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Excellence in All Things

 


             Exercise Completed  Exercise NOT Completed.
             Read Chapters 6 and 7 in Oosting and answer the following study questions:.
             Chapter 6, pages 101-123.
             1. Discuss principles and preferences and how the two are related.
             Principles are guides a person learns and practices during their life. Sometimes principles are learned by observing how others have lived their lives.
             Preferences are choices a person makes in their life, their clothing, car they drive and so on. Preferences are not learned they are choices made by decisions and one person can have many preferences. A person will have good preferences and bad preferences.
             No two people will share the same principles and preferences. We all have different principles and preferences that is what makes us all unique. A person's decisions should be made based upon their principles and the preferences (choices) should be to reflect on the principle. When you do not make decisions based upon your principles you could be making decisions based on what others want you to decide.
             2. Do the exercise on page 117-118. You do not need to hand in the answers - please note on your homework that you did complete the exercise. .
              Exercise Completed  Exercise NOT Completed.
             Chapter 7, pages 123-136.
             1. Ask yourself about each of the characteristics of the mature Christian (pages 130-131). You do not need to hand in your answers, but please note on the homework that you completed this exercise. .
              Exercise Completed  Exercise NOT Completed.
             Complete "Exercise To Set Career and Personal Goals " in the Student Guide.
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             Read Chapters 1 and 2 in Wright and answer the following study questions:.
             Chapter 1, "Some People Really Know How To Get Along ".
             1. Pick one of three vital qualities for getting along and explain why it is vital for you. .
             I feel empathy is the most important vital quality for getting along.


Essays Related to Excellence in All Things

1. organisation excellence

Here are some typical components of an organizational excellence definition: Great people, Great place to work, Solidly and consistently profitable, Trusted by customers ,Recognized innovator, Best products and services, Most efficient" (http://www.anametrica.com/Com_OrgExcel.htm) As Oakland said "Within each and every department of the organisation at all levels starting at the top, basic changes in attitude will be required for organisation excellence" (Oakland.J.S. Total Organisation Excellence, p6). ... This process helped GE to obtain high standards of quality, customer satisfaction, p...

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2. Virtue and Moral Excellence

Introduction: The term virtue is defined as moral excellence. A virtue is a practical disposition that is in conformity with the standards of excellence. ... In order for leaders to be successful, they must be mindful of a number of things that go well beyond the realm of training and skills. ... This means that one must act with moral excellence in all areas of social life, and not just some. ... In postindustrial America, however, we no longer work the land, nor do we manufacture things anymore. ...

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3. Excellence in Sports and Academic Competition

" The thing is that we all just have to develop it and update it to the present; if it's hidden then we just have to blurt it out of our shell. As years pass by, things will go differently and so does with the way we think and one way to revitalize excellence is to think of some ways to uplift it by engaging ourselves in sports and academic competitions. ... Both two things I've mentioned above are the ways on how to sharpen our minds and develop excellence making us better individuals. All we have to do is to keep ourselves on working out and practicing more ways to think wis...

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  • Grade Level: High School

4. Values Education and a Better World

It helps us to determine which things are bad and things that are right, as well as the difference between right and wrong doings. ... Other than enjoying, we also learned about excellence. In order to have excellence, you have to strives for the best. Achievement of excellence requires a lot of things including time, dedication, setting of realistic goals, focus, support from others, and lastly, practice, practice and practice. ... It will also maintain the positive attitude towards things. ...

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5. Wrestling and the Warrior Archetype

While doing this I have had to stand my ground, demand respect and even had the privilege to celebrate excellence. ... The third thing that stuck out to me in the chapter about the archetype the Warrior was celebrating excellence. ... As the years went on I had accomplished many more things that I wanted to and was able to continue to celebrate my own excellence. ... Practice and conditioning had to be at an all time high. ... Things like standing my ground as one of the youngest wrestlers, demanding respect from other wrestlers and coaches and taking the time to celebrate excellence made it a...

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6. Susan Wolf and the Moral Saint

After all, should we not strive to be the best version of ourselves morally? ... I will conclude by restating my thesis and bringing all my arguments together to show the big picture of what my position is. ... In the instance of Mother Teresa, we see a woman who accomplished many great, charitable things. ... You can continue to be this morally good person while keeping up with the things you enjoy. ... After all, it is quite difficult as a human being to be just one thing. ...

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7. Defining the Arts in Ancient Greece

Odysseus' will to overcome all his obstacles shows arete. ... At first, arete meant excellence in war but later it came to represent overall excellence of a person; good values and virtues. In "The Odyssey", a man encounters many battles and obstacles throughout the his life, and in the first lines of the story, we are given the knowledge that main character is a man of great importance and excellence. ... This concept is basically the balance and proportion of all things. ... Physis is the nature of things, or what things are made of. ...

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8. Telephone Conversation

Telephone Conversation "Telephone Conversation" qualifies as a piece of literature because it demonstrates both a universal message and an excellence of form. ... It has an excellence of form because of the way it was written, such as manner in which certain things were omitted. ... That is all that matters to her, and because he is dark, he doesn't get the apartment. ... I was so close that I could feel his heart rate quicken as he becomes just a little distressed, feel the muscles in his jaw clench as he bi t his lip and told himself to say the right things, and not the wrong thin...

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9. Aristotle - Happiness and Pleasure

"Virtue or excellence renders good the thing itself which it is the excellence, and causes it to perform its function well. ... It also is necessary to have good external things: beauty, money, having good children. ... Pleasure motivates us to act, but we must feel pleasure in the right things. ... "For all men get some kind of enjoyment from good food, wine, and sexual relations, but not everyone enjoys these things in the proper way.... In life we all have goals, and dreams that we strive for. ...

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  • Grade Level: High School