for anything unrelated. Although de Saint Exupery wrote the little prince in 1943, his work is very much relevant today. On the Little Prince’s journey across planets he meets two characters, the businessman and the geographer, both demonstrating the unbalanced relationship between work and time. The businessman is so devoted in his work that he barely acknowledges the Little Prince. He deems that time not spent working is such a waste that he only talks to the Little Prince in between his work. The businessman claims he only has time to be “concerned about matters of consequence” (The Little Prince) 53, which is not disparate from how many, in the real world, view their jobs to be essential, thus spending less time doing other things.

Work takes on greater importance in a society where people believe that they can master the material world and shape their own destinies, and less where they believe that they can not. An Ancient Greek philosopher said that the only stability in the world was within one's mind or soul, where ideas were secure from the unending changes that took place in the material world. In Ancient Greece, philosophers believed that a person's thoughts and ideas were more important than that person's work and that work in the material world lacked permanence. For the ancient Greeks, the status of particular occupations depended on the degree of freedom a person had, the perceived moral integrity of the occupation, and the amount of mental and physical work it required. Today we tend to feel that working in an office is better than working in a coal mine, regardless of which worker makes more money. Our language suggests that it is a privilege to work sitting down.