Murder in UCLA

WHAT???? IN UCLA?? Why talk about it in this blog? because it did happen in Baruch AKA UCLA (University at the corner of Lexington Avenue). What's the crime? We broke an egg. And it's not that alone it's how we broke it that matters. We made a BASKET! and we thought it would work, AN EGG IN A THIN PAPER BASKET!! Boy, now thats what i call false hope. Now let's take a look at the steps that the professor laid out.

1) Check.
2) Nope.
3) Check.
4) Check.
5) Nope (We broke the egg even before the final act)

The biggest mistake that we made was that we didn't listen all the ideas that came out in the group. Because there was someone that suggested using the winning string technique and we didn't listen to that person. Who was it? That's for us to know and you to wonder about. The bottom line is that we failed and not what could have been. That's why vision should be complimented with actions. Otherwise like in this case ideas will used by others. Ideas don't need you, you need them. And if you don't use them they will lie idle in wait for someone else who will, and someone eventually always does. Lack of utilization would mean that aspirations will never turn into achievements. And without achievements we are nothing but another college student.

Keep on Blogging on any way

When the semester started and i saw that a blog assignment was a fair chunk of the grade, the first words that came into my mind were; "What a retarded idea". Now with only one more class to go i must admit i was wrong. I was very wrong.

First of all the professor was spot on when he said that it was better than having a term paper, especially for how he goes about teaching the class. This blog was an excellent way for people to say what they wanted to say. This was beneficial to people who don't like to talk in class and also to those who came up with ideas and suggestions that they couldn't think about in class.

I really liked some of the contents of the Attila and Wizard of Oz posts, especially the Attila one. Was looking forward to reading more and i guess if i keep on checking the blog on a weekly i will see another one that gives invaluable insight as to how to go about dealing with this world.

I have to admit that i haven't been posting on a timely manner and while there other problems that needed to be taken care of, now that i look back i could have used this blog to come up with possible answers. And since i wasn't able to post on time i couldn't get the feedback for my articles from others in class, which is an opportunity squandered. Would this have helped me communicate better and find people with similar views in class, i say yes but i will never be sure because of this self inflicted wound.

I believe the professor should continue with the blogs in the next semester. He and his students stand to gain a lot from it. Professor can use the blog to scope out and see which person has interesting ideas and then try his best to make them participate in class, occasionally calling on them, picking on them to come up with answers and solutions and well if they don't respond then they would be ignoring opportunities knock, which is a career suicide. But this holds true for those individuals that are talented and hesitant to express their views in class but then there are others that are talented and not hesitant so id don't see what they stand to gain from the blog other then the fact that they could write about their ideas and views which didn't come to their mind when they were in class.

Another thing, instead of having individual time constraints placed on every blog have one that applies to all, especially for the comments part. I understand that the professor wants people to post their blogs on time. But what if the comments had just one time constraint, i.e. you should comment on other people's blog by the December 10th, rather than the method currently used. But in order to give people an incentive to comment on time, he can give them half a point for every comment posted within a specific time frame. This would entice the students to timely repond to other people's ideas.

All in all i would indeed continue to post on my blog, there is a reason why i decided to call my blog what i did. How do you tame the business world? I am trying to find the answer to that question. I want to talk about the what the REAL business world is like and talk about and hopefully give out advise that is applicable to work and our goings in real life. Unlike the fairy tale inspired lies that they tell us off in school. Well they may not all be lies but only time will tell and when will i come up with these answers? Well with time, i am in the process of finding these anwers. It may take months and years but rest assured my last blog entry would provide that answer. Until then, answers or no answers, i'll keep on blogging on anyway.

Manager man!!

Nothing but a yes man to the big man,

Doing anything new of recognition not he can,

Achieving what anyone else can,

That’s what they tell me is a manager man,

The ever present river’s flow,

The quintessential man behind the show,

The wings that make the eagle soar,

Without him the show is a no go,

He drives the big man where ever the latter boldly thinks he can,

Doing what he does knowing he’s not the show-man,

You say he’s a no man,

I say he’s the man,

He’s a stunt man,

He is a manager man,

Because he can do what a visionary can’t,

But remember without the guide his actions will not woo,

That’s because 1 without another 1 will never be 2.