Laws of Power

These laws are sooooo malicious. If you were to follow these directly you will have power but won't have any friends, but if that is your intent than these laws should do the trick. The stories are fascinating. What people will do for power is just astonishing, but to a certain degree, the same actions are taken by people everyday.
On a different note, the group project is working pretty well. We are excited about visiting different sites coming up. The beach is something that I love a lot. Coming from C of C, I lived at the beach for most of the first year. I think that it would be a good outlet for the student body and on day like Saturday, the beach would be packed!
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story telling at the business level

Squirell Inc. brings up intresting points about story tellling in a presentation. I have never thought about it, but it is very true. I think about the most successful speakers that I have listened to and they all tell stories to push their points across. The points tend to become more personal and more relateable. We had a speaker last year talk to us about women's safety and how we all need to be aware. Well she opened her speech about how her best friend was murdered in college in her house. This story was shocking but it made me pay more attention to her and what she has to say. Just because of that story.
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Turning over a New Leaf

Today starts the first day of my blog when I am supposed to routine. I am not very good at this whole blogging thing, but I am going to make it a priority. I am begining to really enjoy the laws. Its really intresting to read what some poeple wil do for power and/or money. I enjoyed the story to day about the french lady writer. I am always inspired by women who push the envelope and do what is not expected or accepted and get away with it. These group projects are interesting too. All ofthe groups are really interesting and they have all risen problems to the surface that I had not thought about before, but totally sympathize with. Lets hope that I blog after class or before the next on...keep fingers crossed.
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Global Warming

The video watched made more sense than any argument for CO2 causing global warming. I called my dad after calss to talk to him about it and he was convinced that the video was going to be propaganda that the college system was feeding us, but when I explained to him the premiss, he got really interested. The movied peaked my interest a little bit and I want to educate my self a little more on global warming and its many causes. I do think that there is such a thing as global warming,but it is cyclical. I really enjoyed the movie and learned alot from it.

Am I honestly supposed to read a book about squirrels???

I must admit going into the Squirrel Inc. assignment I thought that it was going to stupid. A book about working squirrels, honestly???? The first few pages reitterated again why I think being a bartender should be a required job for most people, because you learn to read people, listen to people tell you about their lives, talk to complete strangers, interact with drunk people, and as a bonus perk you learn to mix all of those yummy beverages, but beside the point. As the book continues on I realize that the squirells arent really important and it is the message that is really important. I think that sometimes, I do this alot, in life we get caught up in the nit picky little details and we forget to look at the big picture and what it all means. Details are important, but I tend to fixate on them, to the point that I lose sight of the finish line and forget what I am doing. I am the person that picks out hte perfect format for something before I right it, forgeting completely that the paper and the words are important, not really anything else. I kind of use it as a procrastnation tool, but in other things as well i lose focus. I look forward to reading more in squirell inc, and truth be told I think that it is more interesting with the charecters being squirells than humans, I get caught up in the Disney factor of the book, picturing their cartoon world and glomouring it up as opposed to making them humans working in the monotinous business world.
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