Firstly, my favorite change management quote is:
“Change has a bad reputation in our society. But it isn’t all bad – not by any means. In fact, change is necessary in life – to keep us moving … to keep us growing … to keep us interested … Imagine life without change. It would be static … boring … dull.”
– Dr. Dennis O’Grady (2011, Rick)
This quote resonates a lot with me because, although I am not naturally very comfortable with change, (mainly because they alter my many, many well-made plans), I believe I would be very bored if I felt like my life was not progressing forward. I have learned to embrace change and see it only as a positive.
All experiences, both good and bad are learning curves and can be useful to carve out our individual paths through life. What kind of people would we be without such experiences? ... And, without changes? Certainly not the same as we now are. So, I will always choose interesting ... malleable ... enjoyable, not static
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How I do seem to love thee! Why, you are like an on-and-off boyfriend whom I know I should move on from, but cannot seem to resist – because you make me feel so much better about myself! Then the guilt sets in... and, so it repeats! :-)
Procrastination! It is not a positive trait to have! It is a bad mental habit that needs to be broken and the underlying cause must be found! The reasons? Perfectionism, being overwhelmed by big or daunting tasks, and preferring to choose the “feel good” option, so we put off the more “painful” tasks.
In our EI class, we have learned about self-talk. What about self-control? Why do we criticize ourselves, putting tasks off that we know have to be done at some point? And, we do it to such an extent that we only end up becoming more afraid of the task and will just end up procrastinating further? Notice how I am choosing to use the “we” form here? Hey, it makes me feel better to know that I am not alone in my hesitating.
Change is good." We hear the catchy phrase everywhere. From company slogans to motivational speeches, our world seems to impose this idea that change is always a good thing. Assuming that the change is for the better, it is probably a true statement in most cases. The root of this idea seems to come from the notion that we are dissatisfied with the state that we are in, so, in order to create a more enjoyable surrounding, we adjust. Others, however, stray from this practice, and instead of trying to adapt to the people around them, they try and change others.
Procrastination has become such a bad habit for me. It is very hard to stop procrastinating everything once you have gotten into the habit of doing it. Once I had a term paper due for my religion class. It was to be ten pages long and we were told to spend a lot of time doing it. Being the procrastinator that I am, I waited to the very last minute to do it. I waited until the night before to do most of it. Needless to say, I was up very late that night. In this class there was always a part of the paper due on a certain date before the final paper was due. Having things due before the final paper is due keeps me on task and keeps me from procrastinating until the day before the paper is due. There was one paper which we had to get sources for a while before the paper was due and it forced me to keep up with the paper, rather than let it go to the last minute. This class has taught me that the earlier you start the more positive your final result will be.
The Nun or Prioress according to Chaucer does not act how a true nun should act. The Nun in the tales is obsessed with correct table manners and brags about how she can speak incorrect French. Chaucer says she is not undergrown which means she is a heavy set woman. Chaucer or the narrator pokes fun at the Prioress and the way she acts. Chaucer states she cries when she sees a mouse caught in a trap; however, she can not stand helping dirty children. He uses direct characterization saying how the Prioress is dainty. Chaucer
Accepting change can be both hard and scary. With change comes discomfort, insecurity, and the possibility of negative results. Although younger generations have an easier time adjusting to and accepting the ever-changing world in ways such as technology, education, and what is to be considered ‘typical’, older generations seem to have a tougher time breaking from tradition and giving new things a try. Four authors discuss the difficulty some have of accepting change through poetry, song, and informative articles, and the impact it has on society or an individual. At first their writings may seem unrelated. However, although the formats, stories, and directions are different, there is one thing in which they become strongly unified; the particular pieces of literature all uniquely share a common theme that shows
Change, the essential of life, it can be tranquility or turbulence, change has no set goal, it occurs all around us without us knowing. In the novel, The Chrysalids, by John Wyndham, change is the major problem in the society even though it is hidden in different aspects of life. To the society, change is their enemy, but it is themselves who are their enemies without knowing it. A society that fails to realize the inevitability of change will indubitably agonize.
“There is no going back. Bend like the grass, that you do not break” (Markandaya 28). The character Nathan, in Nectar in a Sieve written by Kamala Markandaya accepts change and “bends like the grass”. But the main protagonist, Rukmani, resists change at first. She believes it is better to fight back. Eventually she comes to realize however, change can be good and bad. Markandaya believes it is better to accept what cannot be changed rather than resist it and this is shown throughout her writing.
In the reading "The Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer, there is a detailed description about the nun Prioress in the "General Prologue". Chaucer uses physical and spiritual relationships to show the characteristics of a person. When we see the nun in relationship to other characters, for example the Knight, Chaucer makes the reader see two types of people. On one hand, the nun who gives much importance to minor things. On the other hand, the Knight who gives much importance to things that really matter. To describe how the nun was Chaucer writes with irony the description of the nun Prioress, everything that Chaucer says about her means the opposite.
In Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, the prioress’s behavior can be interpreted as being part of the change occurring within religious institutions, which were changing to allow for freedom of thought and individual choice, as the nun does when she takes the liberty of customizing her fine garb by wearing it with beads and a gold brooch. The nun is one of the first characters to be given a name and as such is identified as being an individual, and not just seen as being a nun. The nun’s deviation from expected behavior and norms can thus be seen as a positive trait which Chaucer praises as women became more independent and redefined their own roles in society. Excessive understatement, negative imagery, and refined diction, however satirize the unwarranted care that the nun places on her appearance as well as her shallow take on piety. The corruption and hypocrisy of religious institutions and of aristocracy are highlighted through the nun’s lack of true religious devotion and effort to gain reverence through the mimicking of the court’s manners. The prioress represents the decline of morality and devoutness in monasteries and convents in the Middle Ages, and is an embodiment of the vice present within nobility. Though the narrator praises the refined etiquette and manners that the nun practices, the praise inadvertently allows for the reader to picture the nun as being monstrous and grotesque. The narrator’s passing remarks on her actions allow for the underlying cruelty in the nun to be revealed. Because the narrator fails to notice the corrupt nature of the prioress, the narrator is associated with superficiality as he focuses on the appearance of people and fails to understand the flaws in their actions.
In the "General Prologue" of The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer introduces the readers to pilgrims he meets in the town of Southwerk as he begins his pilgrimage to Canterbury. The pilgrim I found to be most interesting was the Prioress. Chaucer tells the reader that she is a nun and her name is Madame Eglantine. Due to the power of the church at this time in England, much is to be expected of the Prioress as a nun.
Napoleon Hill said procrastination is the bad habit of putting off until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday. A lot of people today will actually experience procrastination in their everyday life, and is not looked at as a problem until it interferes with peoples’ ability to work and if it creates psychological and physical discomfort. Students often procrastinate and most research is observing the college students likeliness to procrastinate. To look at only college students would be bias however since it affects everyone, almost every day. To find out why people procrastinate, looking at personality and motivation can be where the answer lies. One of the leading researchers in procrastination is Joseph Ferrari. He looks at the definition of procrastination, many reasons procrastinations occurs, and the personality types it occurs in.
One of the most prominent themes in Fragment VII of the Canterbury Tales is the attitudes of the pilgrims towards women. There are two distinct sides in the dispute: that women are simply objects of lust that must never be trusted, and that women are highly respectable and loving.
In The Canterbury Tales, the Nun or Prioress is one of the most outstanding characters because she is described as being exceptionally kind and well-mannered. For example, in the second line she is said to have a way of “smiling very simple and coy”, meaning that her smile is kind and alluring (148, line 123). Unlike many other of the pilgrims, the nun is true to the first description of herself. She is neither manipulative nor twisted. In addition to her well-mannered behavior, her “sympathies and tender feelings” illustrate her as “charitably solicitous” (148, lines 146-147). This shows that she is not only one of the more kind pilgrims, but she also has great compassion for the other fellow travelers. When analyzing the other pilgrims, many
Robbins et al. (2011, p. 186), states ‘Change is an organizational reality and affects every part of a manager’s job’. Today’s wave of change primarily created by economic condition so change is now such a constant feature of organization life (Goodman, E. 2011, p.243). Organizations need to be changed at one point or another in structure, technology or people. These changes are defined as organizational change (Robbins et al. 2011, p.18). Organizational change is important because changes can increase effectiveness and efficiency, the innovation of products, services as well as dealing with changes in external and internal forces (Goodman, E. 2011, p.243). However, ‘the bottom line is that organizational change is difficult because management systems are design and people are rewarded for stability’ (Lawler, E.E. & Worley, C.G. 2006, p.11).
In this novel, in comparison, there are more men than women. Most of the tales told by the men stretch over a wide range of how female should be. On the other hand, the women tend to focus on one idea and stick to it to prove their point. Since there are more men, the women tend to loose the importance and focus from the men. The women figure in this book are the Prioress, the Wife of Bath, and the Second Nun. Chaucer description of the women in this novel is very stereotypical. Although he describes them with great elegance and respect, there is always a condition to it. These conditions then tend to leave no importance for the reader. The Nun is described a “charitable solicitous” who “weep[s] is she … saw a mouse caught in a trap”1. These small details put a wrong impression on the readers therefore leaving no interest and meaning for the tales the women have to say. Even after the tales are done, the Host says things that discourage the
Most humans have habits, habits in which they do simply because if they do not do them they feel uncomfortable. Procrastination is one of those habits that not all, but most people suffer from. Procrastination means to put off key things to do less important things that could possibly wait. It has been proving that all most everyone procrastinates, but procrastination does not determine what type of person one is. Procrastination is like a virus or a bad cold that does not want to go away. If one does not stop the problem it will get bigger; therefore, if people do not control their procrastinating they will start to do it more. However, the worst time to procrastinate is in college. College students often forget hoe important time is. Being a procrastinator can lead to several different outcomes. Procrastination can led to either good or bad outcomes. It all depends on the person doing the procrastinating. Procrastination is not always meant to happen; sometimes it simply happens because a person is too busy. Procrastination has both good and bad causes and effects, can cause failure, and bad decisions.