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“…like beauty, my friend, ‘tis in the eye of the beholder”

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One can choose to find beauty in everything. You can decide to train your mind to appreciate everyone's beauty. Or, you can chose to see the ugly in everyone and everything, which is what most people tend to resource to. “…like beauty, my friend, ‘tis in the eye of the beholder” is quote that emphasizes how beauty is in the hands of the person that sees. People have different mindsets and opinions, generating various definitions of beauty. In the play Man of La Mancha, beauty is constantly objectified. For example, Don Quixote views Aldonza as the most beautiful and prestigious woman to set foot on Earth. On the contrary, Sancho does not see any beauty in Aldonza, that Quixote views. Similarly, the Muleteers also do not see the beauty of Aldonza that Quixote sees, and actually view her as an immoral woman that they can take advantage of. This ultimately proves the point that beauty is perceived differently by people as everyone has their own beauty standards and understanding of b...
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Lollipop Moments

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People in our society have enlarged leadership into something greater than us. Drew Dudley's ideology of leadership is that we've made leadership about changing the world, rather than simply guiding others; as a result, we treat it as something that one day we're going to deserve. Seeing yourself accomplish something might lead you to feel arrogance, a feeling one may not be comfortable with; this causes people to constantly undermine their own achievements. Instead of devaluing the things we can do daily, we must allow ourselves to take credit for all roles of leadership, no matter how large or minute. You must confront the fear that comes with leadership because of the immense power you possess in that capacity.   Dudley speaks about a lollipop moment he created for a girl on her first day of university. Four years later, Drew discovered his impact on the girl's life. Knowing the great influence he created on the girl's life helped him feel accomplished, althoug...
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Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

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Grit is the enthusiasm and commitment it takes to remain with your future hopes and dreams. Grit is also perseverance and willpower, to continue even if you've experienced tough situations. Having this quality is something that is acquired over time; it's not easy. Being gritty involves executing your plans and goals despite the opposition of the outside world. In her Ted Talk, Angela Duckworth discusses grit and how it can impact your success and personal development. She says that regardless of IQ, students with more grit graduate from school college and are typically very successful. The argument she makes is crucial because grit and discipline go hand in hand. To achieve all of their life goals, Angela educates people that they should adopt the "growth mindset" attitude. This means that you must thrive on challenge, and can't allow yourself to see failure as a way to describe yourself; but as a jump-point for growth and developing your abilities. Achievin...
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The Danger of a Single Story

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The concepts of stories and storytelling go way back. In Chimamanda Adichies's Ted Talk, she discusses how influential a single story can be. People are impressionable and vulnerable in the face of a story, particularly as children. So, how is a single story generated? Simple. You repeatedly show people or something as one thing, and one thing ONLY, and that's what they become. As a result, that single story becomes almost permanent in the minds of people, and becomes the first thing that comes to mind when a person is trying to correlate a thought to that story.   Similar to Chimamanda's experience with Fede, a boy her mother had hired, who came from a poor family. Once Chimamanda saw Fede and his families' unfortunate lifestyle, it was difficult for her to see Fede's family as anything else other than poor, despite their unexpected talents. The stereotype Fede and his family were labeled with was created by the single story that Fede was poor. The issue with stere...
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The Capability of Vulnerability

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One might ask themselves, what is vulnerability? Vulnerability is having the ability to open up and speak to others, with the acknowledgment that you might be criticized. Since vulnerability is difficult for many, it becomes a weakness that limits their capability of communicating with others, due to their instincts of fear.  In Brene Brown’s TedTalk, the researcher discusses her journey of investigating and studying courage, shame, and most importantly vulnerability. After diving deep into her research of vulnerability, she separated her data into two separate groups: one group of people who felt that they are worthy of love, and another group of people who struggle to believe so. Brown found the feeling of being loved is established from having courage not feeling any shame, while not feeling that sense of belonging correlates to feeling shame. To solve this issue of vulnerability, Brown suggests to accept it, and try to work on yourself to be able to break down the wall of vulne...
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