“Your time is
limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by
dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let
the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most
important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow
already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”
~ Steve Jobs
Keeping Job's statement in mind, discuss the concept of thinking and acting for yourself. What influences exist in your life that can impact how you live? How do these outside factors influence your thoughts, actions and experiences?
300-500 words, due by 4/7/13 @ 11:59 pm
The concept of thinking and acting for yourself is to show that you know how to do thing be yourself without any help. The influence that exist in my life that impact how I live is friends. Friends make a big impact on your life. They get you away from doing what actually needs to be done a point of time. Epically in school friends distract from doing your classwork and homework. Either they talking to you while you’re in class or they want to hang out with you. You need school to do a lot of things in life or if you truly want to be something. If you don’t get the work done because of your friends you might not make it out of school to do what you want to do. Don’t be like your friends that are not doing anything in school because they don’t want to do anything with their self as they get older or even if they want to graduate. You might flow after their footsteps in what they’re doing. Some friends might not want you to be higher or better the n hem they want you to be the same or even lower then what they already are. Something else in your life that impacts how you live is work. Work is a big thing also if you have a job you might not do all your homework and homework helps your learn things and not doing that when it comes down to a test or quiz you won’t know because if you would of looked over the homework you may have known the answer to the question. Work takes up a lot of your after school time if you work many hours. You won’t concentrate on any school work that you may have to do after you get off work you may be too tired to do anything and just go to bed thinking you might could finish the work in the morning then realize you can’t remember anything that you learned in school because it slipped your mind.
ReplyDeleteMy main influence comes from God above who guides me to my destiny and bold dreams. I've have always dreamed of my rockets landing on the Moon. With concentration and studying well in school and spiritual guidance, I will make that dream happen.
ReplyDeleteYour time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. The main influence I had in my life would my sister, than it would lead to my parent(s) to a point. I used to be my sisters mini me and I would follow her around like a train every single place possible, and I would do everything she did. If she didn’t like a kind of food, neither did I; I’m not the type of person to put words in my mouth so I cannot tell you if I turned out to be a good person or not. But anyways my sister impacts my life, and how I live. She now has a daughter so I rely on my sister even more to help her with every thing she needs. She makes me feel protected and I know that she’ll always have my back. After high school and into college I would like to get into being an ultra sound technician, but if my sister didn’t get pregnant, it probably wouldn’t be my career of choice. My parents also influence my life, and they do impact how I live. They taught me from my rights and my wrongs, my do from my don’ts and taught me how to give everyone respect whether they are nice to your or extremely rude. Other people have influenced my life as well, for example I have a very ‘stick to the word’ chemistry teacher and if one thing does not go her way, she’ll act a certain way. I realize she’s like that only because she only wants the right thing for everyone. She doesn’t want us to fool around and talk only because she wants us to LEARN. Although influence is a two way street with negatives and positives, sort of like the quote “Be nice, or don’t be nice at all” Obviously your going to have that one child that isn’t going to listen and retaliate. It’s going to be like that for everyone.
DeleteSurround yourself with good people, while having a good time. Be around people who have similar similarities, but make sure that they have their differences. You get to learn new things, while you can also agree on things you both already know. If you look around at your current group of friends, do you hangout with them because they’re cool? Or do you hang out with them because they share your interests? If your someone that wants to be successful in life, than surround yourself to others who want the same thing.
What i honestly think that this quote means is you need to follow your heart and dreams and dont live off of someone elses life. Be you and live your life. You only live once! My Mother and Father would be a huge influence in my life and relate to this quote, also my oldest sister stacie. College in my household is not an option my mother and father have been preparing me for college my whole life. My oldest sister stacie attends PSU. Which means i need to also take the roll of getting good grades to get into into a good university. If my sister does good i need to do ten times better because if i dont i will be the outcast of the two of my sisters i mean better yet im the middle child but thats a whole other story, Recently i have got accepted into Johnson and Wales University and honestly i am so happy. I am doing so good latley and i am proving to my mother that i can do it, and make her proud as a parent, also to my father he passed away two years ago i want to make him happy and do what he always have anticipated for me to do. I beleive if i diddnt have my mom and dad to push me to do things i wouldent go anywhere in life! I am so thankful for my parents and the influence that they have on me.
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ReplyDeleteI think that this quote means that you need to do what you like. Don't follow what everyone else is doing. If you like something that isn't "popular" than you shouldn't just doing liking it because other people think that it is stupid. My mom and my sister are the main influences in my life, they both help me out so much and they push me to do well in the stuff that i do. I honestly don't know where I would be without them. They have also taught me that I should do what I like and even if its getting tattoos, piercings or listening to different music I shouldn't care what others think of it and if they don't accept me for the things that I like then I they are prob. fake friends.
ReplyDeleteYour time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”
ReplyDeleteOur generation is full of people trying to be someone else. there are so many influences that could potentionally make or break someones life. i understand people having role models but role models are not suppose to influence evvverything. they are suppose to be someone you look up to. not someone that makes u do things u would never do. not someone who u copy. people completly go over the top trying to be like people. people trying to be with the "in" crowd. its actually pathetic when i see how different people act just to impress someone. everyone needs to learn how to be thereself. dress the way YOU want, wear your hair how YOU want, beleive things that YOU beleive. im sure there is someone out there for everyone. theyre are so many people in the world you just got to figure out where you fit in.
by reading this quote nd who this influences me nd the way i act i think would have to be my parents.no im not saying i act like them but im saying i act like an idiot nd live freely is cause my parents in a way let me do that dont get me wrong they are not bad parents they shiw me wright from wrong nd are always there for me but i ffel like i take advantage of them cause they are not aware of things cause they are not from this country.And trust me i feel bad i really do but its just like idk everything is to easy .but i do also see them as apositive influnce like i would love tochange for them nd go to the army just so i could help my family out in the long run and benifit them .thats the only time i wont be my own person is when i have to be better nd i am willing to do that for my parents and have to do it soon cause they are my only inspiration nd i i till i see them happy thats when i will be happy that i changed for someone
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