Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Day One, September 1, 2010

Today was the first night of class and I really liked the introduction about the wolves. This was very interesting and yes I do think humans can learn from wolves. Since we are mammals as well we still share that and we, like the wolves, play when we can, hunt when we must, and rest in between. This is a healthy life in my opinion. I also found it interesting that the wolves respect their elders and teach their young because they know that they are the future. This should be very important for the generation which is entering the work place. We should be able to learn from our elders, we should make mistakes and learn from them and then ask our elders how they handled it. In the work place leadership is very important but it cannot be competitve (at least not in an unhealthy way). There is leadership in all sorts of areas. For example, our teachers and professors are our leaders in making sure we understand what they are teaching and our teachers and professors are telling us things from their own experience. There is leadership in the military for example my fiance who was a leader of his platoon during Basic Training. There are also different leadership positions throughout the work place whether it be a department manager at a retail store, or a CEO of a company. These people who are "above us" are our leaders and our role models.

With all that being said I feel as though this class will be a very good one because it will be very opinionated and there will be lots of creative ideas.