Existentialist works

Out of all the podcast examples, I think that NPR’s author interview “A ‘Cooked Seed’ Sprouts After All, In America”, hosted by Rachel Martin and featuring Anchee Min as a guest, will inspire me the most as I create my final project. The podcast discussed Min’s book A Cooked Seed, but Martin enriched the listener’s experience by interrogating Min about her life as an immigrant who moved to the U.S. from Communist China, providing the historical context that caused Min to write the novel. During the podcast, Martin used a journalistic tone of inquiry; she acted interested in the answers that Min provided to her questions, but she did not get too personally involved in the interview by offering her own experiences, comments, or opinions in response to revelations about Min’s life. Martin showed interest in Min by asking several questions in a format that repeated words Min had previously spoken and asking her to elaborate upon her thoughts, proving that she had listened intently to Min. However, Martin did not distract from the interview’s purpose by concentrating too much on certain parts of Min’s life. Along with posing questions based on Min’s responses to previous queries, Martin kept the podcast structured by asking prepared questions about topics such as Min’s motivation to write and her struggles adapting to American culture. This kept the interview from remaining too long on any one aspect of Min’s personal history. Furthermore, Martin acted professionally by thanking…

I mostly made the decision to do this because of the women like in Bananeras, women that have to work 7 days a week and 24 hours. Maybe not quite that much, but it’s in a sense how I felt when I read their stories. They have to work almost every day and we spend our day shopping for deals. It’s like a war on Black Friday, people fight and push and will do anything to get what they went out there for. We’re spending our days fighting, when people are working all day. It’s something to think…

But first, a manager has to take the time to identify the toxic behavior. The behavior is often identified as toxic or poisonous because once it is in; it does take a great amount of work to filter it out. A manager can attempt to communicate with their personnel in reference to their issues and see if they can adequately reduce their damaging approach to convert into a helpful and positive colleague of the group. If that misses the mark, the organization must carefully expunge this type of…

Lucy McCormick, of ‘GET IN THE BACK OF THE VAN’ (GITBOTV), influenced my practice through her solo workshop and subsequent conversations because I found her style and attitude towards creative work particularly stimulating and we share an enthusiasm for pushing theatrical boundaries. Her approach demonstrates that, “the question of boundaries and extremes is always in the room” (McCormick, 2014). In our workshop on ‘The Importance of Being Ernest’ Lucy got one of my classmates, Laura, to chew…

presents more vigorously. In my own decision making if I saw a situation in which people responded differently in the same situation I would analyze what the situation was and take action based on what I perceived. For example, if I saw two workers with a job to do, presented with the same situation, and one was working while the other stood by and watched I might address the one not participating in order to get him involved in the project. The next dyad we will discuss is when the situation…

Mothers working has increased dramatically since the 1970s. Women have evolved since the late 1900s. Many work in work fields alongside men. Becoming mothers does not stop many of them from still working. A lower percent of mothers stay at home, although, it should not be for every woman. Women should not feel obligated to be a stay at home mother; they should be able to be independent, to be a role-model to their children, and to be capable to bring a larger income into the home. Most…

How important is work in today’s society? Imagine a world without work, a world in which nothing would get accomplished, now imagine a world in which everyone enjoyed work, and accomplished countless tasks every day. There has to be a happy medium. In order for the world to be successful work is a necessity, everyone has their own attitude toward work and the exertion level they are willing to put in. My first observation leads me into my backyard where I observe my father meticulously picking…

Problem 2: Crisis Action Planning When starting on Problem 2, there were a couple of lessons learned from the first problem, I wanted sustain and others I wanted to improve upon. The one thing I wanted to sustain from our first group was the relaxed atmosphere we had. There really wasn’t a lot of running around and playing catch up. Everyone was able to accomplish their work without any real missteps and believed that everyone put the best foot forward towards the problem at hand. The main thing…

follow-up meetings weekly. Getting busy at work does not mean accomplishing tasks on a daily and weekly basis. If ever, they are more about accomplishments because being busy can be faked now. Does it strike a nerve? The logic behind putting accomplishments above hard work for some managers meant that the effort infused into the job produced sweet fruit. Some managers risk getting called pricks for asking the not-so-nice question “If you have been working so hard, how come you are not…

Motivation 3.0 is based off of Type I behavior which Pink explains is the motivation to have the opportunity to complete anything with the freedom and do certain things your way. Pink believes we should move more towards motivation 3.0 because it will bring better performances from people. I do agree with pink simply because I can relate this to myself. In a business you have to work according to what they want you to do and their procedures but I find that changing the way you work to fit your…