Overcoming Obstacles

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Being able to put yourself in other people’s shoes is a key quality to healthy human communication and learning how to relate the other people. Without this skill we find ourselves in very unwanted situations. A prime example of this is in The Blind Men and The Elephant, where six blind men are sitting together discussing what an elephant might look like, this sparks up disagreements from the perceptions each have of them.
In the story The Blind Men and the Elephant, the six men get into arguments over having different ideas of what they think the Elephant looks like. Since each of them has touched a different part if the elephant, they all have different ideas of what the whole thing looks like. When they each listen to each other, they become agitated at the fact that the others seem to be mistaken. Instead of arguing and being exceedingly attached to their own views, they easily could have listened to each other and keep an open mind, realizing that they were all partially right . …show more content…
We get it in our minds that we are the only ones who are right, that there can’t possibly be another way to look at things. When we do this, we disregard the importance of other people. We disregard their opinions, their thoughts and their feelings. Lack of perspectives have been the root of many conflicts in the history of the world. Many wars have began due to politicians and people in positions of power failing to communicate and listen to each other. This happens even more so in lower scale conflict, such as in the workplace, family, group of friends, social

Overcoming Obstacles

Overcoming obstacles forces you to learn life lessons. By facing your challenges will be pressured to face your challenges. For example Miley cyrus was a really bad person and did a lot of drugs, now she has really cleaned up her act. Another example would be when my grades were really bad and in grade 7 they went up a lot. Challenges also allow you to learn from your mistakes. Once you have overcome an obstacle you will likely not repeat it. An example would be a war and after the war they don't…

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Overcoming Obstacles

applying the strategy to life by altering my response. This technique changed me by teaching coping strategies with any worrisome situations. Ultimately, I learned to apply the skills I used to calm myself down in my everyday life. In conclusion, the obstacles in my path I was able to overcome with perseverance, and…

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Overcoming Obstacles

Overcoming appearances Do you know what it is like to have acne and what it looks like? The obstacles I have overcome are acne and my body, I have always been self-conscious about them because I don’t like the way I look. It has been hard to accept myself for my looks and acne because I hate it. In my opinion, acne is ugly. Acne is one reason I don't like to show my face because I have bad acne. I always try and cover my face with a jacket or my mask when I run because I don’t want other people…

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Communication is an obstacle for me, because I’m more of an active listener. I attend to talk to certain individuals and behave differently towards them. Now, I’m overcoming my obstacle in communicating with others around me. First, I’m a quiet individual, who attends to listen to others opinions and thoughts. When people are speaking, I put everything down and listen to them. I don’t want to be rude, by interpreting them and not seem interested on want they have to say. Especially, in class, I…

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I had an English language obstacle, which I overcame, managed and I organized my time for work, home, and school. As a Students overcoming obstacle as, the book describes “overcoming obstacle and challenges, in solving problems, and in adapting to organizational change” (Whetten & Cameron p82). When I came to U.S, I could not speak decent English. Also, I had a young child and I was a single mother. I could not take my child to a hospital without having a language translator. I actually dissatisfied…

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there are many more breakdowns, malfunctions, and mishaps to arise. I believe I speak for most when I say we have all had substandard days where all we want to do is lay in bed and binge watch our favorite tv show. This is one of many examples of obstacles we face. A vital complication we all have to face is in which career we’ll choose after graduating. For some this is something that they have known since the day they were born whether it’s taking over the family business or having a job already…

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Madie: Overcoming Obstacles

An obstacle is someone or something that prevents or slows down a person’s progress. When someone overcomes an obstacle it means they were faced with an issue but learned how to successfully deal with it. Madie is a freshman at the University of Alabama, a member of Alpha Phi, and a former cheerleader. When you first look at Madie you see her long brown hair with blonde highlights, hazel eyes, and natural beauty. Madie constantly exuberates happiness, and always has a smile on her face. At first…

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Overcoming Obstacles

As the saying goes you have to live to learn. As teenagers it is hard to understand life, you may face many obstacles and they will either make you or break you. Challenges and obstacles will happen and they must be turned into positive advantages. Having so much negativity in my life already, I had to take the challenge of becoming an independent woman after a major incident with my mother. Having parents who are separated is most of the time hard to deal with. My father is a very extraordinary…

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I will succeed no matter what obstacles are in my way. Life has been a struggle for me, many people don’t know but I am adopted. I didn’t find out I was adopted until I was in the fifth grade. When my mother told me I was devastated and heartbroken because everything I knew instantly changed, my biological mother was on the run from the police when she was pregnant with me and since it was winter time I almost didn't make it. On top of that I then found out that I have siblings that I never knew…

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My greatest challenge since starting college has been coping without my younger brother’s presence. While I am closest to my younger sister in age and grade, it is my baby brother that I truly cherish. It is probably due to the order of my sibling’s birth. Ordinarily, if you are a boy and you have a brother the two of you would bond together. The same principle applies for girls. However, there are three boys in my family, so if two of them were to bond, as they have, that would leave the other alone…

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